Student Directions:
1. Please go to ‘file’ and then click ‘make a copy’.
2. Add your Last Name, First name to your personal ‘copy’ of the chart below.
3. Save your copy in a safe place in Google Drive.
4. You will turn it in later in the semester, as you gather information. The first event is provided for you.
History of African-Americans in the U.S.
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Specific leaders or group directly involved
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Specific reference of progress or setback (amendment passed, the Supreme Court decision made, the organization formed, etc. | In your opinion was this event positive or negative? Why or why not? Specific support must be included here. |
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Ongoing assignment details:
As you go through the semester, you will submit the document when assigned, adding new events.
At the end of the course submit your assignment as
· a well-organized, creative Power Point or
· an organized paper with subtitles for each event (which include all parts of the chart used this semester).
· You are not permitted to hand in the chart only
Choose specific, descriptive events/changes directly about the African-American community in the U.S. Do not include general events that involve all Americans (wars, depression, natural disasters or other general choices).
· Semester A project will only cover Reconstruction to 1930
The following is a review of the Rubric requirements:
Be sure to check the rubric!
• The assignment may be in the form of a Timeline, or a written account.
• The assignment must include the following components:
The assignment must include at least 10 events and all of the following components:
Brief, clear title of all events (10)
Year range or specific date for all entries (10)
Description of the event (20)
Particular people/leaders involved (10)
Specific reference to any particular progress or setback (amendment/Supreme Court decision/organization formed, or general description, etc.) (20)
Judgment by student whether this was a positive or negative event (10)
Demonstration of effort and excellence
Well edited with minimal errors (5)
All pictures or sources must be referenced.
Projects must have sources.
• Total Points: 85
* Again, please stay within the eras from Reconstruction to The Great Depression.
Ongoing assignment: content covered in each entry/unit (total 10 events
W2D5: review of civil war and beginning of reconstruction – 1 event
W6D4: Native americans and the west – 1 event
W8D2: progressive era – 2 events
W10D3: America becomes a world power – 2 events
W12D4: WWI, America’s entry and the home front – 2 events W15D4: Early Months of the great depression – 2 events
Please return the chart in pdf, and use MLA format for all references
