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History Assessments

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Beyond the Bubble unlocks the vast digital archive of the Library of Congress to create History Assessments of Thinking (HATs). Explore over 80 easy-to-use assessments that measure students' historical thinking rather than recall of facts. There are 10 “flagship” assessments, each marked with a ribbon. Flagship assessments (e.g., The First Thanksgiving) have extended features, including annotated sample student responses and “Going Deeper” videos that provide insights into the assessments and ideas for how to use them. The rest of the assessments are “alternative version” assessments (e.g., Napoleon’s Retreat). Each alternative version assessment features different Library of Congress documents but takes the same form as its flagship. Even if you don't use the flagship assessment, the student responses and videos are useful for understanding the alternative versions. Beyond the Bubble is the cornerstone of SHEG’s membership in the Library of Congress’s Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Educational Consortium.

Click here for a complete list of HATs.

Topic

  • U.S. History (7)

Historical Skills

  • (-) Sourcing (7)
  • Contextualization (5)
  • Corroboration (3)
  • Use of Evidence (1)

Time Period

  • 1400s (2)
  • 1500s (1)
  • 1600s (3)
  • 1700s (5)
  • 1800s (5)
  • 1900s (6)
  • Colonial Era (5)
  • Revolutionary War and Early U.S. (2)
  • Slavery and Expansion (5)
  • Civil War and Reconstruction (10)
  • The Gilded Age (5)
  • American Imperialism (3)
  • Progressive Era (8)
  • World War I and the 1920s (4)
  • (-) The New Deal and World War II (7)
  • Civil Rights Era and Cold War Culture (3)
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John Brown's Legacy

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Unions in Paterson, New Jersey

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Lange's Iconic Photograph

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President Grant and Horace Greeley

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Labor Movement in the 1930s

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Migrant Mother

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Japanese Internment

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