Title: What Was Life Like?
Course: BC-Social Studies 9-1.0.0.0-XT > Section: Unit 1: Overview of 1750-1919 C.E.

Your task is to write a single properly formatted paragraph in response to this question:

What was life like in the middle of the 18th century?

The 18th century is the 1700s, so your job is to figure out what life was like in the middle of the 1700s.

In order to do this, you will need to do some online research. You will also need to narrow your focus to a specific place in the world. For example, you might want to find out what life was like in Canada, or you might want to choose another country. You may also want to specifically focus on what life was like for a particular group of people at that time, such as wealthy landowners, Indigenous people, the working class, or farmers.

Once you have found some information, write a brief summary of what you have found. You may want to focus on:

- What family life was like
- What people did for work
- What people did for entertainment
- What living conditions were like for people
- What houses, stores, or schools were like
- What life expectancy was, or what diseases people had to worry about

Your paragraph should be properly formatted, including a topic sentence, three to five pieces of supporting evidence, and a concluding sentence. The total word count should be between 150 and 200 words.

You do not need to complete a properly formatted bibliography for this paragraph, but you must include a list of all of the websites you used to do your research. List the web addresses from the websites you used underneath your completed paragraph. Your bibliography list is not included in your word count.

Rubric

 | Insufficient Evidence | Emerging | Developing | Proficient | Extending
 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Research and communication skills | There is too little content to adequately assess my proficiency. I need to resubmit this assignment. | I show an initial ability to use social studies processes to gather information, apply what I have learned, and communicate what I have discovered. | I show a satisfactory ability to use social studies processes to gather information, apply what I have learned, and communicate what I have discovered. | I show a complete ability to use social studies processes to gather information, apply what I have learned, and communicate what I have discovered. | I show an outstanding ability to use social studies processes to gather information, apply what I have learned, and communicate what I have discovered.