7th Grade Group Project
Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Reconstruction
Your group will choose and create three of the following: Newspaper Article, Children's Book,
Comic Strip or Google Slides
Comic Strip or Google Slides
Newspaper Article
Minimum of 12 complete sentences (40 pts) Title (10 pts) Date newspaper was created (5 pts) Picture with Caption (15 pts) Participation (20 pts) Creativity and Neatness (15 pts) Comic Strip Title (10 pts) 12 slides must include the following: Picture (20 pts) Caption or quote (30 pts) Colored ( 5 pts) Participation (20 pts) Creativity and Neatness (15 pts) |
Children's Book
Cover: Title, Author, Illustrator, Picture (15 pts) Minimum of 10 pages Each page must have: Minimum of two complete sentences (30 pts) Picture (10 pts) Color (10 pts) Participation (20 pts) Creativity and Neatness (15 pts) Google Slides Title (10 pts) One slide for each of the following: Where (5 pts) When (5 pts) Why (5 pts) Who (5 pts) Each slide must have: Minimum of three complete sentences (35 pts) Picture on each slide (15 pts) Participation (20 pts) |
Students will use the following topics to create the project above:
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
Must include the following: Location Time Conspirators (minimum of 3) Outcome |
Civil War
Must include the following vocabulary: Secede Ulysses S. Grant Robert E. Lee Union Confederate Emancipation Proclamation Richmond, Virginia |
Reconstruction
Must include the following vocabulary with definitions: Sharecropper Black Codes Ku Klux Klan Juneteenth |
Posters
Students must create three posters covering the following:
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Posters must include:
Date
Amendment Summary
Picture
Students must create three posters covering the following:
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Posters must include:
Date
Amendment Summary
Picture
For students that are working independently:
You are responsible for choosing one of the project types along with one of the topics above.
You must create all 3 Amendment posters
You are responsible for choosing one of the project types along with one of the topics above.
You must create all 3 Amendment posters