Social studies department teacher Elliot Slane, who teaches the United States History course, points to the US on the world map in Room 288 on Nov. 30. US History is one of four classes scheduled to take a state-issued End of Course Exam over the Georgia standards on Dec. 14 and Slane is working to prepare his students in class. “Training with (practice tests) is what’s gonna pay off,” Slane said. “We’ve got a couple of days of review where I’m gonna give (my students) a bunch of multiple choice questions to practice on and hopefully they’re gonna match what’s on the test.” Photo by Janie Ripps
United States History is one of the four courses scheduled to take an End of Course exam in December.
As the end of the semester approaches on Dec. 20, teachers across Clarke Central High School have begun preparing students for their End of Course exams scheduled throughout the month of December.
Biology, Algebra I, American Literature and United States History are all courses that have will have a state-issued EOC, each one counting as 20% of students final grades. The US History EOC is scheduled for Dec. 14.
“Since (the EOC) is an End of Course test, we’ve been preparing for it the whole time,” social studies department and US History teacher Elliot Slane said. “It’s about 45 (questions), all multiple choice and it’s usually stimulus-based (so) a very short reading or pictures. Basically, the whole year we’ve prepared by looking at primary and secondary documents.”
“Since (the EOC) is an End of Course test, we’ve been preparing for it the whole time by looking at primary and secondary documents.”
— Elliot Slane,
social studies department and US History teacher
The test covers the state standards for the course. Students in the class have taken two state interim tests since August, and, combined with in-class review, Slane is hopeful that students will be prepared.
“We (have) five units or domains (and) there was one (interim) that was covering domain one and mostly domain two, and then another (interim) that covered mostly domain three and mostly domain four,” Slane said. “We (spent) multiple days (in class) reviewing for that, so that should have stuck by the time we see the actual EOC.”
US History student Se’Kayia Miller, a junior, has been preparing for the EOC and feels confident because of the in-class review and resources Slane has provided to students.
“I’m feeling great about it as long as I study and stay on the same pace I am right now,” Miller said. “(Mr. Slane) keeps (our quizzes) and we can redo them, not for a grade but for studying purposes. So I’ll probably just go through all of those and just make sure I can just stay up to date.”
