Timeline: Events Leading to the Civil War

Grade: 2 daily grades

Due: Friday, April 8

Product: You will create a timeline showing the major events leading to the outbreak of the Civil War. Given the following list of events, you will identify their dates, place them on a timeline, describe each event and explain how each event contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War

Events:

  • Missouri Compromise
  • Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
  • Wilmot Proviso
  • Free-Soil Party
  • Compromise of 1850 and Fugitive Slave Act
  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act
  • Bleeding Kansas
  • Republican Party
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford
  • Lincoln-Douglas Debates
  • John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry
  • Election of 1860
  • South Carolina Secedes
  • Ft. Sumter

Requirements:

  • Ink
  • Title: Events Leading to the Civil War
  • Horizontal or Vertical Timeline, drawn with a ruler or straight-edge
  • All dates spaced appropriately in relation to each other, not spread out evenly across the timeline
  • All events listed above placed on timeline with date and an explanation of the event and how it contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War.
  • Relevant images of at least 5 events on the timeline – ink and color
  • Rough draft and Rubric on back of this page turned in stapled to timeline.

Timeline : Events Leading to the Civil War
Student Name: ______
CATEGORY / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1
Title / The timeline has a creative title that accurately describes the material and is easy to locate. / The timeline has an effective title that accurately describes the material and is easy to locate. / The timeline has a title that is easy to locate. / The title is missing or difficult to locate.
Dates / An accurate, complete date has been included for each event. / An accurate, complete date has been included for almost every event. / An accurate date has been included for almost every event. / Dates are inaccurate and/or missing for several events.
Content/Facts / Facts were accurate for all events reported on the timeline. / Facts were accurate for almost all events reported on the timeline. / Facts were accurate for most (~75%) of the events reported on the timeline. / Facts were often inaccurate for events reported on the timeline.
Readability / The overall appearance of the timeline is pleasing and easy to read. / The overall appearance of the timeline is somewhat pleasing and easy to read. / The timeline is relatively readable. / The timeline is difficult to read.
Spelling and Capitalization / Spelling and capitalization were checked by another student and are correct throughout. / Spelling and capitalization were checked by another student and were mostly correct. / Spelling and capitalization were mostly correct, but were not checked by another student. / There were many spelling and capitalization errors.
Graphics / All graphics are effective and balanced with text use. / All graphics are effective, but there appear to be too few or too many. / Some graphics are effective and their use is balanced with text use. / Several graphics are not effective.
Preparation / The student had notes about all the events and dates s/he wished to include on the timeline before beginning to design the timeline. / The student had notes about almost all the events and dates s/he wished to include on the timeline before beginning to design the timeline. / The student had notes about most (~75%) of the events and dates s/he wished to include on the timeline before beginning to design the timeline. / The student had not prepared adequate notes before beginning to design the timeline.
Resources / The timeline contained allevents related to the topic being studied. / The timeline contained at least 10-14 events related to the topic being studied. / The timeline contained 5-10 events related to the topic being studied. / The timeline contained fewer than 5 events.