What do the members of your class already know about world history? This is a fabulous pre-assessment that will illustrate the varying levels of general world history knowledge among your young historians that you can use to inform your instruction accordingly. Questions involve a range of ideas, from correctly placing important persons and events within the appropriate time frame to listing religions of the world.

Concepts

democracy, the cold war, the renaissance

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Additional Tags

pre-assessment, cold war, renaissance, democracy, social studies

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Classroom Considerations

• Include some time for learners to list as many other world history facts or insights they can recall

Pros

• Brief and well-organized pre-assessment
• Assesses a wide range of historical knowledge and topics

Cons

• Instructor may wish to incorporate supplemental questions that allow for a more in-depth assessment of historical knowledge