The document discusses learning targets for teaching students about the African American culture and experience in the 1960s-1970s through the children's book "The Other Side". It provides the learning targets, classifies them by type (knowledge, reasoning, skill, product), identifies those that are clear or unclear, deconstructs unclear targets, and answers questions to further identify the targets. The key learning targets are for students to understand the historical context of African Americans in the 1960s-1970s, recognize different races/cultures, analyze and compare cultures, and reflect on concepts like segregation through both reasoning and creating a performance.
Assessing student learning through a children's book
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In the following line I am going to classify, identify and deconstruct some
learning targets in order to make them easier for students to understand. To carry out
this task I am going to use some learning targets I created to teach the African
American culture, society and way of life in 1960’s and 1970’s through a children’s
book: “The Other Side” of Jacqueline Woodson.
The learning targets and its classification is as follows:
- To realize children have similar experiences no matter their races or the
color of their skin. REASONING.
- To understand and identify the historical framework in which the story of
Clover and Annie takes place. KNOWLEDGE.
- To define and reflect on the concept of segregation. KNOWLEDGE AND
REASONING.
- To recognize, distinguish, analyze and compare different races, societies
and ways of life. KNOWLEDGE. REASONING. SKILL. PRODUCT.
- To reflect on the story and give one’s personal opinion about it.
REASONING.
- To represent and implement the knowledge they have already learnt.
SKILL. PRODUCT.
Now, I am going to classify learning targets in clearly or unclearly written in
order to clarify them and if necessary, deconstruct them.
- To realize children have similar experiences no matter their races or the
color of their skin. Clear Target.
- To understand and identify the historical framework in which the story of
Clover and Annie takes place. Unclear Target.
To understand and identify the historical framework of the
African Americans in the 1960 and 1970.
- To define and reflect on the concept of segregation. Clear Target.
- To recognize, distinguish, analyze and compare different races, societies
and ways of life. Clear Target but needs to be deconstruct.
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To recognize and distinguish different races, societies and
ways of life.
To analyze and compare different races, societies and ways of
life.
- To reflect on the story and give one’s personal opinion about it. Clear
Target.
- To represent and implement the knowledge they have already learnt.
Unclear Target.
To implement and represent the story in a performance.
Finally, I am going to answer some questions that will be useful to identify the
learning targets of my lesson plan.
- What knowledge will students need to know to be successful?
o The African American culture, society and way of life in the
60’s and 70’s.
o The concept of segregation.
- What patterns of reasoning, if any, will students need to master to be
successful?
o Realizing children have similar experiences no matter where
they come from.
o Reflecting on the concept on segregation and how it could be
seen in their own lives.
o Reflecting on the story, giving personal opinion.
- What skills, if any will students need to master to be successful?
o Being able to analyze critically and compare two different
cultures, societies and ways of life with their own culture,
society and way of life.
o Being able to act out the story.
- What products, if any, will students need to practice creating to be
successful?
o The products I consider they need to create to be successful in
this lesson plan are as follows:
Analysis and comparison.
Performance.