Assessment resource Year 8 history assessment - Medieval eclipse

TLF ID M014418

This is an assessment package that uses the Year 8 Australian Curriculum history achievement standard to gather evidence about how well students have demonstrated what they know, what they understand and what they can do for the depth study 'The Western and Islamic World: Medieval Europe' (c.590–c.1500). Students use researched information to substantiate a medieval individual’s perspective and to gain an understanding of what life would have been like at the time and how different values and beliefs influenced those societies. The package comprises teacher guidelines, student booklet, assessment resources and task-specific standards (rubric, matrix, continua).





Educational details

Educational value
  • This resource is of significant value because of its relevance to content descriptions in the depth study 'The Western and Islamic World: Medieval Europe' in the Year 8 history curriculum. Students use social media as a 21st century equivalent of the medieval marketplace, allowing them to communicate with appropriate peers in the manner of a medieval individual.
  • This assessment provides an opportunity to gather evidence, using the Year 8 Australian Curriculum history achievement standard, about how well students have demonstrated what they know, understand and can do. This assessment package ensures alignment between what is taught and what is assessed.
Year level

8

Learning area
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • History

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Queensland Studies Authority
  • Organization: Queensland Studies Authority
  • Description: Photographer
  • Address: Queensland, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.qsa.qld.edu.au
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: Queensland Studies Authority
  • Organization: Queensland Studies Authority
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: Queensland, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.qsa.qld.edu.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Assessment
  • Online
  • Text
Rights
  • © Queensland Studies Authority 2013 (except where otherwise indicated). This material may be used and reproduced free of charge for non-commercial educational purposes by Australian schools and education bodies as covered by the National Educational Access Licence for Schools (NEALS) (unless another licence is indicated on certain material as being applicable), provided all acknowledgements are retained. For all other uses please contact the Queensland Studies Authority, PO Box 307, Spring Hill Qld 4004 Australia or email [email protected].