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Social Studies

 

 

Loretta Hobbs and Jennie Hooker

 

 

 

 

WHEN  ANSWERING  QUESTIONS  IN  THIS  TEST  BOOKLET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

CORRECT MARK

INCORRECT MARKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·        Use only soft black lead pencil (No. 2).

·        Do NOT use ink or ball point pen.
  • When marking your answers to multiple-choice questions, mark heavy, dark marks that completely fill the circle. Mark one answer for each question.
  • Erase completely any marks you wish to change.
  • Make NO STRAY marks on any page of your test booklet.
  • For the open-response questions, be sure you write your answers on the lines and spaces provided. Answers or parts of answers written outside the boxed areas cannot be scored.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following is the guide that will be used to evaluate your responses to the open-response questions in this test.

 

 

 

KENTUCKY GENERAL SCORING GUIDE

 

SCORE

POINT 4

 

 

 

·        You complete all important components of the question and communicate ideas clearly.

 

·        You demonstrate in-depth understanding of the relevant concepts and/or processes.

 

·        Where appropriate, you choose more efficient and/or sophisticated processes.

 

 

·        Where appropriate, you offer insightful interpretations or extensions (generalizations, applications, analogies

 

 

 

 

 

SCORE

POINT 3

 

 

 
  • You complete most important components of the question and communicate clearly.

 

 
  • You demonstrate an understanding of major concepts even though you overlook or misunderstand some less-important ideas or details.

 

 

 

 

 

SCORE

POINT 2

 

 

 
  • You complete some important components of the question and communicate those components clearly

 
  • You demonstrate that there are gaps in your conceptual understanding.

 

 

 

 

 

SCORE

POINT 1

 

 

 
  • You show minimal understanding of the question.

 

 
  • You address only a small portion of the question

 

 

 

 

 

SCORE

POINT 0

 

 

 
  • Your answer is totally incorrect or irrelevant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BLANK

 

 

 

·        You did not give any answer at all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES OPEN-RESPONSE QUESTIONS

 

Read all parts of each open-response question before you begin. Write your answers to the open-response questions in the space provided in this test booklet.

 

Write your answer to question 6 in the space provided on the next page.

 

Branches of Government

 

6.

There are three branches of the United States Government.  Each branch has specific duties they must perform within our government.

 

  1. List the three branches of the United States Government.
  2. Explain the basic duties of each branch.

 

 

 

 

Do not write on this page. Please write your

 

answer to this open-response question on

 

the next page.

 

 

 

          PLEASE GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE è

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

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STOP!