THE CIVIL WAR

Your board game should answer the unit question: Why is it important to solve a problem when it's small?

For your project, you need to create a board game that reviews the causes of the Civil War, advantages, disadvantages, leaders, important events of the Civil War, and the timeline of the war. You can work in groups of 1, 2, or 3 people. Examples are below:

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Follow steps 1 - 5 to complete your game.
1.Choose a theme for your game. Examples are above and below:
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2. Create a rough draft of the rules, and questions for the game. Remember, all of your questions need to be about the causes of the Civil War, advantages, disadvantages, leaders, important events of the Civil War, and the timeline of the war. You need to have at least 75 questions. Click here to get a list of all the topics your questions should include.
3. Get your rough draft of the rules and questions approved by Bradfield.
4. Create a rough draft of the board game. You will have markers, computers, colored pencils, scissors, glue, type paper, and butcher paper to create your game. YOU WILL NOT GET ANY OF THE SUPPLIES UNTIL YOU HAVE TWO ROUGH DRAFTS APPROVED BY BRADFIELD!
5. Get your rough draft of the board game approved by Bradfield.
6. Get your supplies.
7. Create your board game. We will be in the lab to do this assignment, so you will have access to the computers.

The Rubric is below! Make sure you get all the requirements!
Knowledge and Understanding:
1 - Causes of the Civil War

2 - Advantages of the North and South

3 - Disadvantages of the North and South

4 - Leaders of the North and South

5 - Timeline of the War and important events

(75 questions)

Investigating:

1 - You researched and added appropriate questions.

2 - You created a rough draft of all the rules and questions for your game.

3 - You created a rough draft of your board game.

Thinking Critically:

You created a detailed board game that answered the unit question.

Communicating:

1 - Use all the materials for the board game appropriately.

2 - Follow the directions for creating the board game.

3 - The questions you created were appropriate for the game.

Civil War Board Game Rubric