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Influential People during the Civil ar

Exploring the Civil War: Self-Paced Student Project
Designed by Matt Hillman, Krista Hornberger, Emily Baker, and Heather Prusky

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Introduction

The American Civil War happened from 1861 to 1865 between the North and South United States over the issue of slaver ! The Southern states formed The Confederate States of America and were in favor of slaver " the North was a#ainst slaver ! $undreds of thousands of soldiers died and after four ears of battlin#% the North won the war and slaver was abolished& There were man influential people that contributed to the histor of The American Civil War! The leaders we are #oin# to learn about in this pro'ect have all had a #reat impact on the United States of America !

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The Task
In this WebQuest, you will learn about one person who you believe did great things during the Civil War. This activity will allow you to explore four important people who were involved with slavery and fighting for rights for African Americans. To start off, you will pic from Abraham !incoln, "rederic #ouglass, $arriet Tubman, and finally %o&ourner Truth. 'ut of these four people you will choose one who you thin played a ma&or part and even impacted the lives of African Americans during the Civil War. (ext, you will read through their lin and learn a little about their bac ground and why they did what they did during this time. "inally, you will create a diary about the person you chose. In this diary you will play the role of the person and write what you thin they felt and how they reacted to what was happening around them. Alternatively you may create a newspaper article that gives a brief biography of your character and some of their accomplishments during the Civil War time period and how it impacted other people. )y the end of this assignment you should be able to share what you have learned and what you wrote in your &ournal or newspaper article to one of your peers that chose a different person. *emember be creative with your &ournal or newspaper article+

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The Process
Choose one out of these four influential people durin# the Civil War! (ou will find lin)s to important information pertainin# to each character on the Student *a#e in this document! +emember to complete our 'ournal or newspaper article ou must include 5 facts about the person ou chose alon# with an e,planation of wh ou chose that particular person! -nce the pro'ect is completed find a classmate who chose a different character and share information about our character with our classmate!

Abraham Lincoln

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Sojourner Truth

Frederick Douglass

Harriet Tubman

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Evaluation
Civil War WebQuest Rubric
4 E!cellent " #ood
.ew mista)es are made in #rammar% spellin#% or punctuation!

$ Lacking
.re/uent mista)es are made!

% Poor
0rammar% spellin# and punctuation is close to or all incorrect!

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#rammar& S'elling& and Punctuation (om'letion o) assigned tasks and 'roject *as turned in on time+

All #rammar% spellin#% and punctuation are correct!

<ach student will be evaluated on Wor) is le#ible and 1! 0rammar% spellin# and neatl written or punctuation t ped! Wor) is (reativit, and presented in 3! $ow well the completed creative and neatness o) their assi#nments or#ani4ed wa ! 'roject Time has been =! :f the assi#nment was neat spent to ma)e wor) neat! and creative >! Student shows that the Shows e,cellent understand and learned -no*ledgeable )nowled#e of the about their person about the to'ic person that the researched! 5! Student was en#a#ed and tal)ative to partner while Wor)ed cooperativel with spendin# class time wisel (oo'eration
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All assi#ned tas)s were completed! *ro'ect is missin# All but one assi#ned 12ournal some re/uired tas) was completed! 1Newspaper article tas)s! Student turned in 15 .acts about the Student turned in assi#nment 1 da person assi#nment 3 da s late! Student turned in to 6 da s late! assi#nment on time! 5ost of the wor) is le#ible and neatl written or t ped! The ma'orit of the wor) is presented in a creative and or#ani4ed wa ! Sometime has been spent to ma)e wor) neat!

No assi#ned tas)s were completed! Assi#nment was turned in 1 wee) after due!

Wor) is barle le#ible% mess and Wor) is not le#ible hard to read! Wor) or or#ani4ed! Wor) is not presented in a shows no creativit creative or or neatness! or#ani4ed wa ! *ro'ect reflects a 5ore time needed lac) of time put to be spent on the forth! pro'ects!

Student shows that Student shows that Shows the have the learned some the did not learn not learned an thin# facts about the much about the durin# their person the person the Web6uest! researched! researched!

$ad difficult Usuall able to wor) wor)in# Was unable to wor) cooperativel with cooperativel with cooperativel ! 7Clas their partner 7and their partner 7used their partner 7and s time was not used used class time most of class time often failed to use wisel 8! wisel 8! wisel 8! class time wisel 8! T-TA9 *-:NTS;

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(onclusion
Hopefully by the end of this assignment you have learned information both about your character and also about your classmates character. This assignment was intended to give you a unique perspective about influential people during the Civil War time period and also how their actions and accomplishments impacted the United States as a whole and also individual lives.

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References for I ages:

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References for Influential People:

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