OSPI Developed Assessments for Social Studies (formerly CBAs)

About	Pathfinders	Additional Resources	Teacher Created Handouts	Contacts	Tips
Workshops: Presentations & Handouts		Online Writing Tools		Mead District Libraries
3rd Grade	4th Grade	5th Grade	6th Grade	Middle School	High School

Pathfinders

Pathfinders are lists of resources for a specific topic. Each of these pathfinders includes directions, primary sources, and teacher created resources.  Note: The selected assessment is required in the Mead School District. However, the topic is a suggestion. If you need a additional resources or help, please email your request to Trish Henry trish.henry@mead354.org

 

Teachers: If you have created any worksheets, essential questions or other materials that you are willing to share, please send a copy to trish.henry@mead354.org. It will be added the appropriate pathfinder below.

Elementary Pathfinders

3rd Dig Deep (OSPI Student Directions & Rubric)

• Spokane Native Americans 
• Spokane History

Optional 3/4 Combo Cultural Contributions (OSPI Student Directions & Rubric)

• Native Americans

4th Humans and the Environment (OSPI Student Directions & Rubric)

• Nez Perce 
• Native Americans
• Oregon Trail

5th Whose Rules (OSPI Student Directions & Rubric)

• Revolutionary War 
• Bill of Rights (1st Amendment) 
• Bill of Rights (13th Amendment) 

6th Enduring Cultures (OSPI Student Directions & Rubric)

• Ancient Civilizations

Optional 5/6 Combo Causes of Conflict

Please note there are slight differences between the 5th and 6th grade instructions.

• 5th American Revolution (OSPI Student Directions & Rubric) or Cause and Effect: Students Examine an Artists Perspecive (CBA Lesson From Washington State Historicial Museum)
• 6th Ancient Civiizations (OSPI Student Directions & Rubric)

Secondary Pathfinders

Middle School Pathfinders

• (7th) Humans and the Environment: Great Green Wall of China 
• (8th) Constitutional Issues
• (8th) Constitutional Issues: Chinese Expulsion Act of 1880 (Lesson from WA State Historical Museum)
• Additional Pathfinders from WLMA and Mountainside Middle School

High School Pathfinders from the Washington Library Media Association

• (10th) Causes of Conflict: World History

            Point of View: Students Study Historical Perspective (From the WA State Historical Museum)

• (11th) Technology Through the Ages: U.S. History
• (12th) Checks and Balances: Citizenship

 

Additional Resources

Below are links several excellent resources. Check your library for additional subscriptions. Don't forget to check the public library for additional databases.

Subscription Databases

Our libraries subscribe to a number of databases. Check your library website for database links.

Primary Sources 

• Primary SourceLearning 
• Our Documents 
• National Archives – U.S. artifact analysis sheets and lessons for primary periods 
• History Channel 
• History Matters 
• Center for History and New Media 
• American Memory- Library of Congress 
• Martha Ballard's Interactive Diary (Revolutionary War Period) (Recommended for secondary level only)
• Valley of the Shadow (Civil War Period)

Misc. Resources

• Social Studies Curriculum Maps District level curriculum maps developed by the Summer Institute.
• Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Includes CBAs, framework documents, EALRs, scorer packets
• Washington Library Media Association Sample projects from other districts
• Washington State Council for Social Studies Support materials for social studies teachers
• Library of Congress Includes primary sources for American History (historical sources for 4th and 5th grade) and a link to Local Legacies (cultural resources for 4th grade teachers)
• Museum of Arts and Culture Lesson ideas and local resources

Online Writing Tools

Paraphrasing/Summarizing/Quotes and more

• Parenthetical Documentation: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/research/mlaparen.html
• Words that introduce Quotes or Paraphrases: http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/quoteintro.html
• Ways to use quotations: http://www.ccis.edu/departments/writingcenter/documents/quotations.html
• Integrating Quotations: http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/eng1001/quotes.htm 

Online Thesis Builders

• http://www.ozline.com/electraguide/thesis.html
• http://www.powayschools.com/projects/ewe2/thesis.htm

Graphic Organizer

• http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=127&title=

Electronic Note-Taker

• http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=722&title=
• Notestar: http://notestar.4teachers.org / This is a subscription service that comes highly recommended.

Timeline Generators

• http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bigtimeline/
• http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/

Bibliographies- Making Citations

• Knight Cite http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/
• Oregon OSLIS Citation Maker http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/secondary/index.php?page=citeSources
• Citation Machine (Warlick) http://citationmachine.net/
• Noodlebib http://www.noodletools.com

Teacher Created Handouts

Analysis Worksheets (NARA)		Misc. Templates
Artifact Analysis		Excel Timeline
Cartoon Analysis		Note Card Blackline Master
Map Analysis		Cornell Notes (Print)
Photo Analysis		Cornell Notes (Web)
Poster Analysis
Website Evaluation
Written Analysis

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contacts

OSPI Social Studies Representative: Carol Coe 360-725-6351 or carol.coe@k12.wa.us

Social Studies Cadre of Trainers: http://www.k12.wa.us/SocialStudies/WASSCoT.aspx

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