Georgia Studies – Unit 5: Antebellum, Civil War, & Reconstruction Summative Assessment Enrichment Tasks

Visual Representation/Art Project:
Using your class notes, CRCT Prep Book, Georgia and the American Experience textbook, and any additional required research, complete a visual representation/art project about your topic. Your group will be allowed to create a proposal about the type of project that you would like to create (BE CREATIVE!!!!!). After your group has decided what type of project you would like to create, you will need to meet with the class teacher for project proposal approval BEFORE you begin. Each group’s project, regardless of format and/or type, must include a detailed description, picture, and/or visual for all terms or concept relating to the topic(listed below) and will require a class presentation.
Due Dates:
Teacher approval of your project proposal needs to be completed by ______.
Be prepared to present the project to the class on ______.

Topics and Required Terms or Concepts

Topic / Required Term or Concepts
Causes of the Civil War / Slavery, States’ Rights, Nullification, Election of 1860, and Secession
Compromise / Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Alexander Stephens, and Dred Scott
Civil War Part I
(1861-1863) / Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, and Union Blockade of Georgia’s Coast
Civil War Part II
(1863-1865) / Chickamauga, Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Andersonville
Equality During Reconstruction / Freedmen’s Bureau, 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment (Men), and Henry McNeal Turner and the Black Legislators (Election)
Inequality During Reconstruction / Sharecropping, Tenant Farming, Ku Klux Klan, 15th Amendment (Women), and Henry McNeal Turner and the Black Legislators (Removal From Office)
Reconstruction Plans / Lincoln’s Plan, Johnson’s Plan, and Congressional Reconstruction (Explain and discuss each plan from the perspective of a Northerner and Southerner)

Georgia Studies – Unit 5: Antebellum, Civil War, & Reconstruction Summative Assessment Rubric

CATEGORY / 10 / 8 / 6 / 4 / NOTES
Requirements
Total for this section:
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20 / All requirements are met. / One requirement was not completely met. / Two requirements were not completely met. / More than three requirements were not completely met. / This section counts twice. Requirements include: Detailed Descriptions of the term or concept, picture/visual, and the presentation.
Visual Display
Total for this section:
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20 / Makes excellent use of font/neat handwriting, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation and/or project. / Makes good use of font/neat handwriting, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the project and/or presentation. / Makes use of font/neat handwriting, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the project and/or presentation content. / Use of font/neat handwriting, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the project and/orpresentation content. / This section includes how the project looks, including the grammar that should help your writing to flow, legible writing, creativity of your project proposal, and the extra pizzazz you provide to make it personally yours.
Presentation Content
Total for this section:
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20 / Covers the required topic content in-depth with details and examples.
Subject knowledge is excellent. / Includes essential knowledge about the required topic.
Subject knowledge appears to be good. / Includes essential information about the required topic, but there are 1-2 factual errors or information is lacking. / Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors. / This section counts twice. The information, including the factual information, reasoning, and thought you provide are the most important aspects of the activity. Make sure your project and completed presentation shows what you KNOW and how deep you know it.

Total: Comments: Group Member Names:

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50