PART I. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS – 20 points total
In this section, you must create FOUR quality multiple choice questions over the basic facts of the
unit
. Create questions over key pieces of historical fact
that are the most important for the overall understanding of unit materials
. Questions can be over concepts, ideas, people, places, events, etc. The question should be meaningful and not a “gotcha†or trick question to see how close someone read. Your correct and incorrect answers should be clearly identified (you should have a minimum of 4 answers per question) and a test taker should have to stop and consider the answers carefully.
Once you have crafted your four question and provided four answers to choose from (identify your correct answer), you must then explain the question. Why did you think this question was important enough to be on your imaginary exam? Why is the correct answer correct and the incorrect answers wrong? Why did you choose the answers that you did? Do this for each of the four questions
MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAMPLES
HINT: YOU MUST CREATE 4 QUESTIONS.
You MUST have AT LEAST 4 ANSWERS PER QUESTION.
Correct and incorrect answers must be clearly identified.
Identify your correct answer.
Explain the question and the correct and incorrect answers.
EXAMPLES (not to be used): Format your untest answers the same way
When is Beringia (the land “bridge†between Asia and North America) first exposed?
a)
b)
c)
d)
33,000-35,000BP
20,000-21,000BP
10,000-20,000BP
40,000-36,000BP*
This is important to know because it is when the Americas are first populated. Prior to this course, I
would not have suspected this was even an option for migration to the Americas. I chose the other
option choices because they are close to the correct answer.
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In the 1700’s, the political structure of colonies were divided into categories. Which category was the
most complex, involving delineating powers from executive, legislative and judiciary branches of
government?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Charter
Proprietary
Provincial
Parliament
The correct answer is A. Charter colonies elected their own from property owning men. This was the
preferred method as opposed to having appointed governors. I chose this question because political
development played such a critical role in the advancement of America. Historically, you can see how
politics have evolved and in many ways the traditional practices are still in place. It is interesting to see
how taxes, budgeting, and human rights were being addressed back then as they continue to be a
significant factor in present day communities.
ID EXAMPLE
In this section, you must create ONE ID for a test. IDs are key people, places, events, or concepts (so
“George Washington†or “trickle-down economics†for example).
Your ID answer is in two parts. Part I is the sample answer for the ID (for example, what a student
would write in response to the ID in a Blue Book exam). Part II (in a separate paragraph) will be your
explanation for why you chose that ID, out of all of the other possible IDs, why is this ID so important
that it merits inclusion in a test (so similar to the explanation for the Multiple Choice questions).
SAMPLE ID ANSWER MUST INCLUDE: an explanation of who or what/where (if applicable)/ when/why
it is important & then you will need to explain why you chose that ID for the question.
EXAMPLE (not to be used): format your untest answer the same way
ID: Cahokia
Cahokia is a city created by the Mississippians along the Mississippi River just across from modern St.
Louis (in modern Illinois). It was the political center of a chiefdom and was ringed by smaller hamlets
(“suburbsâ€Â). Founded around 1150 CE and abandoned in the early 14th century CE. It was the largest city
north of Mexico until Philadelphia in the early 1800s. Cahokia was a key trade center with trade routes
reaching out along the Mississippi watershed and was ruled by a powerful paramount chief.
I chose this ID because of the importance of long distance trade networks in the Americas prior to 1492.
Cahokia, along with sites such as Chaco Canyon in the southwest, were vital to the development of
Indian political units, economy, and culture. I chose Cahokia to also represent the Mississippian culture,
one of the key cultures in this time period in what is now the United States. Since Cahokia was the
largest city in the US prior to 1800, it is also worthy of an ID on a test.
CONNECTIONS
HINT: You MUST MAKE 1 connection. The connection/facts must be different facts but facts that can
be connected.
FACT 1 + FACT 2 followed by how they are connected.
EXAMPLES (not to be used): format your untest answer the same way
Fact 1: The Treaty of Paris (1763) ended the Seven Years’ War. France gave up all its territories in
mainland North America.
Fact 2: Declaration of Independence put forth in 1776.
Connection: Although there were tensions between the metropole (London) and the colonies from the
late 17th century through the mid 18th century, the fact that the enemy French and their Indian allies
were nearby to the north and west of the 13 English colonies created a need for imperial protection for
the colonies. Once the French were ousted, the English colonists were freed from these security
concerns, since they did not worry about their ability to handle enemy Indian nations (they relied upon
the covenant chain and also thought France’s allies weakened). Therefore, when additional troubles
sparked between the imperial government and the colonies, colonists were emboldened to consider the
fact that they could take care of their own security needs, making the thought of independence from
Britain to address their political, economic, and social needs a became a firm possibility.
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Historical Fact #1: The French valued working with the Indians rather than conquering the land.
Historical Fact #2: The Dutch traded with the Indians and focused on establishing relations with the
Indians rather than invading the land.
Connection: There is a historical connection in the Indian’s role in the French and Dutch colonization of
North America. The French colonization was primarily developed through investment from trading in
North America. The French had trading expeditions that traveled down the Atlantic Coast and a main
focus was fur trade. This is where the connection with the Dutch comes into play. The Dutch believed
that the Natives possessed the same rights as the Europeans. The connection between the French and
the Dutch is one that involved the attempt of peaceful colonization involving trade and politics. The goal
was to live in harmony with the Indians as opposed to the forceful colonization by others such as the
Spanish.
Geographic Connections – 20 points
HINT: You MUST MAKE ONE CONNECTION. Similar to the connections you made above but this time –
make geographic connections.
Geographic Fact 1 + Geographic Fact 2 followed by how they are connected.
EXAMPLE (not to be used): format your untest answer the same way
Fact 1: The Illinois River, Missouri River and Mississippi River all meet just north of present day St. Louis,
Missouri.
Fact 2: The Cahokia (Mississippian) Indians built the largest civilization in North America just east of
present day St. Louis.
Connection: River travel was an important way of reaching far off lands for trade. As the native peoples
in North America had not been introduced to horses, any overland travel was done on foot, and was
painstakingly slow and dangerous. The Mississippian Indians of Cahokia located themselves just south of
the junction of the three rivers in present day Collinsville, Illinois. Because of their closeness to the
rivers, and the trade potential that those rivers offered, artifacts from all over North and Meso America
have been found at the Cahokia site, evidence of the long distance trade networks linking the Americas
Overall Takeaway
HINT: This section is about the unit as a whole. What is the overall big idea from those units and how
do they connect to concepts of American History?
Follow the rule of three – 100-200 words long (which is less than a page – so a strong paragraph) –
must contain a THESIS and SUPPORTING EVIDENCE. Citations are required.
UNTEST
This is an open note/material/resource assignment. You may discuss all you want about the Unit
through Piazza, but this assignment is to be your own original work. All unit Untests will utilize the
following format.
PART I. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS – 20 points total
In this section, you must create FOUR quality multiple choice questions over the basic facts of the unit.
Create questions over key pieces of historical fact that are the most important for the overall
understanding of unit materials. Questions can be over concepts, ideas, people, places, events, etc. The
question should be meaningful and not a “gotcha†or trick question to see how close someone read.
Your correct and incorrect answers should be clearly identified (you should have a minimum of 4
answers per question) and a test taker should have to stop and consider the answers carefully.
Once you have crafted your four question and provided four answers to choose from (identify your
correct answer), you must then explain the question. Why did you think this question was important
enough to be on your imaginary exam? Why is the correct answer correct and the incorrect answers
wrong? Why did you choose the answers that you did? Do this for each of the four questions.
II. KEY ID – 20 points
In this section, you must create ONE ID for a test. IDs are key people, places, events, or concepts (so
“George Washington†or “trickle-down economics†for example).
For each ID you will provide a sample answer (explaining the who/what, where, when, and why it is
important). After providing your ID and sample answer, you will then need to explain why you chose this
ID for the list, what makes it so key that it should appear on your imaginary test?
III. CONNECTIONS – 20 points
A connection is just that, an explanation of how two or more historical facts fit together.
Here is a non-history example that will give you an idea of what is expected:
Fact 1: Men’s College football teams at the NCAA I FBS level can award a maximum of 85 scholarships to
players
Fact 2: The US Women’s National Team has just won the World Cup for the 4th time and has played in 5
of the 8 Women’s World Cup finals and US National Women’s Teams dominate Olympic competitions
(Soccer, Softball, Ice Hockey, Volleyball, Rowing, Water Polo).
Connection: Title IX (of the Educational Amendments of 1972) legislation requires gender equity in both
the classroom and school related activities at both the K-12 and collegiate level. At the time Title IX
became law, women’s sports in schools and colleges was often underfunded or non-existent while men’s
college football (and high school football in states like Texas) had money thrown at them. The law
requires that men and women have proportional access to athletic scholarships at the collegiate level.
Since most NCAA I level universities field large men’s football teams, they needed to field teams in
women’s sports to remain in proportional compliance (you have to offset those 85 male players
somehow). Therefore, high schools and colleges began fielding teams in quite a few different sports to be
in compliance with Title IX and more American women began playing team sports. Today, the national
averages are 1 in every 2.5 women play a sport in high school. The best of these female athletes
now go on to play college sports, and national teams are pulled from the best of college athletes.
Women have come to dominate Olympic Team Sports because American women have gender equity
in team sports in high schools and colleges thanks to Title IX; few other countries have gender equity in
sporting opportunities, particularly at the team level, for girls through schools and fewer girls play team
sports in other parts of the world.
For this part of the Untest, I want you to make ONE connections from the time period covered in the
unit. The facts should be different facts (not two sides of an issue, battle, debate, etc.) that may not
seemingly be connected, but are. List the two historical facts and then explain the connection.
IV. Geographic Connections – 20 points
A geographic connection is similar to the connections above, except that at least one of the facts is
related to geography, climate, or environment. (Remember the discussion of how geography and history
are related). You need to make 1 geographic connections
V. Overall Takeaway – 20 points
This is an “un-essay.†Instead of giving you a prompt and having you write a full-length essay, I want you
to sit back and think about the unit as a whole. What are your key takeaways (these are the most
important overall themes of the units)? How would you explain these most important “big pictureâ€Â
concepts of American history? How would you explain this in a paragraph (think of this as a two-minute
elevator speech on US History to someone who knows nothing about the subject).
Note that your paragraph (which should be 100-200 words) should follow rule of three formatting and
contain a thesis statement and supporting evidence.
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