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Example 8: Teacher task—quiz

Individuals and Societies Unit 1: Revolutions Content Quiz

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Part 1: Knowing and Understanding about the Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, and French Revolution. Choose three of the following people or ideas.

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 Explain in three or four sentences: 1) who or what they are, 2) what they did and 3) how they changed society. Write your answers on the lined piece of paper.

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Galileo Galilei Sir Isaac Newton John Locke Voltaire

Jean Jacques Rousseau Mary Wollstonecraft The Estates-General Marie Antoinette

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen Maximilien Robespierre Napoleon Bonaparte

Part 2: Connecting to the Statement of Inquiry

Revolutions are turning points in human history when conditions cause people to rise up and seek a fundamental change in society.  Write a two-paragraph answer explaining how the statement above applies to either the French Revolution or the revolution you're inquiring into. Only choose one revolution. Write your answer on the lined piece of paper.

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How you're being graded on this quiz: Criterion A (Knowing and understanding) 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8

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demonstrates basic knowledge and understanding of content and concepts with minimal descriptions and/or examples.

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demonstrates adequate knowledge and understanding of content and concepts through satisfactory descriptions, explanations and examples.

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demonstrates substantial knowledge and understanding of content and concepts through accurate descriptions, explanations and examples.

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demonstrates excellent knowledge and understanding of content and concepts through thorough, accurate descriptions, explanations and examples.

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