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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 130 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

  • World History (20)
  • U.S. History (5)

Historical Skills

  • Contextualization (20)
  • (-) Background Knowledge (20)
  • Corroboration (5)
  • Periodization (2)
Photograph of Russian warship destroyed by enemy shells, 1905. From the Library of Congress

Russo-Japanese War

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Russia and Austria in World War I

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Photograph of soldiers in Saint Petersburg. From the Library of Congress

Russian Revolution

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League of Nations

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Spanish Civil War poster

20th-Century Spain

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Appeasement at Munich

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Munich Agreement image

Munich Conference

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Soviet flag over the Reichstag image

Soviets in Berlin

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Photo of a U.S. Air Force airplane landing in Berlin. Library of Congress

Berlin Airlift

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