American History Biography Project

Name ___________________________________ Per _____

American History Biography Project

You will, by yourself, be creating a project that tells the story of a significant person from

American history. To give you more relevance/buy in, you are allowed to do any individual over the course of our studies this year or pick from someone from the late19th or the 20th century. All

topics must be approved before you begin your research.

This assignment will count as 100 point summative grade.

You will have some choice in the product, or how you present the information from your research; see the list below for ideas. All project products must be approved by the instructor and will be presented orally in class. This project will have a similar structure to the "Snapshot Autobiography" project in that you must find the factual information about your person, like in the "About the Author" panel, as well as at least 3-4 events that shaped this person's role in both their own personal life and what made/makes them significant in American history.

Be sure to carefully read the rubric on the back. It will be used to grade your product and presentation.

Possible project products may include, but are not limited to:

Essay

Tri-Fold Presentation

Song (multi-verse)

Children's storybook/pop-up book

Poem (multi-verse)

Interview/ TV show

Scrapbook

Reenactment

Skit/puppet show

Facebook page

Cartoon (multi frame)

Other* (with teacher approval)

My Biography is on ______________________________________________

My Product is ____________________________________________

In-Class research dates __________________________________

Story board due _________________________________________

*Formative

Works Cited Rough Draft due in APA format ________________________

*Formative

Product work-days __________________________________

Presentation dates ___________________________________

Category Basic information about the individual

3-4 major events of the person's life

Explanation of this person's significance in U.S. History

Quality of product

The American Republic Project Rubric

Excellent All elements of their background has been thoroughly researched and explained

Good All elements are included, explanation not strong

Fair Elements included but explanations weak

Poor Elements are missing, lack of explanation

15

12

9

5

At least 3 or more events are included, well researched and well explained

At least 3 events are included, explained yet not well researched

Missing events and the explanations are weak

Events are missing, lack of explanation

25

Thorough explanation of the person's historical significance is interwoven into the events

20

Explanation of the person's historical significance is explained, not thorough

15

Explanation is included but explanations are poorly thought out

10

Explanation is missing

10

Well organized, attention to detail, few if any mistakes in conventions of writing, product is neat and creative with good use of visuals

7

Well organized, attention to detail, few if any mistakes in conventions of writing, product is neat, good use of visuals

4

Organized, some details are lacking, mistakes in conventions of writing, visuals not as strong as they could be

2

Little effort is made to follow directions, disorganized, no attention to detail or the conventions of writing, poor or missing visuals

Oral presentation to class

20

15

10

5

Kept audience attention, demonstrated knowledge well, preparation evident

Kept audience attention, demonstrated knowledge, some preparation evident

Audience had trouble following presentation, errors in info, presenter struggled to make it through

Presentation poorly executed, presenter(s) confused about what they are doing, many errors in info

Work Cited

Role as audience member

15 sources in correct format 10 Attentive audience member

5

12 sources minor errors in format 8 Off task during presentations;

3

9

major errors in format

5 Is personally redirected during presentations

5 Missing

0 Is personally redirected 2 times during presentations

2

0

Total of _______/100 points

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