Directions for the Pioneer Project

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)

·         Model Cabins or lean-tos

·         Toys- dolls, animals, carved figures, games.

·         Articles of clothing

·         Candles

·         Soap

·         Natural dye process

·         Cooking or cleaning utinsils

·         Other ideas (check with teacher with idea before beginning)

·         No weapons (knives, bows and arrows, etc.)

·         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:	Mastery:	Partial Mastery:	Novis:
Finished product 100 pts.	Complete, well made, effort shown in product 100   95   90	Complete, but lack of effort shown in quality of the product. 85   80   75	Incomplete, or poorly made with result showing lack of effort. 70   65   60
Descriptive essay 60 pts.	3 paragraphs, no grammar mistakes, Completely described, citation correct 60	3 paragraphs, grammar 3 to 5 mistakes, description incomplete. Citation incorrect. 50	Incomplete,  more than 5 grammar mistakes, Poor description, no citation. 40
Presentation 40 pts.	1 minute, practiced, item well explained 40	Under 1 minute, unpracticed evident, partial explanation. 30	Incomplete description, explanation incomplete. 20