Rubric: Below you will see the rubric for the WebQuest assignment.

To earn the grade that you desire make sure that you are fulfilling the following requirements for the lesson.

Statement
Explanations/Civil War Causes (Website) (Need to explain 5 causes) Evidence (Blog)

1
Student explains 12 causes of the civil war in a clear knowledgeable manner. Student has one or less pieces of evidence and does not use the evidence to help form their opinion. Contains an unfocused topic that lacks clear direction for the writing assignment.

2
Student explains 34 causes of the civil war in a clear knowledgeable manner Student only has 2 or less pieces of evidence and does not adequately use them to form their opinion. Establishes the topic or stance that adequately directs the body of the essay. 2 of the 3 body paragraphs strongly support the thesis statement and show a moderate amount of knowledge of content.

3
Student explains 5 causes of the civil war in a clear knowledgeable manner Student has 3 pieces of evidence and uses them to help for their opinion. Establishes focus that clearly directs the body of the essay. All 3 paragraphs strongly support the thesis statement and show a high amount of knowledge of content.

(Quote, Cite, Explain)

Thesis/stance on topic (Blog) Could the Civil War have been avoided Content Accuracy/knowledge of topic (Blog)

1 of the 3 body paragraphs supports the thesis statement and shows limited (make sure you have correct information about knowledge of content your topic)

Conclusion You have completed the Civil War WebQuest! You are now more informed on what actually caused the civil war. You have done research and shared ideas and can now prove if the Civil War could have been avoided. The skills that you have used to complete this WebQuest will help you in future education as it is very important to have proof or evidence to support your opinions. This time period was one of the darkest in history and through various websites you have learned of our dark past. As you know history repeats itself lets hope that the informati on you have learned will help you generation prevent a time period such as this. Hope you have had fun but were challenged.

For further exploration of this topic please use the following links!

1. http://mrnussbaum.com/civil-war/causes/ - More information on the causes. 2. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2063869,00.html Civil Wars affect on current government. 3. http://www.aboutnorthgeorgia.com/ang/Causes_of_the_Civil_War - Georgias perspective on the Civil War. 4. http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/reasons.html - Primary Source- Why Georgia succeeded. 5. http://vps.stanleyfoundation.org/initiatives/un21/resources/securitycheck/uganda_civil war.php - Civil War in Africa.