Introduction
 
 

Many events in our history have shaped our country into the place we live in today. As you may have learned in fourth grade, North Carolina was actively involved in wars of the past. Once such war was The Civil War. During the war, a particular battle would remain one of the worst in our history.....Gettysburg.
 
 

You will make a product to be displayed at our History Fair next month. All work will be placed in a folder provided for you during class. One part of your work will be shared with your classmates during Project Sharing Day on __________________. You may choose which part you share.

Follow these steps to accomplish your task:

1. 1. Read the story of The Battle of Gettysburg at the following site: http://www.gettysburg.com/bog/bogstory/story1.htm 
2. Decide upon one topic that interests you: Life of the soldier, Military Leaders, Gettysburg Battle, or Gettysburg National Park. Write a two page paper about the topic.  
3. Draw a picture of an interesting fact you learned. 
4. Write a poem, story, or song lyrics for something you read. 
5. Place all work in the pocket folder provided in class. 
6. Share one part of your project with the class on the following date:____________________  

Describe to the learners how their performance will be evaluated. Specify whether there will be a common grade for group work vs. individual grades.

	Unacceptable Below 60	Below Average 60-76	Accomplished 77-93	Exemplary 94-100	Score
Written two-page paper on chosen topic	Topic was selected but there is not evidence of writing available	Topic was selected and beginning of paper is evident but not completed	Two page paper written with facts from selected topic, and placed in folder.	Two page paper typed in a word-processing program, printed, and placed in folder.
Picture of fact learned during process	Folder contains an empty paper with title or beginning of a picture	Folder contains a picture with a few elements but clearly unfinished.	Folder contains colorful picture with title or description	Folder contains colorful picture with title, description, and a copy of digital picture of same topic from Internet site
Write a poem, story, or song lyrics for one part you studied	Notes of ideas in folder,without a completed project	Beginnings of one or more activities without any being finished	Completed poem, story, or song included in folder	Completed poem, story, or song included in folder and produced in a word-processing program
Completed folder	Folder with unfinished work	Folder with one or two parts completed	Folder with all parts completed and included	Neatly decorated folder with all parts completed and included
Stated Objective or Performance	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting development and movement toward mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting the highest level of performance.

At the end of this project, you should have an idea of some of the history concerning The Battle of Gettysburg. You will have a finished product to display for parents and community members during our History Fair. You should also have a sense of pride in knowing what people from the past did to make things better for you! Hopefully, you will have pride in your country and your past.

Thomas, William G. and Carter. Alice E.; The Civil War on the Web, Scholarly Resources, Inc.; Wilmington, Delaware, 2001.
 

Actual photographs taken by myself at Gettysburg National Park, Pennsylvania