Pioneer
Project directions: Due
Dates:
Pioneer families had to be
self-reliant. They could not go to the store to get any
type of supplies. Everything they used
had to be brought with them from the settlements, traded for, or made by hand
by themselves out on the frontier. To
survive they needed to use their skills, wits and materials available on the
frontier.
Your task
with this project is to make something that the pioneers would have had to make
on the frontier, or a model of said object.
You will have to research your object and write about it in your
companion essay and cite your source or sources. ( Mrs. Kirk, in the library can be of great
assistance, she has a section in the library on Appalachian culture.)
Examples-
( look around the class at previous items)
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Model
Cabins or lean-tos
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Toys-
dolls, animals, carved figures, games.
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Articles
of clothing
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Candles
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Soap
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Natural
dye process
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Cooking
or cleaning utinsils
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Other
ideas (check with teacher with idea before beginning)
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No
weapons (knives, bows and arrows, etc.)
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I
will have a few special projects available that will differ from the above
criteria, ask if interested
Articles: need to be made of materials that would have been found on
the frontier. Nails would have been
limited, cloth would have been Lindsey-woolsey, or wool or leather, in short
supply. Glue would have been natural materials
(clay, etc.) Modern materials may be
substituted byt in your description you must explain your substitutions.
3 Paragraph Descriptive Essay: Paragraph 1- describe
your research, 5 sentence minimum, Paragraph 2- describe how you made your
item, 5 sentence minimum. Paragraph 3- describe your materials, where did you
get them, did you substitute materials, what would they have used on the
frontier.
Presentation- Show us the item and tell us about it.
Grading rubric:
Item:
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Mastery:
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Partial Mastery:
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Novis:
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Finished product
100 pts.
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Complete, well made, effort shown in
product
100
95 90
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Complete, but lack of effort shown in
quality of the product.
85
80 75
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Incomplete, or poorly made with result
showing lack of effort.
70
65 60
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Descriptive essay
60 pts.
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3 paragraphs, no grammar mistakes,
Completely described, citation correct
60
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3 paragraphs, grammar 3 to 5 mistakes,
description incomplete. Citation incorrect.
50
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Incomplete, more than 5 grammar mistakes, Poor
description, no citation.
40
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Presentation
40 pts.
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1 minute, practiced, item well
explained
40
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Under 1 minute, unpracticed evident,
partial explanation.
30
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Incomplete description, explanation
incomplete.
20
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