Social Studies Project 8th Grade

School Year 2022-2023

Teacher: Ms. Alba Pujols

Student Name: ________________________________________ Date: _____________________

Topic: Family Scrapbook

Objectives: To learn how cultures are unique by creating a scrapbook of ancestry and family history,
21st Century—research and information documentation; collaboration; creativity; responsibility and
accountability

Instructions: Create your own Scrapbook of your Family Tree

Due Date: December 9th, 2022
Individual Work
Steps:

Students will:

• Interview family members to identify their cultural background.

• Research the geographical areas their ancestors came from.
• Use online census information to access further information about their cultural
background.
• Plan how the scrapbook will be laid out.
• Identify and collect photos and media to include in your scrapbook.
• Create the scrapbook.
• Present your Scrapbook.

Information to research in your family

• Ancestry—family tree, famous ancestors, family lineage
• Nationality—family who immigrated, home countries, language
• Heritage—family traditions, customs, language, heirlooms

• Education—alma maters, higher education, legacies

• Interests—music, art, sports, acting, organizations
• Food—traditional dishes, meals, recipes passed down
• Religion—holidays, daily practice, places of worship
Social Studies Project 8th Grade
School Year 2022-2023
Teacher: Ms. Alba Pujols
 Social Studies Project 8th Grade
School Year 2022-2023
Teacher: Ms. Alba Pujols

Exceptional Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Poor

Indicators (5) (4) (2) (1)

Project does an Includes Includes essential Content is minimal

excellent job essential information about OR there are
adhering to knowledge about the topic but there several factual
Content of the
directions and is the topic. Subject are 1-2 factual errors.
Family Scrapbook
highly visually knowledge errors.
appealing. appears to be
good.
Student is Shows a good Student is not Student seems to
completely understanding of prepared and not understand the
Clear Oral prepared and the topic hesitates when topic
Presentation speaks clear speaking
showing
confidence
The project is Project is neat, Project is either Project is messy,
readable, clean, organized, and messy, disorganized, and
neat, and easy to disorganized, or hard to
attractive. It looks understand. hard to understand.
Elements included
like the student Project is understand. Project is
such as
took great pride in complete with Project is incomplete and
geographical and
it. some evidence of either incomplete does not show
cultural info
effort. or does effort.
not show strong
evidence
of effort.
The project Product shows Uses other Uses other
contains many some original people's ideas people's ideas,
creative details thought. Work (giving them
and/or shows new ideas credit), but
descriptions that and there is little
Creativity contribute to the insights evidence of
spectator's original thinking.
enjoyment. The
student has really
used his/her
imagination.
Project was Project was Project was Project was
delivered before delivered on due delivered one day delivered two or
Delivered on time
the due date date after the due date more days after
the due date
TOTAL