Project #3: Who was That? Tip your hat to history-making men and women of the westward movement! Choose one person listed below to research. Use the website listed to find information about that person and create a Keynote presentation about them. Use the grading rubric to help you. Be sure to include information about how this person was important during Westward Expansion. Daniel Boone William Clark Meriwether Lewis Sacajawea CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Organization Information is very organized with paragraphs and subheadings. Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs. Information is organized, but paragraphs are not The information appears to be disorganized. 8) Quality of Information Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples. Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given. Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic. Mechanics No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors. Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Internet Use Successfully uses suggested internet links to find information. Usually able to use suggested internet links to find information. Occasionally able to use suggested internet links to find information. Needs assistance or supervision to use suggested internet links and/or to navigate within these sites. Presentation Uses Keynote to present research project and creates a meaningful presentation. Uses Keynote to present research project but poorly presented Another app was used to create with presentation but it neatly organized and meaningful. Another app was used to create the presentation and is poorly presented.
Project #4: Gameboard Maker Your job is to create a board game about Heading West! You may work with a partner, or alone, but you must share the amount of work if you work with someone else. You will need to make 40 questions (20 each). They need to range from easy, to medium, and hard. You will make a gameboard and the questions. You can use our notes, worksheets we complete in class, vocabulary, map skills, or other things we discuss in class. Use the grading rubric to help you. CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Accuracy of Content All information cards made for the game are correct. (There should be 40 cards total.) All but one of the information cards made for the game are correct. All but two of the information cards made for the game are correct. Several information cards made for the game are not accurate. Attractiveness Contrasting colors and at least 3 original graphics were used to give the cards and gameboard visual appeal. Contrasting colors and at least 1 original graphic were used to give the cards and gameboard visual appeal. Contrasting colors and \"borrowed\" graphics were used to give the cards and gameboard visual appeal. Little or no color or fewer than 3 graphics were included. Rules Rules were written clearly enough that all could easily participate. Rules were written, but one part of the game needed slightly more explanation. Rules were written, but people had some difficulty figuring out the game. The rules were not written. Cooperative work The group worked well together with all members contributing significant amounts of quality work. The group generally worked well together with all members contributing some quality work. The group worked fairly well together with all members contributing some work. The group often did not work well together and the game appeared to be the work of only 1-2 students in the group. Creativity The group put a lot of thought into making the game interesting and fun to play as shown by creative questions, game pieces and/or game board. The group put some thought into making the game interesting and fun to play by using textures, fancy writing, and/or interesting characters. The group tried to make the game interesting and fun, but some of the things made it harder to understand/enjoy the game. Little thought was put into making the game interesting or fun.