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Page 1: assessment calendar, hums, tgaw

Tudor Grange Academy Worcester – Assessment Calendar Non Core Template

Assessment Calendar (Non Core)

Subject: Humanities

Year Group: Year 8

Course / Qualification: Middle Years Programme

Assessments:

Half Term 1

Assessment Title:

Knowledge and Understanding

Formative Assessment 1 Common Assessment

Geography – Students will complete a 5 part table demonstrating ability to apply 6 figure grid references to an OS map of Glastonbury.

They will then describe different elements of each located site.

RS – Written Task – Why are some people vegetarian?

History – Jack the Ripper Poster using witness evidence

Geography – Students will demonstrate map skills learnt during unit by writing a 7 part response to an email enquiry.

RS – Written Task. Explain religious attitudes towards making animals extinct. Mark out of 15.

History – Jack the Ripper – Q 1 and 2 Style GCSE examination – Describe and Agree

File Location:Feedback to students:

Geography- Mark out of 10

Full diagnostic written comment – 2 Targets.

Geography- Using success criteria linked to KS3 skills/level ladder.

Full diagnostic written comment – 2 Targets.

Attitude to learning grade.

Stimulating the next generation of achievers 1

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Tudor Grange Academy Worcester – Assessment Calendar Non Core Template

RS – Peer Assessment. Mark out of 4. Students to read gradings and assess (AFL)

History – Jack the Ripper

RS – Full diagnostic written comment with feedback. Two targets to be given. Includes attitude to learning grade.

History – Jack the Ripper – Level assessment using sources – Grade given with targets

Half Term 2

Assessment Title:

Independent Research Skills

Formative Assessment 1 Common Assessment

RS – How can Christians be good stewards? (6 Marks)

Geography - Why are billionaires on the rise in Asia and the Middle East?

Students solve a mystery to explain how Zhang Yin has become so wealthy by completing card sort to answer geographical enquiry questions.

History – GCSE style source analysis – This source suggests that alliances were a primary cause of World War One. To what extent do you agree? Use the source and your own knowledge to explain

RS – GCSE Question – Stewardship and Planet Earth

Geography – Does money improve your quality of life and make you happy?

To write a 5 question interview with a billionaire (famous or made up) to find out if money brings happiness globally.

History - The Treaty of Versailles – Cartoon Source Study

File Location:

Feedback to students:Geography- Feedback to students:Full diagnostic written comment – 2 Targets.

Geography- Using success criteria linked to KS3 skills/level ladder.

Full diagnostic written comment – 2 Targets.

Stimulating the next generation of achievers 2

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Tudor Grange Academy Worcester – Assessment Calendar Non Core Template

RS – Attitude to Learning Grade with suggestions/advice for assessment. Opportunity for peer assessment

History – GCSE Level response grade

Attitude to learning grade.

RS – Full diagnostic. Written comment with two targets. Mark out of 18

History – GCSE Level response grade

Half Term 3

Assessment Title:

Using Evidence

Formative Assessment 1 Common Assessment

Geography- What is a drainage basin and how does it function?

Students use origami to create a model of drainage basin with accurate annotated features.

RS – Christian attitudes to abortion (6 marks)

Geography- Comparing Flooding in MEDCs to LEDCs

Students write their own documentary script to compare the effects of flooding in MEDCs to LEDCs guided by task specific success criteria linked to GCSE levels.

RS – GCSE Examination Mark out of 18 – Full diagnostic with two targets

History – World War One Memorial Project online – 11 Units to have been completed over Christmas

File Location:

Feedback to students:Geography- Written Comment – Mark out of 15 for correct placement and extra marks for explanation of processes

RS – Mark out of 6 – Two targets

Geography- Using success criteria linked to GCSE skills/level ladder.

Full diagnostic written comment – 2 Targets.

Attitude to learning grade.

RS – Full diagnostic comment with two targets. A2L grade given in relation to teamwork.

Stimulating the next generation of achievers 3

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Tudor Grange Academy Worcester – Assessment Calendar Non Core Template

History – World War One History – World War One Presentation – Overall mark given for project

Half Term 4

Assessment Title:

Creative Thinking Skills

Formative Assessment 1 Common Assessment

Geography- What has Sierra Leone done to combat poverty?

Students will read a news report outlining the development plan for Sierra Leone. They will complete a comprehension exercise to evaluate the success of the plan by comparing Sierra Leone before and after the implantation of the MDG’s.

RS - Lesson 2 – How did World War meet the conditions of a Justified War?

Geography- Will the development goals be achieved by 2015?

Students will complete an 8 part assessment which demonstrates the 5 key skills they have learnt during unit: they will use a case study of the 8 MDG in Nigeria to evaluate whether they will be achieved by 2015.

RS - War and Conflict – Examination style question marked out of 22.

File Location:

Feedback to students:Geography: Written Comment on case study research and evaluation skills.

-2 targets.

RS - Mark our of 8 – Formally assessed with feedback

Geography- Using success criteria linked to GCSE skills/level ladder.

Full diagnostic written comment – 2 Targets.

Attitude to learning grade.

RS - Marked out of 22. Formally assessed with targets – areas that need focus.

Stimulating the next generation of achievers 4

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Tudor Grange Academy Worcester – Assessment Calendar Non Core Template

Half Term 5

Assessment Title:

Decision Making Skills

Formative Assessment 1 Common Assessment

Geography- Decision making task; What conflicts are facing National Parks in the USA?

Students categorise environmental, social and economic conflicts into Venn diagram before justifying their decision.

RS – None – Preparation for GCSE Exam

History - None

Geography- Design a new state of America

To decide upon the factors that make up a successful settlement; students design a NEW STATE of America guided by task specific success criteria linked to GCSE levels.

History – Pearl Harbour Investigation. Why was the United States so unprepared for the attack on Pearl Harbour?

File Location:

Feedback to students:Geography- Success criteria for weather presentation is established as class. Students use peer assessment to mark each other against criteria before giving oral feedback -comment and 2 targets.

Supported by teacher feedback against class criteria.

Geography- Using success criteria linked to GCSE skills/level ladder.

Full diagnostic written comment – 2 Targets.

Attitude to learning grade.

Stimulating the next generation of achievers 5

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Tudor Grange Academy Worcester – Assessment Calendar Non Core Template

Half Term 6

Assessment Title:

Team Work and Communication Skills

Formative Assessment 1 Common Assessment

Geography- Weather Instrument Design Challenge

Students design and create their own weather instrument using evidence they have developed about meteorology. They then present finished instrument to class

RS – Medical Ethics – Lesson 4 – Questions of fertility treatment

Geography- Microclimate Field Work Investigation

Students collect and interpret data about microclimate to write a report guided by a framework.

RS – GCSE Examination paper on medical ethics – May need to be done in next academic year

File Location:

Feedback to students: Geography- Peer Assessment and written comment with 2 Targets.

RS – Mark out of 12 – Formally assessed with 2 targets

Geography- Using success criteria linked to GCSE skills/level ladder.

Full diagnostic written comment – 2 Targets.

Attitude to learning grade.

RS – Formally assessed with 2 targets

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