Mr. Kidd's Social Studies



Metaphorical Pathway: the 13th , 14th, 15th Amendments13th-15th Amendments Pathway Poster: After the Civil War, the Reconstruction Era began and there were a lot of gains made in peoples’ rights and equality. At the same time, there were major steps taken backwards in the fight for civil rights during this time. For this enrichment project, you will be mapping the progress of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. How did Americans gain more rights through the passing of these amendments? Why was the 13th amendment not enough? Why did the government also need to pass the 14th and 15th amendments? Make sure that you include the following on your poster:Checklist:______An explanation that describes how the 13th amendment came to be. Discuss the history of slavery leading up to slavery in America. (one paragraph)______A description of the 13th amendment. What was it? What did it include? (one paragraph)______An explanation of how the 13th amendment led to the passing of the 14th amendment. (one paragraph)______A description of the 14th amendment. What was it? What did it include? (one paragraph)______An explanation of how the 14th amendment led to the passing of the 15th amendment. (one paragraph)______A description of the 15th amendment. What was it? What did it include? (one paragraph)______An analysis of how effective or ineffective the Reconstruction era was. (one paragraph)______A metaphorical path with visuals that represents how one amendment led to the next. (Examples: road, obstacle course, nature trail, maze, etc.) Be Creative!!!______Each student needs to complete a “Group Work” form. ______Turn in evaluation formName______________________Group Work FormFill in the blanks with the student name of who is expected to complete that part of the project. These do not have to be done separately. If students plan on completing parts together, write down more than one name._______________________An explanation that describes how the 13th amendment came to be. Discuss the history of slavery leading up to slavery in America. (one paragraph) Pg. 265-266 From “The Emancipation Proclamation” and stop at “Union Military Triumphs”Pg. 267-268 from “The Election of 1864” and stop at “The Destruction of the South and the End of the War”_______________________A description of the 13th amendment. What was it? What did it include? (one paragraph) Pg. 268 _______________________An explanation of how the 13th amendment led to the passing of the 14th amendment. (one paragraph) Pg. 275-280 stop at “The Fourteenth Amendment”_______________________A description of the 14th amendment. What was it? What did it include? (one paragraph) Pg. 280_______________________An explanation of how the 14th amendment led to the passing of the 15th amendment. (one paragraph) Pg. 280-282 start at “Radical Reconstruction, 1867-1877” and stop at “The Fifteenth Amendment”_______________________A description of the 15th amendment. What was it? What did it include? (one paragraph) Pg. 282_______________________An analysis of how effective or ineffective the Reconstruction Era was. Give (one paragraph) Pg. 282-289 Start at “Women’s Rights” and stop at the end of the chapter._______________________A metaphorical path with visuals that represents how one amendment led to the next. (Examples: road, obstacle course, nature trail, maze, etc.) Be Creative!!! Presentation RubricCATEGORYAdvancedProficientPartially?ProficientUnsatisfactoryPresentationWell-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention.Rehearsed with fairly smooth delivery that holds audience attention most of the time.Delivery not smooth, but able to maintain interest of the audience most of the time.Delivery not smooth and audience attention often lost.ContentCovers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good.Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors.Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.MechanicsNo misspellings or grammatical errors.Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors.Four misspellings and/or grammatical errors.More than 4 errors in spelling or grammar.AttractivenessMakes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation.Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation.Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content.Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentation anizationContent is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed.Content is logically organized for the most part.There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.CATEGORYAdvancedProficientPartially?ProficientUnsatisfactoryLeading up to the 13th amendment.Thoroughly explains the history of slavery leading up to the 13th amendment. Paragraph is in-depth with several details and examples.Paragraph explains the history of slavery leading up to the 13th amendment and includes a few details and examples.Paragraph does not give a full explanation of the history of slavery, and there may be some historical inaccuracy. Paragraph is incomplete or historically inaccurate.Description of the 13th amendmentThoroughly explains the 13th amendment. Paragraph is in-depth with several details.Paragraph explains the 13th amendment and includes a few details.Paragraph does not give a full explanation of the 13th amendment and there may be some historical inaccuracy.Paragraph is incomplete or historically inaccurate.Explanation of how the 13th amendment led to 14th amendment.Thoroughly explains how the 13th amendment led to the 14th amendment. Paragraph is in-depth with several details and examples.Paragraph explains the context around how the 13th led to the 14th amendment and includes a few details and examples.Paragraph does not give a full explanation of how the 13th led to the 14th amendment, and there may be some historical inaccuracy.Paragraph is incomplete or historically inaccurate.Description of the 14th amendment.Thoroughly explains the 14th amendment. Paragraph is in-depth with several details.Paragraph explains the 14th amendment and includes a few details.Paragraph does not give a full explanation of the 14th amendment and there may be some historical inaccuracy.Paragraph is incomplete or historically inaccurate.Explanation of how the 14th amendment led to 15th amendment.Thoroughly explains how the 14th amendment led to the 15th amendment. Paragraph is in-depth with several details and examples.Paragraph explains the context around how the 14th led to the 15th amendment and includes a few details and examples.Paragraph does not give a full explanation of how the 14th led to the 15th amendment, and there may be some historical inaccuracy.Paragraph is incomplete or historically inaccurate.Analysis of the impact that these 3 amendments had on rights and equality in America.Analysis provides a thorough overview and synthesis of all three amendments and their impact on equality.Analysis provides an overview of most of the amendments and their impact on equality.Analysis is more of a summary, may not include an overview of the amendments, and/or may be historically inaccurate.Analysis is incomplete or historically inaccurate.Content RubricGroup Evaluation Form Name____________________________Check off the following parts that you completed:____An explanation that describes how the 13th amendment came to be. Discuss the history of slavery leading up to slavery in America. (one paragraph)____A description of the 13th amendment. What was it? What did it include? (one paragraph)____An explanation of how the 13th amendment led to the passing of the 14th amendment. (one paragraph)____A description of the 14th amendment. What was it? What did it include? (one paragraph)____An explanation of how the 14th amendment led to the passing of the 15th amendment. (one paragraph)____A description of the 15th amendment. What was it? What did it include? (one paragraph)____An analysis of the impact that these 3 amendments had on rights and equality in America. (one paragraph)____A metaphorical path with visuals that represents how one amendment led to the next. (Examples: road, obstacle course, nature trail, maze, etc.) Be Creative!!!Identify something positive about working in your group:What was a challenge of working in your group?On the back, draw a pie chart to demonstrate the amount of work that you and your teammates completed. Group Evaluation Form Name____________________________Check off the following parts that you completed:____An explanation that describes how the 13th amendment came to be. Discuss the history of slavery leading up to slavery in America. (one paragraph)____A description of the 13th amendment. What was it? What did it include? (one paragraph)____An explanation of how the 13th amendment led to the passing of the 14th amendment. (one paragraph)____A description of the 14th amendment. What was it? What did it include? (one paragraph)____An explanation of how the 14th amendment led to the passing of the 15th amendment. (one paragraph)____A description of the 15th amendment. What was it? What did it include? (one paragraph)____An analysis of the impact that these 3 amendments had on rights and equality in America. (one paragraph)____A metaphorical path with visuals that represents how one amendment led to the next. (Examples: road, obstacle course, nature trail, maze, etc.) Be Creative!!!Identify something positive about working in your group:What was a challenge of working in your group?On the back, draw a pie chart to demonstrate the amount of work that you and your teammates completed. Honors ExtensionFor the honors extension to this project, you will need to complete 4 journal entries from the perspective of someone living during this time period. The perspective you write from can be any race, age, gender, etc. that you want. But make sure that you write from the perspective that they would have had during the time period. Also, think about where they lived geographically. Did they live in the north? The south? Be creative! You can write a specific story about an event that happened to you that demonstrates your understanding of the events, OR you could write your thoughts as that person in a journal-type of format.Journal entry #1: Before the passing of the 13th amendment.Journal entry #2: The passing of the 13th amendment.Journal entry #3: The passing of the 14th amendment.Journal entry #4: The passing of the 15th amendment.Here are additional requirements for your journal entries:Historical facts from the time periodFor journal entries 2-4, make sure that the amendments are explained.First person perspectiveEach should be 1 well-developed paragraph (6-10 sentences)How the amendment/event impacted or didn’t impact their livesMake sure that it is clear in your entries who you are and where you live.Dates for each journal entry (make sure this is historically accurate) ................
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