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Civil War Project Create A Colony Students randomly choose a side and will be given assignments over a 3 day period which they need to research and create a visual or notes to present to their classmates. Rubric Code: HX32C59 By memoore Ready to use Private Rubric Subject: History Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8

Civil War Project
	Low Performance 1 pts	At or Below Average 3 pts	At or Above Average 4 pts	Exemplary Performance 5 pts
Political Parties Chart List political parties from 1848-1860;political platform;candidate area of support	Low Performance More than two elections have misinformation in the topics that were to be addressed.	At or Below Average Failed to identify a political party for an election. Party platform lacks correct details, do not have correct area of support for a candidate.	At or Above Average Identified most of the political parties for each election; missing one idea from parties platform; did not have correct winner of election or correct area of support.	Exemplary Performance Identified all political parties for each election; correct candidates and area of support noted; correct platform for each party.
Map of area and Theaters of War Draw a map of the 48 states and correctly identify territory of the North or South and the Theaters of War.	Low Performance Outline of US map drawn but details missing, no theaters of war designated; no title or key provided.	At or Below Average Map of US drawn but area of responsiblilty not clearly marked. No title or key provided. One theater of war identified.	At or Above Average Map of US drawn but some areas misidentified only has two theaters of war. No title but Key provided.	Exemplary Performance Map drawn to specifications, area properly identified and the three theaters of war properly located. Title and Key provided.
War Strategy Written overall strategy for the North or South and the Theaters of War strategies.	Low Performance Confused the North with the Souths' strategy or vice versa and did not address the theaters of war correctly or did not address theaters at all.	At or Below Average Identified most of the overall strategy for the North or South. Only addressed one theater of war strategy correctly	At or Above Average Identified most of the overall strategy for the North or South (left out 1 idea). Only addressed two theaters of war strategy correctly.	Exemplary Performance Identified the correct overall strategy for the North or South. Identified the specific focus for the Eastern, Western and Far Western theaters of war.
Advantages / Disadvantages Chart Identify the advantages and disadvantages of the North or South at the beginning of the war.	Low Performance	At or Below Average	At or Above Average	Exemplary Performance
Industrial Revolution North describes the impact of the industrial revolution, changes in Working Life, Transportation Revolution andnew technologies impact on the North's development	Low Performance	At or Below Average	At or Above Average	Exemplary Performance
Growth of Cotton South describes the growth of the cotton industry, southern society and the Slave System.	Low Performance	At or Below Average	At or Above Average	Exemplary Performance
Reform Movements Chart Identify the Name of the movement, decribe the movement and identify key people.	Low Performance	At or Below Average	At or Above Average	Exemplary Performance
Battles Chart Identify all the battles described in your text book on sheet provided.	Low Performance	At or Below Average	At or Above Average	Exemplary Performance
Siege of Vicksburg letter Write a letter to your respective War Dept. North describes results and significance of batte; South describes the impact on citizens and Confederate Army	Low Performance	At or Below Average	At or Above Average	Exemplary Performance
Daily Life during the warnter Title summarize the three topics addressed in Module 18 Lesson 4	Low Performance	At or Below Average	At or Above Average	Exemplary Performance
Johnny Reb and Billy Yank create an oultline of a classmate on kraft paper then create a collage of pictures and words for this unit.	Low Performance	At or Below Average	At or Above Average	Exemplary Performance
Recontruction Plans Chart create a 3 column chart that identifies the name of the plan, author(s) and a description of the plan. Identify during presentation which plan was implemented.	Low Performance	At or Below Average	At or Above Average	Exemplary Performance
Freedman's Bureau Describe the Freedman's Bureau and its significance	Low Performance	At or Below Average	At or Above Average	Exemplary Performance
Radical Republicans North only assignment -Describe Radical Republicans and the fight over Reconstruction focus in Module 19 Lesson 2 and part of lesson 3.	Low Performance	At or Below Average	At or Above Average	Exemplary Performance
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Enter Title	Low Performance	At or Below Average	At or Above Average	Exemplary Performance
Life during Reconstruction South only Assignment - Describe life under reconstruction and changes that occurred in the South. Focus on Module 19 Lesson 1 and Lesson 3.	Low Performance	At or Below Average	At or Above Average	Exemplary Performance
Presentation skills How well did the students present the material.	Low Performance	At or Below Average	At or Above Average	Exemplary Performance
Presentation material Students used hand made charts, maps, or students created powerpoint presentation	Low Performance	At or Below Average	At or Above Average	Exemplary Performance

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History

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