Sanford_Taxonomy_2013

Kait Sanfords Assessment Taxonomy Table

Module Goal: Students will understand and reflect on how the Bill of Rights and the
creation of the three branches of government helped shape our Constitution and our
nation.
Learning Objective 1: After studying articles and information given by the instructor, students
will identify each of the amendments in the Bill of Rights with 100% accuracy on a teacher
provided Google Form.
Learning Objective 2: After researching the jobs of each of the three branches of government
and creating a mnemonic device, students will summarize the duties and requirements for each
of the three branches on the course discussion board with 100% accuracy.
Learning Objective 3: Given a job or duty of one branch of government, students will illustrate
the checks and balances process to show how each branch of government is in charge of
checking up on the others with successful completion of a concept map using Popplet.
Learning Objective 4: After completing the necessary learning activities for the module,
students will reflect on their learning using Blogger to discuss insights and important
takeaways from the module with at least one connection to their real life or current events.

Bloom
categories/Revised
Taxonomy
Knowledge
/Remembering
(recall, list, define,
identify, collect, label)

Comprehension/Un
derstanding
(summarize, describe
interpret, predict,
discuss)

Learning objective verbs

Activity

After studying articles and

information given by the
instructor, students will
identify and list each of the
amendments in the Bill of
Rights with 100% accuracy on
a teacher provided Google
Form.

Students will identify each of the 10

Amendments in an online assessment
provided by the instructor using Google
Forms

After researching the jobs of

each of the three branches of
government and creating a
mnemonic device, students
will describe and summarize
the duties and requirements for
each of the three branches on
the course discussion board
with 100% accuracy.

Students will describe each of the 10

amendments in the Bill of Rights in
their own words and provide a special
trick or mnemonic to help them
remember the amendment to help them
prepare for their Bill of Rights
assessment.

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Application/Applyin
g
(apply, demonstrate,
illustrate, classify,
experiment, discover)

Given a job or duty of one

branch of government,
students will illustrate the
checks and balances process to
show how each branch of
government is in charge of
checking up on the others with
successful completion of a
concept map using Popplet.
After completing the necessary
Analysis/Analyzing
learning activities for the
(analyze, classify,
connect, explain, infer) module, students will reflect
on their learning using Blogger
to discuss insights and
Evaluation/Evaluati important takeaways from the
module with at least one
ng
connection to their real life or
(assess, recommend,
current events.
convince, compare,
conclude, summarize)
After researching the jobs of
Synthesis/Creating
each of the three branches of
(combine, integrate,
government and creating a
plan, create, design,
mnemonic device, students
formulate)
will list and summarize the
duties and requirements for
each of the three branches on
the course discussion board
with 100% accuracy.

Students will create a concept map to

illustrate the checks and balance
process a visual of how each branch
and check each other.

Students will connect the knowledge of

the Bill of Rights and three branches of
government to their real lives by
researching current news articles and
posting it in his/her class portfolio/blog.
Students will reflect on the topics
discussed in the Constitution module in
his/her course portfolio/blog
Students will create a mnemonic device
that will help him/her understand and
remember the 10 amendments in the
Bill of Rights.