Assessment+Questions

Pre-post assessment questions: The intent is for you to pose one question to your students BEFORE you begin teaching your lessons, and then the same question again AFTER. If you have not yet begun teaching your lessons and you are willing to try this, here are three questions to choose from: The bit in brackets in Q1 and Q2 is optional, in case you think your students would do better with some prompts. Feel free to mix and match the exact wording. The more important thing is that you ask the exact same question each time (once now, once after you teach it). You can collect hard copies (or photocopies) and mail them to me (mailing address below), or have students answer the question electronically and then compile their answers into a single document that you can e-mail to me. If you have already begun teaching, or you simply prefer not to participate in this assessment, you are welcome to administer your own assessment of student learning. In this case, it is fine if the assessment is only done once, AFTER the lessons are taught, but please let me know your proposed method.  David Heiser Head of Education and Outreach Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History PO Box 208118, New Haven, CT, 06520-8118 (203) 432-3777
 * 1. What is the cultural legacy of the early modern encounters (for example, in the 16th and 17th centuries) between Europeans and indigenous American cultures? In a short answer response, discuss three examples[, and consider topics like food, language, art and faith]. **
 * 2. How is our world different because of the contact between Europeans and indigenous American cultures? In a short answer response, discuss three examples[, and consider topics like food, language, art and faith]. **
 * 3. What were the political, economic and social consequences of the early modern contact (for example, in the 16th and 17th centuries) between Europeans and indigenous American cultures? In a short answer response, discuss at least one example of each type of consequence. **