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Colonial Letter About the Declaration

Student is to write a letter that is to take place during colonial times. The letter is to explain if they are a Loyalist or a Patriot and why.

Rubric Code: Z73CX2

By mrscivics

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Subject: History

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Colonial Letter
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Average 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts	Points Earned (N/A)
CONTENT	Excellent Historically accurate; amount of information is abundant and develops all necessary points that were required of the writer	Good Historically aligned w/ very few errors in facts/time; amount of information appropriate and 5 of the 7 requried items are included and expanded on.	Average Historically aligned w/errors in facts/time;amount of information is sufficient and 3 of the 7 required items are included but only briefly discussed.	Fair Historically adequate w/ errors in facts/time;amount of information is fair; 3 of the 7 required items are included but are not expanded on.	Poor Historically inaccurate or out of sequence;amount of information is minimal.	Points Earned _____ X 2 =
CREATIVITY	Excellent Excellent imagination; creative; uses factual information to convey a realistic portrayal. Really feels like a colonist wrote the letter. Good passion/description in the words to make the argument	Good Good imagination; creative; uses factual information to convey a realistic portrayal. Feels like the colonist was forced to write the letter. Lacks the passion/description to represent the argument.	Average Adequate imagination; somewhat creative; uses factual information to convey a realistic portrayal. Feels like the colonist was forced to write the letter. There is no passion/description to represent the argument.	Fair Lacks imagination; lacking creative details; uses factual information to convey a realistic portrayal.	Poor Flat style. Inaccurate facts. No creative setting.	Points Earned ______ X 5 =
REQUIRED ELEMENTS	Excellent Demonstrates a complete understanding of life of colonial patriot/loyalist. Speaks of Protesting groups (for/against). Defends actions of the British Govt or Second Continental Congress. Includes details of the complaints in the Dec of Ind (for/against)	Good Demonstrates a pretty good understanding of life of colonial patriot/loyalist. Speaks of Protesting groups (for/against). Defends actions of the British Govt or Second Continental Congress. Includes details of the complaints in the Dec of Ind (for/against). Some information is incorrect.	Average Demonstrates an adequate understanding of life of colonial patriot/loyalist. Just mentions Protesting groups (for/against) without detail. Defends actions of the British Govt or Second Continental Congress, but not clearly. Includes some details of the complaints in the Dec of Ind (for/against). Some information is incorrect.	Fair Demonstrates a very little understanding of life of colonial patriot/loyalist. Just mentions Protesting groups (for/against) without detail. Explains actions of the British Govt or Second Continental Congress, but doesn't take a side. Mentions some of the complaints in the Dec of Ind (for/against), but no detail. Much information is incorrect or left out.	Poor Demonstrates confused or weak understanding of life of colonial patriot/loyalist. Does not include any details to support a position (patriot/loyalist).	Points Earned _____ X 10 =
FORMAT	Excellent Fits time period; neat; complete sentences, punctuation, and spelling. Well-developed introduction and closing are present.	Good Fits time period; neat; complete sentences, punctuation, and spelling. Good introduction and closing are present.	Average Fits time period; typed; complete sentences, punctuation, and spelling. Adequate introduction and closing are present.	Fair Fair sequencing; written,complete sentences, punctuation, and spelling. Introduction or closing are missing or weak.	Poor Poor sequencing; messy; incomplete sentences, weak punctuation and/or spelling. No introduction/closing.	Points Earned _____ X 3 =

Keywords:

Colonial, American Revolution, Declaration of Independence

Subjects:

History

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