Danielle Dallof

Name of the Project: Reconstruction Comics

Big Idea: Compare and contrast the outcomes of Reconstruction in the North and South

Grade Level: 8

Type: Project/Oral Presentation

Grouping of Students: pairs or small groups (no more than 3 students)

I. Planning: The Parameters for Assessment

a. Content
i. Academic Content Standard: US History 1, Standard 9, Objective 3
1. Evaluate the Reconstruction period and how it affected the United
States following the Civil War.
ii. Learning Objectives:
1. Students will be able to compare and contrast the outcomes of
Reconstruction in the North and South.
b. Language Objectives:
i. Writing Level 3: Students will be able to write short paragraphs comparing and
contrasting the outcomes of Reconstruction in the North and South while
working with a partner, using the provided prompts
ii. Speaking Level 3: Students will be able to complete an oral examination
comparing and contrasting the outcomes of Reconstruction in the North and
South
c. Type of Language Assessment: written and oral presentation
d. Content Product: comic examples
e. Documentation: Instructional sheet for the comic, grading rubric for short essay
f. Materials or resources:
i. For students: Large piece of construction paper, markers, pens and pencils,
lined paper for essay, essay prompt/questions
ii. For teacher: grading rubric for essays, grading rubric for oral presentations
g. Academic vocabulary:
i. Comic
ii. Reconstruction
iii. Union
iv. Confederacy
v. Civil War
vi. Emancipation
vii. Agriculture
viii. Industry

II. Delivery: The Instructional Assessment Sequence for project

Warm Up: Individual and then whole group instruction

A. Answer a question posted on the board in your planner, on your own.

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a. Question: Use your notes from yesterday to answer the following question. What is one
way that Reconstruction was different between the North and the South?

Project Activities:

A. Using the large piece of construction paper draw a comic about Reconstruction in the North OR
South
B. Write three short paragraphs comparing and contrasting the outcomes of Reconstruction in the
North and South using the writing prompt
a. Writing Level 3: Students will be able to write short paragraphs comparing and
contrasting the outcomes of Reconstruction in the North and South while working with
a partner, using the provided prompts
C. Display your comics for the class to view
D. Make a short oral presentation about your comic and make a comparing and contrasting
statement about Reconstruction in the North and South
a. Speaking Level 3: Students will be able to complete an oral examination comparing and
contrasting the outcomes of Reconstruction in the North and South

III. Interpreting Results-- Assessments

a. Peer and student self-assessment
i. Incorporate peer review into the oral presentations
b. Teacher assessment
i. assess student writing using the grading rubric provided at the beginning of the
project
ii. Use a project rubric for oral presentations
IV. Closure
a. Students will provide feedback to one another on the oral presentations using a pre-
developed form
b. Teacher also provides feedback to students on the oral presentations using the pre-
developed form
c. Teacher grades essays using the rubric given at the beginning, makes comments, and
looks for mastery of content and progress with language objectives

Rubrics:

Writing Rubric: 1 2 3
Format 1 Paragraph 2 paragraphs 3 paragraphs
Wrong font Pt 12 Times New
Roman font
Content Does not compare and Compares and Explains the comic strip
contrast contrasts outcomes of Compares and
Reconstruction but contrasts outcomes of
does not explain the Reconstruction in the
comic strip North and south
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Grammar/spelling 10+ errors 6-10 grammar and 5 or less grammar and

spelling errors spelling errors

Oral presentation: 1 2 3
Explanation of ideas & Uses too few, Uses some facts, Uses relevant and
information inappropriate, or descriptions or appropriate facts,
irrelevant facts, examples to support descriptions, and
descriptions, or claim but there are not examples to support
examples to support enough or some are claim
claim irrelevant
Organization Does not include Includes almost Has a clear main idea
important information everything required or claim
Does not have a main Has a main idea/claim States main idea/claim
idea or claim but it may not be very Moves from one idea
clear to the next smoothly
Voice Uses many filler words Occasionally uses filler Rarely uses filler words
(umm, yeah, so, and words Speaks loudly enough
like) Speaks loud enough for for everyone to hear
Speaks to softly to be most of the audience Speaks clearly; not too
understood to hear quickly or too slowly
Mumbles or speaks to Speaks clearly for the
quickly or too slowly most part but
sometimes talks to
slow or fast