The people of the Northwest Coast
Iroquois
Plains Indians
Peubloans
Mississippians
Hopewell
The Adena
Aztecs
Maya
Inca
Next I allowed them to form their own groups, maximum of 4 students. After they formed their groups, I ripped up some paper with the numbers written on them, 1-10. I went around and had each group choose a number (the numbers were face down), this will be the order in which they will get to choose from the list above.
This is an open-ended project, so I will allow students time to brain storm what they would like to do for their project. Some examples are: make a totem pole for the Northwest Coast people, do a research project, make a poster, create a slide show, build a tipi for the Plains Indians, draw a trade route from the Hopewell to Canada and the Gulf of Mexico, build a replica of Serpent Mound, draw or recreate the legend of the Aztecs, recreate the Mayan game, or build a replica of Machu Pichu.
I have never done an open-ended project before, so I am a little apprehensive as to how this will go. I am excited and hopeful that the students will come up with something creative and thoughtful.
This is the rubric I made.
Rubric for Early Civilizations of the Americas
Project Title:
_______________________________________________
Members of Group:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Subject of Project:
The People of the Northwest Coast _______ Iroquois ________ Plains Indians ________
Puebloans ______ Mississippians _______ Hopewell _______ The Adena ______
Aztecs ______ Mayas ______ Inca ______
Member Evaluation:
- Did everyone work equally as hard? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- What responsibility did each member have in this project? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Why did you choose to do this project? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Why did you choose to do this civilization? ________________________________________________________________________
Rubric
5 Point Answers
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3 Point Answers
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1 Point Answers
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Name of the Civilization
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Include name and location of civilization
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Include name only
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Include location only
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Where they lived
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Include where they lived, and what they lived in.
I.e. next to a river, in pueblos
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Include where they lived only
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Include what they lived in only
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What they ate
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Include what they ate and how they got their food.
I.e. They ate corn because they grew it, then preserved it.
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Include what they ate only
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Include how they got their food only
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Explain relevance of project to course of study
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5 Sentences, capitalization, punctuation, spelling and grammar all correct
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3 Sentences, capitalization, and punctuation all correct, some spelling and or grammar errors
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1 Sentence with poor grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization
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Front page of this Rubric Filled Out
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All questions are answered with thoughtful responses
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All questions are answered with generic responses
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Not all questions are answered
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Comments:
/25 Points