A Divided Nation: Causes of the Civil War Timeline

Peer Assessment

NAME (of the person who did the timeline): ______

NAME (of the person assessing timeline): ______

GRADE: ______

HOW TO USE THIS SCORING GUIDE:

·  Each timeline begins with a grade of 100%

·  For each of the criteria listed below that is missing from the timeline, deduct the appropriate # of points indicated in ( ) from 100.

·  Only if points are deducted, should a number be written in the blank.

·  After checking each criterion and writing the numbers on the blank, total up the number of points deducted from 100% and do the math.

1.  Begin by bisecting your paper with a line either horizontally or vertically across your paper. Divide the line into 1 year segments beginning with 1850 and ending in 1861.

_____ Has a title: i.e. “Causes of the Civil War” (-5)

_____ Goes from 1850 to 1861 (-5)

_____ Marked in 1 year increments (1850, 1851, 1852…) (-5)

_____ Has arrows on both ends (-5)

2.  Place each of the events listed below on the line in their appropriate year, and write the date on which the event occurred. (Chapter 3-4)

_____ All 11 events are connected to the timeline and correct dates are clearly indicated

(-2 each):

The Compromise of 1850, Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), Birth of the Republican Party (1854), “Bleeding Kansas” (1856), The Caning of Charles Sumner (1856), Dred Scott v Sanford (1857), The Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858), Election of 1860, Secession of the Confederate States (1860), Firing on Fort Sumter (1861)

3.  _____ Each event has a brief, accurate description (ANNOTATION). (-2 each)

4.  Choose at least 5 of the events and produce an illustration representing each.

_____ Has at least 5 pictures (-5 each) (+2 each additional picture)

_____ Pictures are clearly marked with captions that describe, in complete sentences, how the event was a cause of the Civil War (-1 each)

_____ Rate on overall visual appearance from +0 to +5

0 1 2 3 4 5

_____ Would you recommend this timeline for public display in the classroom?