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American Revolution Timeline

TASK: You will collect information (who, what, when, where, why, cause and effect) about 10 events leading up to the Revolution (You can choose). Use your notes from the video and the lecture to choose your events. Once you have collected your information, you will create a PowerPoint timeline of the events (one slide for each event) leading to the revolution. This timeline needs to be creative, and complete. By this I mean that you do not want to just draw a line and list events. Try to find a creative way to display your information. You will need to describe the event, provide an illustration that represents the event, and make the connections from one event to the next one. They must be in chronological order. Your project is due on Wednesday, September 19, and will be graded by the Rubric provided

American Revolution Timeline Rubric

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The timeline contained all 10 events related to the topic being studied. accurate and complete for all events reported on the timeline.

Weight

The timeline contained The timeline contained The timeline contained X1 5-9 events related to 3-4 of the requested fewer than 3 events. the topic being studied. events related to the topic being studied. Total: Facts were accurate and complete for almost all events reported on the timeline. Facts were accurate and complete for half of the events reported on the timeline. Most of the facts were X3 inaccurate and incomplete for events Total: reported on the timeline.

Content/Facts Facts were

Dates

An accurate, An accurate, complete An accurate, complete Dates are inaccurate X2 complete date has date is missing for one date is missing for and/or missing for been included for or two events. three to five events. more than five events. Total: each event. The timeline has a creative title that accurately describes the material and is easy to locate. Classroom time was used to work on the project. Conversations were not disruptive and focused on the work. The timeline has an effective title that accurately describes the material and is easy to locate. Classroom time was used to work on the project the majority of the time. Conversations were not disruptive and focused on the work. The timeline has a title The title is missing or that is easy to locate. difficult to locate. X1 Total:

Title

Use of Time

Classroom time was used to work on the project the majority of the time, but conversations often were disruptive or did not focus on the work.

Student did not use classroom time to work on the project and/or was highly disruptive.

X1 Total:

Spelling and Capitalization

Spelling and There were several (1- Spelling and capitalization are 3) spelling and capitalization were correct throughout. capitalization mistakes. mostly correct.

The amount of spelling X1 and capitalization errors was Total: unacceptable for a sophomore project.

Readability

The overall appearance of the timeline is pleasing and easy to read. This timeline shows a great deal of creativity and effort.

The overall The timeline is The timeline is difficult X1 appearance of the relatively readable and to read, sloppy, or timeline is pleasing and shows some effort. done with little effort. Total: easy to read. The timeline shows some creativity and effort.

Pictures

Every event has a Most events have a colored picture that colored picture that shows detail and shows detail and effort. effort

Several events have a picture. There is no color and/or no detail. There is little effort shown on most of the pictures.

One or two events may have a picture. There is no detail, color, or effort in the pictures.

X2 Total:

GRADE

__________/50

Revolutionary Events Timeline Planning Guide

A. Who was involved?

B. What happened?

C. When did it happen?

D. Why did it happen?

E. How did colonists respond? (What were the consequences)?

This picture will help me remember the event

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