Reminder: Social Studies Test on Wednesday

Unit Test in Social Studies on Wednesday.

Study guides were handed out last week, but if you have you lost your copy, the terms are below:

State of Nature
Social Contract
Monarchy
Democracy (Representative & Direct)
Oligarchy
Aristocracy
Anarchy
Republic
Tyranny
Demagogue
Mixed Government
Dictatorship
Revolution
Athens
Rome
Hunter-Gatherer
Tribe
Agricultural revolution
Cyclical View of History
Linear View of History
Left
Right
Anarchist
Conservative
Liberal
Moderate
Radical
Reactionary
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Independent/Swing Voter
Negative & Positive Ads
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Polybius
Machiavelli
Caligula
Confucius
Edmund Burke

News in Social Studies

Reminder that the Social Studies Project is due on Monday December 13.

The students have worked very hard on their projects and presentations, including 5 days of class time in the IMC for research, 3 additional days of classtime for project planning and 30 minutes to “touch base” and coordinate during this week.

Student presentations will begin on Monday and wrap up mid-period on Tuesday.

The Social Studies unit test on Forms of Government and the Political Spectrum will follow on Wednesday. A study guide was distributed today in class and students were given time to collaborate in filling it out.

Important Lecture Slides Used during the Unit:

Political Spectrum Project: Group Planning Day 2

The Action-Decision Process instructions for Wednesday for the groups to plan their presentation or product:

ACTION-DECISION PROCESS PART II. ” THEME, NARRATIVE & CONTENT”

1. Make certain that your group has done step 4. from yesterday’s  instructions and examined all the note cards.

2. Make a list of similarities shared by the subtopics that make them all part of the same point on the political spectrum. Then compose a list of differences.

3.  The group objective is to explain a point on the political spectrum. When you organize your ideas you begin with your THEMES, then construct a NARRATIVE structure or outline and finish by inserting in your research CONTENT.

THEMES – the two or three largest ideas that will tie everything together

NARRATIVE – the structure, sequence and point “story” of what you are trying to say.

CONTENT – the examples, facts, anecdotes and images that fill out and support the narrative

4. STORYBOARDING – use the Storyboard sheets to lay out the narrative and sketch the narrative and the content and images that you think you might want to use. Storyboarding is not a “final” version or a rigid plan but a very rough draft or guideline to follow as you design your presentation or make your product.

It is a good idea to xerox your storyboard so that everyone has a copy or in case it gets lost.

THE PROJECT IS DUE ON MONDAY DECEMBER 13

Phase II. of Political Spectrum Project: The Group Presentation/Product

Students have completed their individual research phase.

On Tuesday, their groups were given options and the first part of their Action-Decision Process. Today, they began the second part of the Action-Decision Process.

First, the choices they had:

PRODUCT OPTIONS – Political Spectrum Research Project:

1.Design and Publish a multipage NEWSPAPER devoted to your topic that contains:

Masthead Headline Lead Story (Who, what where, when, why)

2-3 Articles per Group member Photographs Multiple pages Political cartoon

Neat, clean, attractive, well-designed composition, “realistic” look.

Grammatically correct and free of spelling errors.

2.Design and present a 10 minute SLIDEWARE PRESENTATION on your topic:

“Slideware” means using Powerpoint, Sliderocket or Prezi presentation apps/software

Organized Visually interesting Accurate Informative Comprehensive

Creative Grammatically correct Each group member contributes

Clear Intro and Conclusion Entertaining

3.Videotape and present (i.e. – it will play for your class) a 10 minute NEWS BROADCAST on your Topic (alternately you perform this LIVE!):

In style of Network News Anchorman Reporters with 3-5 story segments

Requires a typed Script Moves smoothly Fast paced Informative Accurate

All segments together comprehensively explain topic May have commercials

You can have non-group members as “extras” as needed

4. Design a series of three (3) PETER DURAND STYLE POSTERS

Examples at http://www.alphachimp.com

75 % text/25 % images Visually Interesting Factually Accurate Colorful Comprehensive

Posters are a series where information is coherently presented in a logical sequence

Spelling Neat & Clean Legible lettering Creative Good Composition Attractive to look at

 

Next are the Decision -Action Process instructions from Tuesday:

1. Discuss Presentation options

2.  Exchange contact information – home and caell phone #, email etc.

3.  Schedule times to meet outside of school

4. Review all the note cards as a group. Identify areas of research strength and weakness. strong areas will become the core of your presentation/product.

5.  Identify strengths of group members – what rols and tasks are they best suited to do?

The presentation/product selected should be a realistic match for the talents, research material, interests and time available outside of school for the group.

Wednesday’s instructions will be a separate post.