Assessment Activities

1. What Do You See?

An image will be provided in relation to each chapter with questions to prompt student discussion. This activity can be used as an introduction to each chapter. It could take on the form of a ‘Think, Pair, Share’ activity, or alternatively the questions can be used to prompt a class discussion. This image can be accessed on www.edcolearning.ie. See this activity in action for Chapter 1 on page 17.

2. Beat the Teacher!

Students are presented with ten statements and must work together to correct any false or misleading information. See page 18 for further details on carrying out this activity and sample questions for Chapter 1.

3. Bingo Card

Students design a bingo grid in their class copies and choose nine key terms from a list that the teacher provides. The teacher then calls out words at random that students must fill in until achieving a ‘full house’. See page 19 for further details on carrying out this activity and sample terms for Chapter 1.

4. Diary Entry

Students write a diary entry to display their understanding of a topic from the chapter in question. See this activity in action for Chapter 1 on page 20.

5. Diamond Nine

Students can use this diamond grid to rank their ideas in order of importance. This template can be photocopied and used for any chapter as you deem appropriate. See page 21 for further details on this activity. (A template will be provided in the full edition of this Teacher’s Resource Book as well as online.)

6. Placemat

Students work in groups to discuss and revise their knowledge of a topic/answer questions on a topic. This template can be photocopied and used for any chapter as you deem appropriate. See page 21 for further details on this activity. (A template will be provided in the full edition of this Teacher’s Resource Book as well as online.)

7. KWL

Students can fill this template out at the start and end of the chapter to review what it is they know, what they would like to know, and what they have learned upon completion of the chapter. See page 22 for this template, which will also be available on www.edcolearning.ie to download and print off.