S2+Glidden,+Elizabeth

=Stage 2 - Determine Acceptable Evidence.=

Oral Presentation: Content 30%, Preparation 20%, Speaks Clearly 20%, Posture 15%, Group Work 10%, Enthusiasm 5% iMovie Product: Content Cohesiveness and Overall Knowledge 35%, Content Regarding the Articles of Constitution 30%, Storyboard 15% Overall Video Appearance 10%, Costumes & Props 5%, Catchy 5% || •Poster: The Students will make a poster, using Globster, to advertise an impeachment. •ComicLife: Students will explore how the government is **currently** set up and illustrate it in a ComicLife production. •GarageBand Radioshow: The students will create a radio interview to discuss how the government regulates its self. •Webquest: [] The students will complete this web quest with their group focusing on the ways the Constitution corrects errors made in the Articles of Confederation. •iMovie: The students will create an imovie to explain the U.S. Constitution to the modern public. || •Script for GarageBand: Students will provide, before they record, a script to their GarageBand so the teacher can gain an overview of how their project is going. The teacher will provide feedback and no grade. •Class Discussion: Through out the unit there will be chances for class discussion. Students should participate (which will be part of their participation grade) by answering questions asked. The content of the questions will not be graded. || =Assessment Task Blue Print=
 * **Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form):** **(T)** ||
 * ** Goal: ** The students will be able to understand the United States Constitution in modern context.
 * Role:** The students will be a member of an esteemed group of political talk show hosts gathered from NBC, CBS, FOX, and the newly formed MBN(the Maine Broadcasting Network).
 * Audience:** The talk show hosts will present to members of the United States Senate.
 * Situation:** President Obama has discovered that the general American public lacks an understanding of the United States Constitution. He has asked some of the countries leading political talk show hosts to gather and present a video outlining the Constitution in a modern way.
 * Product/Presentation:** An un-biased iMovie outlining the American Government for today's public.
 * Standards (Criteria from both rubrics - product and presentation):**
 * Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):**
 * **Other Evidence** **(OE)** ||
 * •Blog: Students will create a blog to answer questions that the class comes up with to gain an understanding of the topic.
 * Student Self-Assessment and Reflection**
 * **Self-Assessment** **(SA)** ||
 * •Pre-Assessment Questionnaire: This questionnaire will be taken prior to the beginning of the unit. It will not be graded. The teacher shall look over answers and provided feedback. This will help the teacher gauge where the students are.

//**What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task?**// **(G)**
 * **Understanding** || **Goal (MLR)** ||
 * •That the three branches of the U.S. Government have specific purposes and focuses || •MLR: SOCIAL STUDIES B1 ||

What criteria are implied in the standard(s) understanding(s) regardless of the task specifics? What qualities must student work demonstrate to signify that standards were met?
 * **Big Ideas** || **Big Ideas** ||
 * •The U.S. Constitution || •Living Documents ||

//**Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?**// Dear Tim Russert, Bob Scheiffer, Chris Wallace, and YOU, I have selected you from the top of the top. You are the leading political talk show hosts from NBC, CBS, FOX, and the Maine Broadcasting Network and I'm counting on you to solve the situation. I have come to a recent realization that the American public lacks an understanding of the American Government. I'm counting on you four to produce a non-bias alert to be sent to schools across our great nation to help educate the communities around them about the American Constitution and its accompanying documents. I'm hoping you all will put a modern twist on to our historic document and make it really **__POP__** for the American Public. Your first viewing will be a select group of Senators who are really anticipating this video as they feel their constituents really need to understand the mumble jumble the Senators fling out there sometimes. You'll have the opportunity to discuss your process before the Senators view this so be prepared!
 * **Task Description:** **(T)** ||

I'm counting on you, President Obama // ||

//**What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?**// iMovie || • Oral Presentation ||
 * **Type II Product** || **Type of Presentation** ||

//**By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?**// •Content Regarding the Articles of Constitution •Storyboard •Overall Video Appearance •Costumes & Props •Catchy || •Content •Preparation • Speaks Clearly • Posture • Group Work • Enthusiasm ||
 * **Product Criteria** || **Presentation Criteria** ||
 * • Content Cohesiveness and Overall Knowledge
 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**