Western Civilization: Development of the Twentieth Century
Portfolio Entry 3: Timeline Sequencing of Events
This portfolio entry is a part of the assessment for Unit V “World War II in Europe” and
it is comprehensive in terms of involving a required sequencing of major events in
European history as studied in Unit I through Unit V.
Objectives
1. List the
twelve events
in their
proper
chronological
order.
2. Describe in
proper
sentence form
the
significance
of each event
in the list.
3. Explain in
proper
paragraph
form the
concept of
cause and
effect by
linking pairs
of events, i.e.,
linking one
event with a
second event
that occurred
later in the
chronological
order.
Beginning
1
The list of
events is out
of
chronological
order; there
are six or
more errors.
The
importance of
fewer than
eight of the
events is
described in
proper
sentence
form.
The
paragraph
links one pair
of events, but
the cause and
effect
relationship
is not clearly
explained.
Developing
2
The majority
of the events
are in
chronological
order; there
are four
errors.
The
importance of
eight of the
events is
described in
proper
sentence
form.
Accomplished
3
Almost all of
events are in
proper
chronological;
there are two
errors
Exemplary
4
All of the
events are in
chronological
order.
The
importance of
nine to eleven
of the events
is described in
proper
sentence form.
The
importance of
all twelve of
the events is
described in
proper
sentence
form.
The
paragraph
links one pair
of events, and
the cause and
effect
relationship
is clearly
explained.
Two pairs of
events are
linked in two
separate
paragraphs,
i.e., each pair
of events is
explained in a
separate
paragraph. At
least one of
the
paragraphs
clearly
explains the
cause and
effect
relationship.
Two pairs of
events are
linked in two
separate
paragraphs,
i.e., each pair
is explained
in a separate
paragraph.
Both
paragraphs
clearly
explain the
cause and
effect
relationship.
Score
Parameters for Portfolio Assessment 3: Timeline Sequencing of Events
1. The classroom teacher will present one of the following scrambled lists of events to
the students. The students will then individually re-write the list in proper
chronological order by writing out the events in the proper order. Additionally, each
student will describe the significance of each term in one sentence; and each student
will write the paragraph(s) explaining how at least two events relate to each other in
terms of cause and effect.
Option 1
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Stalemate-trench warfare on “the Western Front”
Russian Bolshevik (Communist) Revolution
Enabling Act passed in Germany and the Nazis under Hitler assume full control of Germany
The Soviet Union collapses into fifteen different countries
Treaty of Versailles
Germany attacks the Soviet Union
Stalin begins the collectivization of Soviet agriculture
Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated by Serbian terrorists
Gorbachev begins a series of reforms of the communist system in the Soviet Union
Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact and invade Poland
Lenin begins the New Economic Policy allowing limited capitalism in the Soviet Union
The Holocaust involving extermination and labor camps for such peoples as Poles, Jews,
Russians, Gypsies, homosexuals, and others become a German war policy
Option 2
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Major World-wide Economic Depression
Stalemate-trench warfare on “the Western Front”
Russian Bolshevik (Communist) Revolution
British and French appease Hitler by allowing for Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia, i.e.,
the Sudetenland
Kristallnacht and the Nuremberg Laws authorize persecution of Jews in Germany
Treaty of Versailles
Stalin begins collectivization of Soviet agriculture
Mussolini takes power in Italy
United States and United Kingdom sign the Atlantic Charter describing World War II as a war
for democratic principles
The Soviet Union collapses into fifteen different countries
The Holocaust involving extermination and labor camps for such people as Poles, Jews, Russians,
Gypsies, homosexuals, and others become a German war policy
Enabling act passed in Germany and the Nazis under Hitler assume full control of Germany
Teachers may create their own timeline by integrating the two options listed above, but based
on the content objectives these are the events that are to be used for this portfolio entry.
2. The classroom teacher will NOT use the assessment list as a part of any lesson before
the assessment day.
On the other hand, a different scrambled list incorporating five, ten, twenty, or
thirty or more events could be used as practice for this assessment.
3. This portfolio assessment is to be given in class as individual work. It is a closed note
assessment to be completed in one class period.