A Civil War Memoir: Content Rubric
Essential Skill or Knowledge / Rookie-5 points / Varsity-15 points / All-Star-25 points / Comments / ScoreI am able to make connections between major causes, events, or effects of the Civil War on my character. / I am unable to make connections or cannot provide accurate evidence of the causes, major events, and/or effects of the Civil War on my character. / I am able to make some connection between the major causes, events, or effects of the Civil War on the life of my person by using limited sources of evidence from the textbook, my notes, or the primary source documents. / I am able to make connections between major causes, events, or effects of the Civil War on the life of my character by including multiple sources of evidence from the textbook, my notes, or the primary source documents.
I described the economic and cultural issues that divided the nation. / I did not provide or provide an inaccurate description of the economic and cultural issues that divided the nation in relation to my character. / I provided limited evidence relating to the economic and cultural issues dividing the nation in relation to my character, primarily focusing on one issue. / I provided more than one type of evidence relating to economic and cultural issues dividing the nation in relation to my character, identifying multiple key issues.
I described the effects the Civil War had on Union or Confederate soldiers, Enslaved African Americans, or women, through the interpretation of different historical perspectives between the North and South. (sol 9f and 1d) / I did not provide, or provide an inaccurate description of the effects the Civil War had on a Union or Confederate soldier, Enslaved African American, or women and the interpretation of different historical perspectives between the North and South. / I provided some description of the effects the Civil War had on at least one or two of the groups of people (Union or Confederate soldier, Enslaved African American, or women) and limited interpretation of different historical perspectives between the North and South. / I provided multiple pieces of evidence describing the effects the Civil War had on Unionand Confederate soldiers, Enslaved African Americans, and women and the interpretation of different historical perspectives between the North and South.
Locate information to support opinions, predictions, conclusions / My product is based primarily on my opinion with little support from the given resources. / I used information from the resources to support most of my conclusion but it may demonstrate some misunderstanding or it includes some unsupported opinion. / I identified information from the resources given to accurately and adequately support my conclusion and solution.
Please note:This performance task was developed with input from teachers Kelly Wilson and MakeshaYellock from Martinsville Middle School, instructional coaches, and other dedicated educators in the Martinsville City Public Schools. You are free to use this task, but do please give credit to John Ross and Martinsville City Public Schools if you do use it.