Journal entrys and assignment for a history class
Lesson 2 Portfolio Assignment
Follow the instructions for the journal entries and the activity.
Respond to the following questions. Your responses do not have to be long, just a paragraph, but do make sure that they completely answer the questions.
Save your work when you complete it. You will turn it in with the rest of your journal entries and portfolio assignments at the end of the course .
Objective 1
1. What would you guess were the main causes of the Civil War?
2. What arguments of the abolitionists do you find convincing? What about those of the South?
Objective 2
1. What did Webster mean when he said there “can be no such thing as a peaceable secession”?
2. What is your personal opinion about the argument that individual states have the right to secede from the Union?
Objective 3
1. If you were in Lincoln’s position, what would you do and why?
2. What strengths do you think the South had? What strengths do you think the North had? How did these factors influence the outcome of the war?
3. Many believe we are still dealing with residual effects from the Civil War. Identify such issues and state how we continue to grapple with them or how we have resolved them over time.
Objective 4
1. What rules would you have for the South before it would be allowed to return to the Union? Would you be strict?
Activity
Please complete this activity. Make sure you look at the grading rubric below before beginning your assignment.
Write a one-page summary on the causes of the Civil War.
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Grading Rubric |
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Activities |
Not Acceptable 0 points |
Acceptable 1 point |
Good 2–3 points |
Excellent 4 points |
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Lesson 2: one-page paper on the causes of the Civil War |
Paper is less than one page and is poorly written with incomplete thoughts. |
Paper is one full page with some mistakes, but identifies some causes of the Civil War. |
Paper is one full page with few mistakes identifying important causes of the Civil War. |
Paper is one full page with no mistakes identifying the major causes of the Civil War. |