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| Realistic Knowledge Testing | Knowledge of realistic content would seem clear, but this can be overlooked. In fact, it is helpful at the beginning of the unit to know what you want your students to know at the end of it. You should determine the most significant facts.
If a student finishes a unit on Freudian psychology in your psychology class but cannot recognize the id, ego, and superego, there is a problem. This is predominantly significant in social studies, for the reason that a lot of students see this subject as a meaningless mixture of facts. Your obligation is to help them to restructure what is the most significant and get that across to them. Honestly, this can help in your planning of the unit. It is also a good time to think about the end of the unit when you are just beginning it.
Here are some good guidelines concerning themes in what to test:
1. People
- Who was involved?
 - What did they do and why did they do it?
- Why are they significant?
2. Places
- Where is this taking place?
- What impact did the region have?
- What is the geography?
3. Events
- What happened?
- Why did it happen?
- Where did it happen?
- What impact did it have?
4. Vocabulary
- What are the significant terms and their definitions?
5. Chronology
- What was the order of events and what is the cause-and-effect relationship between them?
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