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SWBAT select an assignment from the project-grid, or create their own with teacher approval, to
demonstrate their summative answering of the Essential Questions from Unit 4 through the inquiry process.

Essential Unit Question

To what extent were the revolutions of the 18th and 19th century successful?
Revolutionary Choices: Choose One!

American Revolution. French Revolution. Industrial Revolution. Latin American Independence

Movements

Age of Revolutions Project Grid

Produce an Album Complete Write an Essay. Write a Play.

with Cover Art and Lyrics.

Create Pamphlets and Posters. Create Your Own Test with an Make a Documentary.
Answer Key.

Produce a Talk Show or News Prepare/Hold a Debate. Create a Website.

Report.
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Summative Project Checklist

Each project must answer the Essential Question of the Unit with evidence to support conclusions coming
from logical and reasonable primary and secondary sources.
Each project must include the following information and will be graded using the historical
reading/thinking/writing rubric.
Regardless of which medium students choose, a written explanation on how each dimension was
incorporated must be provided.

Dimension 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the time period(s) discussed.
Establish probable trends, patterns, and cause/effect relationships during the historical process.
Dimension 2
Current Event Connections.
Analyze the impact of the event(s) on our contemporary time period.
Dimension 3
Build a Historical Argument.
Formulate a plausible claim and counter-claim in answering the Essential Unit Question.
Support claims with specific evidence and reasoning.

Dimension 4
Choose appropriate resources to address the prompt.
Primary and Secondary Sources.
Bibliography / Works Cited Page.
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Historical Thinking Skills Rubric

Reading Thinking Writing

Criteria Sourcing Close Corroboration Contextualize Claim Evidence/Reasoning

Reading
Gathers Fully Evaluates a variety Analyzes the Formulates Supports a claim or
relevant understands of logical sources relationship specific argument with logical and
Exceeding information the meaning to establish between the central and reasonable evidence.
from a wide and content probable trends, event and other arguable
5 range of patterns, and historical processes claims and
of sources. Justifies how evidence
primary and cause/effect or our counter- supports the claim
secondary relationships contemporary time claims through analytical
sources that during the period through based on reasoning.
are reliable historical process. multiple, clear the
and examples and rich evaluation
trustworthy. detail. of all
evidence.

Gathers Mostly Evaluates a Analyzes the Formulates Supports a claim with

Meeting relevant understands moderate set of relationship arguable appropriate and relevant
information the meaning relevant sources to between the central claims and evidence.
3-4 from a and content establish probable event and other counter-
moderate of sources. trends, patterns, historical processes claims Justifies how evidence
range of and cause/effect or our based on supports the claim
primary and relationships contemporary the through analytical
secondary during the period through evaluation reasoning.
sources that historical process. multiple examples. of all
are reliable evidence.
and
trustworthy.

Areas for Gathers Attempts to Evaluates a limited The relationship Formulates

Growth information understand and simple set of and lasting impact unarguable Evidence simply restates
mostly from the meaning sources to establish of the central event statements original argument and
1-3 secondary and content probable trends, on other historical based on fails to support or develop
sources. of sources. patterns, and processes or our the the claim.
cause/effect contemporary time evaluation
May not relationships period is implied of all Reasoning fails to analyze
adequately during the but not clearly evidence. how evidence justifies the
examine historical process. explicated. claim.
reliability of
information.
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Summative Project Outline

Project Medium: ____________________________________________________

Complete the following checklist as you research your project:

Demonstrates knowledge of time period(s) discussed.
The historical event Im going to research is______________________________
Source(s) Used:
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Historical Connections.
I am going to analyze how my historical event impacted.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Source(s) Used:
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Build a historical argument.
My claim in answering the Essential Unit Question is
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
.
My counter-claim in answering the Essential Unit Question is.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________