8th Grade U.S.

History and Geography Westward Movement Poster

Period: ______________________________

Name: ______________________________

Advanced Proficient 20 points Content 20 points Contains many key facts and details: connect reasons why people moved then to reasons why people compare the hardships of the settlers to explain why each chosen legacy is the most valuable Organization 20 points Creativity 20 points Mechanics 20 points Information is map Demonstrates careful thought and initiative; contains original ideas; may contain humor Sentence construction sophisticated and and punctuation; rich academic vocabulary hardships of today move now

Proficient 15 points Contains sufficient complete the assignment

Partial Proficient 10 points Many necessary facts contains some unimportant information

Not Proficient 5 points Important facts and much information is irrelevant

interesting and relevant facts and details to

and details are present; details are missing;

presented as a thinking as a bulleted list

Information is presented Logical organization, but not presented in either a map or list Evidence of some creative thought present Varied and correct sentence construction; and punctuation; occasional use of rich vocabulary Correct but repetitive sentence construction; contains some distracting errors in spelling and punctuation; weak language usage Legible but lacking in visual appeal; missing cover sheet or another required feature; graphics some what messy or inappropriate Contains one or two interesting ideas

Weak organization; facts and details are stated without connections No original ideas or methods evident

Many errors in sentence construction, spelling and punctuation; incorrect language usage

varied; flawless spelling few errors in spelling

Presentation 20 points

Neatly written; graphics Easy to read; includes well drawn, attractive and appropriate; cover sheet and other required features; graphics are neatly presented

Difficult to read; no cover sheet; graphics are illegible and not relevant

Shihady, 2012

8th Grade U.S. History and Geography Westward Movement Poster

Period: ______________________________

Name: ______________________________

The Explorers

Mountain Men

The Californios

The Missionaries Annotated Map

The Miners

The Mormons

Pioneer Women

The Chinese

List and Illustrate (Proficient) common reasons why people moved west hardships for each group of settlers, choose what you

Advanced Proficient use thinking maps to share the information reasons why people move now hardships of today valuable connect reasons why people moved then to compare the hardships of the settlers to explain why each chosen legacy is the most

think was their most valuable legacy

Shihady, 2012