To successfully complete this assessment, students must examine the source information and consider the context in which these documents were created. To answer Question 1, students must infer that despite the optimistic language published in the Vicksburg Daily Citizen, the material on which it was printed indicates the city was drained of supplies due to the Union siege. For Question 2, students should explain how the Chicago Daily Tribune’s report on Vicksburg is also evidence that the city was on the brink of surrender.
Level: Proficient
Student addresses a relevant aspect of the documents and explains how each provides evidence that Vicksburg was on the brink of surrender.
Level: Emergent
Student addresses a relevant aspect of the documents but does not offer a complete explanation of how each document provides evidence that Vicksburg was on the brink of surrender.
Level: Basic
Student does not explain how each document provides evidence that Vicksburg was on the brink of surrender.
