Throughout this unit, you have been working on your portfolio project. This project is a timeline of events leading to the Civil War. Your final timeline should include 8–10 items that are illustrative of important issues or significant events that led to the outbreak of the Civil War. Each item should include an image, a 1-2 sentence summary, & a date.
Step 1: Research
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Identify at least 8 items (events or factors) that led to the Civil War through your work in your class lessons.
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Identify a date associated with each item. Be as specific as possible. If your item is a single event, include the month, day, and year. If it’s not a single event, include the month and year, or just a year.
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Select visuals to represent each event you choose. One image per event.
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1-2 sentence summary describing the event or factor.
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You must use a minimum of 2 resources when conducting you research. Make sure to record the site or book you used when conducting your research. WIKIPEDIA does not count.
The events on your timeline should cover a variety of areas—social, political, and economic.
Step 2 – Create the Pre-Civil War Timeline.
After you complete your research, create your timeline. You can create this by hand, google doc, Microsoft Word, or another word processor
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In the center of your page, draw a straight line. This is will be your timeline.
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Add each of your 8-10 events. **Remember timelines are sequential. Dates must be in chronological order.**
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Each event needs to include the following:
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A date (month/day/year--if possible)
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A 1-2 sentence summary of event
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An image to represents the event
4. Finally, at the bottom of the page, include a minimum of 2 citations. These are the sources you used to gather your research. DO NOT USE WIKIPEDIA. It is not an academic site and will not be accepted.
Step 3- Submit your Events Leading to Civil War Timeline
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Upload your timeline to the drop box located on slide 8 of Unit 2: Lesson 5
Timeline Example:
*The timeline below is is for reference only. It is a timeline of events during the Civil War--not leading to Civil War. It does not fit the requirements exactly. Please make sure your timeline follows all portfolio requirements listed in steps 1 & 2.
Rubric: review the 6 categories of the rubric and how your portfolio will be scored.
Rubric Score: 1= 6 pts 3= 18 pts 5= 27 pts. (extra credit)
2= 12 pts 4= 24 pts 6= 30 pts. (extra credit)
● Connectability: Timeline includes 8-10 accurate events from each civilization.
● Evidence/Details: Each event includes an image that provides additional understanding.
● Introduction & Conclusion: Each event contains a short detailed description.
● Organization: Timeline events are in chronological order.
● Audience: Timeline was well researched and included a minimum of 2 citations.
● Conventions: Timeline had no basic spelling, grammatical, & punctuation errors that impeded readability or understanding.
