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Buffalo Soldiers

Native American and European Settler Web Quest

African Americans have fought in military conflicts since colonial days. However, the Buffalo Soldiers, comprised of former slaves, freemen and Black Civil War soldiers, were the first to serve during peacetime.

Rubric Code: T2525CA

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Subject: History

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

African Americans Buffalo Soldiers
	MASTERY Exceeds the requirements for this subject and grade level's standards. 4 pts	BASIC Meets the requirements for the subject and grade level's standards. 3 pts	APPROACHING BASIC Shows many characteristics aligned with this subject and grade level's standards but does not meet all expectations. 2 pts	UNSATIFACTORY Shows a minimum number of characteristics aligned with this subject and grade level's standards but is far from meeting the expectations. 1 pts
CONTENT	MASTERY Exemplary research included, with student's understanding of information evident and greatly supported by details in the narrative. Buffalo Soldiers of the 9th Cavalry served selflessly and dedicatedly through the settling of the Great American Frontier.	BASIC Constituted on July 28, 1866, in the Regular Army as the 9th Cavalry and organized September 21, 1866, in Greenville, LA, t	APPROACHING BASIC Minimum amount of time researching spent, with student understanding not always evident or supported.	UNSATIFACTORY Little time spent researching, with student understanding not shown.
Questions	MASTERY Students answered all questions and provided examples to support their information. By the end of World War II, over 900,000 black men and women had served in the American military.	BASIC Students answered all questions but did not support their information.	APPROACHING BASIC Students answered most of the questions.	UNSATIFACTORY Students answered less than half the questions.
FACTORS	MASTERY There are very few spelling, punctuation, or typing errors evident in the paper.	BASIC There are few (<5) spelling, punctuation, or typing errors evident in the paper.	APPROACHING BASIC There are some (<10) spelling, punctuation, or typing errors evident in the paper.	UNSATIFACTORY There is evidence that the student did not review the paper for errors, with >10 spelling, punctuation, or typing errors.
ANALYZE IMPORTANT FACTORS	MASTERY The presentation is attractive and provides many COLORFUL illustrations that connects to the theme of the Civil War Battle chosen by the small group	BASIC The presentation is attractive and connects to the Civil War battle. However, the pictures are not in color.	APPROACHING BASIC The presentation contains very few illustrations and it is unclear how the pictures relate to Civil War battle.	UNSATIFACTORY No pictures or the pictures are completely irrelevant to the Civil War battle.
ESSAY- 5-8 paragraph	MASTERY Constituted on July 28, 1866, in the Regular Army as the 10th Cavalry and organized September 21, 1866, at Fort Leavenworth, KS, the 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers served for over 2 decades of continuous deployment on the Great Plains and in Arizona and New Mexico.	BASIC The regiment distinguished itself during the Spanish-American War at Santiago and Las Guardians.	APPROACHING BASIC The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum (BSNM) exists to tell the real unapologetic truth of the sacrifices that African Americans made to build the United States of America.	UNSATIFACTORY Student discussed the successes and failures of the Soldiers in their relationship with Natives- vague background present

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