Question:Throughout America’s history many groups have been affected by the decisions of this nation. Describe the effects, both positive and negative, that these decisions have had on ONEof the following groups: Native Americans, Women, Immigrants, African Americans, Veterans, or the underprivileged. Be sure to include specific events, documents, and/or people significant to that group.
Reporting Category / 4* / 3 / 2 / 1
Reconstruction to Modern America / Student addressed essential skillsand referenced the majority of the following for their chosen group.
- Who could hold elected office
- Black Codes
- Freedman’s Bureau
- Jim Crow laws
- Frederick Douglass
- Increase of Immigration after the Civil War
- Political machines (political corruption)
- Discrimination of immigrants
- Tenements and Ghettos
- Racial segregation
- African American responses to racial segregation
- Women’s suffrage
- Citizenship of Native Americans
- Booker T. Washington
- W.E.B DuBois
- Big Business
- Progressive Movement
- Temperance Movement
- Who could hold elected office
- Black Codes
- Freedman’s Bureau
- Jim Crow laws
- Frederick Douglass
- Increase of Immigration after the Civil War
- Political machines (political corruption)
- Discrimination of immigrants
- Tenements and Ghettos
- Racial segregation
- African American responses to racial segregation
- Women’s suffrage
- Citizenship of Native Americans
- Booker T. Washington
- W.E.B DuBois
- Big Business
- Progressive Movement
- Temperance Movement
- Who could hold elected office
- Black Codes
- Freedman’s Bureau
- Jim Crow laws
- Frederick Douglass
- Increase of Immigration after the Civil War
- Political machines (political corruption)
- Discrimination of immigrants
- Tenements and Ghettos
- Racial segregation
- African American responses to racial segregation
- Women’s suffrage
- Citizenship of Native Americans
- Booker T. Washington
- W.E.B DuBois
- Big Business
- Progressive Movement
- Temperance Movement
- Who could hold elected office
- Black Codes
- Freedman’s Bureau
- Jim Crow laws
- Frederick Douglass
- Increase of Immigration after the Civil War
- Political machines (political corruption)
- Discrimination of immigrants
- Tenements and Ghettos
- Racial segregation
- African American responses to racial segregation
- Women’s suffrage
- Citizenship of Native Americans
- Booker T. Washington
- W.E.B DuBois
- Big Business
- Progressive Movement
- Temperance Movement
United States History: 1865 to the Present Alternative Assessment Rubric
Question: Throughout America’s history many groups have been affected by the decisions of this nation. Describe the effects, both positive and negative, that these decisions have had on ONE of the following groups: Native Americans, Women, Immigrants, African Americans, Veterans, or the underprivileged. Be sure to include specific events, documents, and/or people significant to that particular group.
Reporting Category / 4* / 3 / 2 / 1
Turmoil and Change / Student addressed essential skills and referenced the majority of the following for their chosen group.
- Spanish American War
- World War I
- World War II
- African American job prospects
- African American migration
- Harlem Renaissance
- The problems African Americans faced in the North and Midwest
- The plight of migrant workers
- Women’s jobs during WWII
- Internment Camps
- Breaking down of racial barriers
- Spanish American War
- World War I
- World War II
- African American job prospects
- African American migration
- Harlem Renaissance
- The problems African Americans faced in the North and Midwest
- The plight of migrant workers
- Women’s jobs during WWII
- Internment Camps
- Breaking down of racial barriers
- Spanish American War
- World War I
- World War II
- African American job prospects
- African American migration
- Harlem Renaissance
- The problems African Americans faced in the North and Midwest
- The plight of migrant workers
- Women’s jobs during WWII
- Internment Camps
- Breaking down of racial barriers
- Spanish American War
- World War I
- World War II
- African American job prospects
- African American migration
- Harlem Renaissance
- The problems African Americans faced in the North and Midwest
- The plight of migrant workers
- Women’s jobs during WWII
- Internment Camps
- Breaking down of racial barriers
United States since
World War Ii / Student addressed essential skills and referenced the majority of the following for their chosen group.
- United Nations
- Involvement in Cold War conflicts
- Educational and economic opportunities for veterans, women, and minorities
- Shift from wartime to peacetime
- Effects of segregation
- Civil Rights movement
- Civil Rights court cases
- Civil Rights legislation
- Equal Rights Amendment
- New immigration issues
- United Nations
- Involvement in Cold War conflicts
- Educational and economic opportunities for veterans, women, and minorities
- Shift from war time to peacetime
- Effects of segregation
- Civil Rights Movement
- Civil Rights court cases
- Civil Rights legislation
- Equal Rights Amendment
- New immigration issues
- United Nations
- Involvement in Cold War conflicts
- Educational and economic opportunities for veterans, women, and minorities
- Shift from war time to peacetime
- Effects of segregation
- Civil Rights Movement
- Civil Rights court cases
- Civil Rights legislation
- Equal Rights Amendment
- New immigration issues
- United Nations
- Involvement in Cold War conflicts
- Educational and economic opportunities for veterans, women, and minorities
- Shift from war time to peacetime
- Effects of segregation
- Civil Rights Movement
- Civil Rights court cases
- Civil Rights legislation
- Equal Rights Amendment
- New immigration issues
Geography / Student addressed essential skills and referenced the majority of the following for their chosen group.
- Reasons for westward expansion
- Forced relocation of American Indians
- Outcome of treaties with American Indians
- Result of westward expansion on American Indian population
- Reasons for westward expansion
- Forced relocation of American Indians
- Outcome of treaties with American Indians
- Result of westward expansion on American Indian population
- Reasons for westward expansion
- Forced relocation of American Indians
- Outcome of treaties with American Indians
- Result of westward expansion on American Indian population
- Reasons for westward expansion
- Forced relocation of American Indians
- Outcome of treaties with American Indians
- Result of westward expansion on American Indian population
Civics and Economics / Student addressed essential skills and referenced the majority of the following for their chosen group.
- The effects of the 13th amendment
- The effects of the 14th amendment
- The effects of the 15th amendment
- Greater mobility
- Creation of jobs
- Rural electrification
- The Great Depression
- Unemployment
- New Deal programs
- Conversion from wartime to peace time
- Workforce shift back to men
- Labor Unions merge
- Re-entry of women into the workforce
- G.I. Bill of Rights
- Desegregation of the armed forces
- The effects of the 13th amendment
- The effects of the 14th amendment
- The effects of the 15th amendment
- Greater mobility
- Creation of jobs
- Rural electrification
- The Great Depression
- Unemployment
- New Deal programs
- Conversion from wartime to peacetime
- Workforce shirt back to men
- Labor Unions merge
- Re-entry of women into the workforce
- G.I. Bill of Rights
- Desegregation of the armed forces
- The effects of the 13th amendment
- The effects of the 14th amendment
- The effects of the 15th amendment
- Greater mobility
- Creation of jobs
- Rural electrification
- The Great Depression
- Unemployment
- New Deal programs
- Conversion from wartime to peacetime
- Workforce shift back to men
- Labor Unions merge
- Re-entry of women into the workforce
- G.I. Bill of Rights
- Desegregation of the armed forces
- The effects of the 13th amendment
- The effects of the 14th amendment
- The effects of the 15th amendment
- Greater mobility
- Creation of jobs
- Rural electrification
- The Great Depression
- Unemployment
- New Deal programs
- Conversion from wartime to peacetime
- Workforce shift back to men
- Labor Unions merge
- Re-entry of women into the workforce
- G.I. Bill of Rights
- Desegregation of the armed forces
*NOTE
Students will be required to address only the bullets for the group they have chosen to write about. Students will need to reference the majority of the bullets associated with that particular group to receive a 4 or 3.
To receive a 4 on this rubric students must reference at least one of the essential skills listed below in addition to addressing the majority of the bullets in the column.
-Reference primary and secondary documents
-Make connections between past and present events
-Interpret ideas from different historical perspectives
-Sequence events in United States history
-Reference slogans and/or documents
-Identify costs and benefits of specific choices made and consequences of those choices.
-How people and nations responded to positive and negative incentives.