7 th Grade Social Studies CBA Packet Name: _________________Teacher:

7th Grade Social Studies CBA Packet • Name: ___________________________Teacher: __________ • This entire packet is for your 7th Grade Social Studies CBA Project. Please do not misplace this as it is of huge importance and if lost you will need to download a new copy off swift. The final products will include writing an essay in PEN and creating a timeline of 6 key events with dates and explanation in your own words. • Due Dates: • Note Check off (Graphic Org and Timeline): ____________________________________ • Prewrite : ______________________________________ • Draft: _____________________________________________ • Editing: ____________________________________________ • Final Copy: _________________________________________ • CBA = Classroom Based Assessment • 7th Grade Topic: Causes/Effects of Historical Conflicts • My Topic is: ___________________________________

Performance Task CBA 7th Grade= CONFLICT You are a reporter for the Seattle Times, and a recent conflict has occurred in WA State. You have been assigned one of the conflicts below to present to the editor in chief. Your task includes researching one of the conflicts and writing a multi-paragraph news article using historical textual evidence explaining the causes and effects of the conflict. 7th Grade CBA Conflict Topics: Makah versus (WA State) 2. Kennewick Man (WA State) Resource Hints: During your research you may encounter primary sources (letters, pictures, diary, treaties, formal agreements) and secondary sources (WA Textbook, encyclopedia, online articles, magazine). Let’s Practice Identifying Conflicts. Read the passage below and highlight the conflict. 1. Source: WA in the Pacific Northwest Owls and Logging In 1990 the US Fish and Wildlife Services ruled that the owl was a threatened species. Environmentalists tried to halt the logging in forests where the owls lived annually. As a result annual timber harvests on the Olympic Peninsula dropped by 85 percent. 2. Source: World History Journey Across Time Zhou Empire Falls "Over time, the local rulers of the Zhou territories became powerful. They stopped obeying the Zhou Kings and set up their own states. In 403 BC the fighting broke out. For almost 200 years, the states battled each other. Historians call this time the, Period of Warring States."

Graphic Organizer for Notes: Primary Conflict: ____________________________________________ Background

Graphic Organizer for Notes: Secondary Conflict: ____________________________________________ Background

Graphic Organizer for Timeline: Write 6 dates and explanation of that event minimum on your timeline. At the bottom write your source. Resources I used for gathering this information: (Note you must have a book and internet source) Book_____________________________________________________________ ______________________ Internet ______________________ ______________________ __________________________________________________________________

Pre-Write Exercise for your Essay:

Final Draft Directions: Before you begin your final draft, you should have written a draft and have this edited. The entire final copy should be in pen. For the final copy of the essay include: Title Citations (Both book and internet) Work Cited Page Timeline Rubric: Look over the rubric at the end of the packet to check if you have completed all parts of the assessment. Title:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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7 th Grade Social Studies CBA Packet Name: _________________Teacher: