Course: U.S. Government
Student Name: _____________________________ Period: ________
Due Date:
Using information from your U.S. Government text (mostly Chapter 2), or other sources you choose to use, create a timeline of how our government came to be starting with the Magna Carta and continuing through the ratification of the constitution.
You should have some notes for each date you are going to use before you begin on the timeline itself.
The timeline must include at least 12 of the given documents or events and have a paragraph description of the entry and be in chronological order with the descriptions well written, clear and accurate.
There are no requirements for what the timeline “look like” except for the details above. Please re-read these directions and the scoring rubric if you have questions.
You must include:
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Magna Carta
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Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
Your other ten should come from the following:
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Petition of Rights
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English Bill of Rights
Albany Plan of Union
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Stamp Act Congress
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1 st Continental Congress
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2 nd Continental Congress
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Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
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Virginia Plan
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New Jersey Plan
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Connecticut Compromise
Due date:
The RUBRIC should be attached to your timeline when you turn it in!

Course: U.S. Government
Student Name: _____________________________ Period: ________
13 9 5 1
An accurate, complete description has been included for each event.
An accurate, complete description has been included for almost every event.
An accurate description has been included for almost every event.
Descriptions are inaccurate and/or missing for several events.
An accurate, complete date has been included for each event.
An accurate, complete date has been included for almost every event.
An accurate date has been included for almost every event.
Dates are inaccurate and/or missing for several events.
Spelling and capitalization were checked by another student and are correct throughout.
Spelling and capitalization were checked by another student and were mostly correct.
Spelling and capitalization were mostly correct, but were not checked by another student.
There were many spelling and capitalization errors.
The overall appearance of the timeline is pleasing and easy to read. It is very neat and it is easy to see time was put into the task.
The overall appearance of the timeline is somewhat pleasing and easy to read and it is easy to see time was put into the task.
The timeline is relatively readable.
The timeline is difficult to read.