Performance Task Title: First Grade Social Studies Project on Lewis, Clark and Sacagawea

Submitted by: Jessica Nelson

Date: 10/08/08

Performance Task – GRASPS

Goal – You will find out what the major events were during Lewis, Clark and Sacagawea’s exploration and in what order they happened.

Role – You will be a Historian and a teacher. You will listen and participate in the activities each day to gain the knowledge you need to complete a timeline.

Audience – Your audience will be your class and your parents – you will take your timeline home and teach them about the exploration.

Situation – Your parents have been out of school for many years and have forgotten who Lewis, Clark and Sacagawea are. They recognize their names but they cannot remember why they are important to us.

Product Performance – You will write in your Social Studies journal after each day’s lesson and make a list of the important events that happened on Lewis, Clark and Sacagawea’s exploration. On the last day you will put these events in order of how they happened on a timeline. You will show a total of 3-5 events and illustrate and label each event and share your timeline with the class just as you would with your parents. You will take the timeline home and “teach” your parents all that you learned while you explored Lewis, Clark and Sacagawea.

Standard/Criteria for Success – see rubric

Lewis, Clark and Sacagawea Timeline Rubric
	Excellent	Good	Needs Work
Content	Student identified all major events and left out minor details	Student identified some major events, but included minor details as well	Student was not able to identify major events and included only minor details
Organization	Student put all major events in correct order on the timeline, as well as included correct labels and illustrations	Student put most major events in correct order, making a few mistakes as well as few mistakes on labels and illustrations	Student was not able to put events in correct order and labels and illustrations were left off
Speaking Skills	Student displays knowledge and understanding of material.	Student displays knowledge and little understanding of material.	Student displays little knowledge and little understanding of material.