Impact on Student Learning James Dionne Newmarket Jr

Impact on Student Learning James Dionne Newmarket Jr. /Sr. High School 8 th grade

About Newmarket JSHS � Newmarket Junior Senior High School › Enrollment: Approx. 500 › Student to Teacher Ratio: 9 to 1 � Students post high school › › 4 Year Colleges and Universities: 42% 2 Year Colleges: 24% Military Service: 2% Employment/ Unknown: 32%

About My Class � 8 th grade student population: 64 � Ratio: › Boys- 34 › Girls- 30 � Average Class Size: 16 � Students with an IEP: 12

ISL Question � Does the use of a graphic organizer help students retrieve details and information from primary source documents that improves the quality of information provided in students’ writing?

Content � Students will strengthen their primary sources analysis skills, using various American Revolution War Era primary sources as the content.

Overview Continued � Students were tested on 4 parts › Picture: Students will analyze a picture and notice previous unseen details › Political Cartoon: Students will use an organizer to better understand the messages behind them › Written Document: Students will interpret what the author’s message is and retrieve background details › Final Essay: Students will incorporate the documents they viewed to answer a summative question in a structured essay format

Initial Results � Students answered questions based on the documents provided � They were allowed to use the document and prior knowledge � Results › › Picture Analysis: 2. 12/3 Political Cartoon Analysis: 1. 69/3 Written Document Analysis: 1. 83/3 Essay: 9. 96/24

Photo Analysis Study the picture for 2 minutes B. List people, objects, and activities C. List things you infer from this photograph A.

Photo Intervention � Students assigned a section to draw � Answer basic questions about picture � Examine little details

Political Cartoon Analysis

Political Cartoon Intervention

� Written Document Analysis “Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. ” –Patrick Henry Give me Liberty, or Give me Death “We then were ordered by our commander to open the hatches and take out all the chests of tea and throw them overboard, and we immediately proceeded to execute his orders, first cutting and splitting the chests with our tomahawks, so as thoroughly expose them to the effects of the water. ” -George Hughes December 16, 1773 �

Written Document Intervention “What a fine affair it would be if we could flit across the Atlantic as they say the angels do From Planet to Planet -Letter from John Adams to his Wife Abigail � “Momma said that ghosts couldn’t move over water. That’s why kidnapped Africans got trapped in the Americas. When Poppa was stolen from Guinea, he said the ancestors howled and raged and sent a thunderstorm to turn the ship back around, but it was too late. ” � -Chains �

Essay Questions/Rubric Was the American Revolution impossible to avoid? � Using the knowledge you have and the documents provided to you to identify and explain the change in relationship between the colonists and England. � CATEGORY Uses proper language and grammar 4 Always 3. Often 2. Sometimes 1. Rarely/ Attempted Essay and thesis statement respond to the task Essay is consistent in its organization and argument Essay incorporates documents into the body paragraphs Essay shows use of analytical writing skills Essay is properly structured

Essay Intervention

Essay Intervention Cont’d � ESL Student � Initial work › No Structure › Multiple topics › Does not address issue

Post Intervention Results � Students completed a second DBQ as my post test � Results › › Picture Analysis: 2. 18/3 Political Cartoon Analysis: 2. 44/3 Written Document Analysis: 2. 56/3 Essay: 17. 62/24

Final Results Continued 20 18 16 14 12 DBQ 1 10 DBQ 2 8 6 4 2 0 Picture Analysis Political Cartoon Written Document Essay

Conclusions � Slight increase in picture analysis: +. 06 � Significant improvement in: › Political Cartoon: +. 75 › Written Document: +. 73 � Greatest improvement: › Essays: +7. 66 � Students who have been introduced to graphic organizers and use the systems that they establish increases the quality of their responses

Reflections/ Recommendations � What was learned � What you will do differently � Explanation of findings � Next steps