Road to the Civil War Choice Board

Directions: ​Choose 3 of the following options below and follow the instructions to complete. You will have all class on Monday/Wednesday or
Tuesday/Thursday to finish these 3 tasks. You will submit your final projects on Google Classroom. All choices must be made in a tic-tac-toe pattern (3 in
a row). You may choose any one of the following topics: 1) The Compromise of 1820 and 1850 2) Dred Scott v. Sanford 3) Kansas-Nebraska Act and
“Bleeding Kansas, 4) John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry
Make a G
​ oogle slideshow​ about what you know  Go to h
​ ttps://www.storyboardthat.com/  Create a G
​ oogle Form​ Quiz with at LEAST 12 
about any one of the above topics.   And create a storyboard that depicts scenes from  questions about any of the 4 topics we have 
- Your presentation MUST include a  any of the above topics.   learned in Social Studies so far.  
MINIMUM of 5 slides with nice  - Your story board must feature all  - Share the quiz with me when you are 
backgrounds.   important parts of the event.   finished. 
- You must screencastify yourself  - Your storyboard must have 4 panels.   - For 5 points extra credit points, have a 
presenting this slideshow for complete  - Screenshot your storyboard and upload it  friend take the quiz.
credit.  to G. class when you are finished.  
- To submit you may upload the 
assignment to G. classroom. 

Design a J​ eopardy game​ using the template in  Create your own K ​ ahoot​ about what we have  Write a 1 page essay, double spaced, about the 
Google Classroom using all 4 topics above.   learned about the 4 topics above.   impact the event had on precipitating the Civil 
- Your game must include the 4 topics    War.  
above.   -This Kahoot must have 10 questions with at  - Font must be 12 pt. 
- You must include 5 questions per topic.  LEAST 3 possible answers per question.  - Upload on Google Classroom when you 
- You must use the Jeopardy template in  - The Kahoot must include questions about each  are finished.
Google Classroom.   of the topics from above.  
- For 5 points extra credit, ask a friend to play 
this Kahoot, screenshot their score and upload it 

PARTNER OPTION:  PARTNER OPTION:  PARTNER OPTION:  

Make a Google slideshow about what you know  Create a news broadcast that explaining 2 of the  Create a Jeopardy game that incorporates all 4 
about any of the topics above.   topics above. You may use Adobe Spark.   topics above + miscellaneous. You must use the 
- Your presentation MUST include a  - Your broadcast must be a minimum of 2  template in Google Classroom.  
MINIMUM of 10 slides with nice  minutes long.    - Your game must include the 4 topics 
backgrounds.   - You must write a script with your partner  above + a miscellaneous category.  
- You must screencastify yourself and your  and submit it along with your broadcast. - You must include 5 questions per topic. 
partner presenting this slideshow for  - You must use the Jeopardy template in 
complete credit.  Google Classroom. 
- To submit you may upload the 
assignment to G. classroom.
 Road to the Civil War Rubric
Slide Show Rubric:  Storyboard Rubric:  Quiz Rubric: 
- 10 points  - 10 points  - 10 points 
- Minimum 5 slides  - Features 1 topic   - Created on G. forms 
- Nice background  - 4 panels  - Includes 1 of the above topics. 
- Screencastify video  - 8 points  - 8 points 
- 8 points  - Missing a topic  - Created on another platform. 
- Less than 5 slides  - Missing a panel  - Missing a topic. 
- Creepy background  - 5 points  - Less than 12 questions.  
- Screencastify video  Missing topic.  - 5 points 
- 5 points or less.  Missing 2 or more panels.  Missing more than 2 topics 
No video  Missing more than 3 questions. 
Minimum of 5 slides 

Jeopardy Game Rubric:   Kahoot:   Essay:  

- 10 points  -10 points  - 10 points 
- Game includes 4 topics   - Kahoot has 10 questions with 3 answers per  - Essay is 1 page, double spaced 
- Game includes 5 questions/topic.  question  - Includes 1 citation 
- 8 points  - Kahoot includes 4 topics from above.   - Topic relates to topic choices.  
- Game includes 3 topics.   - 8 points  - 8 points 
- Game includes 5 questions/topic.  -Kahoot is missing answer choices  - Essay is less than 1 page 
- 5 points  - Kahoot has 8 questions  - Font is too big 
- Game includes less than 3 topics.  - Kahoot is missing 1 topic  - 5 points 
- Game does not have at least 5  - 5 points  Essay is half page or less 
questions/topic.   - Kahoot is 7 or less questions  Font is too big 
- Kahoot is missing 2 topics  Not related to any of the topics given above.   
- Only 1 answer per question 

PARTNER Slide Show Rubric:  PARTNER Broadcast:  PARTNER Jeopardy Game:  

- 10 points  - 10 points  - 10 points 
- Minimum 10 slides  Broadcast is 2 minutes long.  - Game includes 4 topics + 
- Nice background  Script is submitted  miscellaneous 
- Screencastify video  - 8 points  - Game includes 5 questions/topic. 
- 8 points  Broadcast is only 1 minute long  - 8 points 
- Less than 8 slides  Broadcast script does not match broadcast.   - Game includes 4 topics.  
- Creepy background  - 5 points  - Game includes 5 questions/topic. 
- Screencastify video  Broadcast is 30 seconds or less  - 5 points 
- 5 points or less.  No script was submitted.  - Game includes less than 3 topics. 
- No video  - Game does not have at least 5 
- Minimum of 5 slides  questions/topic.