CIVIL LIBERTIES PROJECT

DUE DATE: NOVEMEMBER 12TH OR 13TH

• CHECKPOINT #1: NOVEMEBER 6TH

___ Rough Drafts

• CHECKPOINT #2: NOVEMBER 10TH

___ Interview

CIVIL LIBERTIES PROJECT (POINTS)

Point Breakdown: [TOTAL 475 POINTS]

100 Points -- part 1 (10 Supreme Court Cases)

100 Points -- part 2 (Civil Liberties Cases)

100 Points -- part 3 (Video Report)

75 Points -- YouTube Video

50 Points -- Checkpoint #1

25 Points -- Checkpoint #2

25 points -- JOURNAL LOG

Civil Liberties (Part 1)

10 Supreme Court Cases

Example:

{Describe}

• How the case upheld OR set the precedent for an amendment/bill of rights?
• Describe the case proceedings.

{Details}

• Circumstances
• Background of the Case

{Analyze}

• How the court ruled & WHY?

_ How the court ruled.

_ Why? (Opinion Based on Fact)**

Civil Liberties (Part 2)

Three Court Cases [Civil Liberties]

EXAMPLE

1) Mapp v. Ohio [date]

{PERSONAL}

• SIGNIFICANCE
• Importance (why ppl should know)
• Amendment (relationship)
• Example (from daily life)
• WHY?

{CRITICAL THINKING} **

• HOW WILL YOU USE THESE COURT CASES AND CIVIL LIBERTIES TO EDUCATE AMERICANS?
• How it is important to ppls lives?
• How can people live better with this knowledge?
• Examples (Situations where they can utilize this knowledge)
• PREVIEW THE VIDEO

Civil Liberties Project (part 3)

YouTube Video (cases from part 2):

• 3 - 5 minutes

1. Introduction
2. Skits (Daily Life)
3. Apply Skits to Civil Liberties **
4. Educational
5. Every Member Must Participate

Video Report

• Title
• Theme & Plot (Breakdown of EACH Skit)

_ Court Case/Civil Liberty

_ Role of Each Person

_ Describe the THEME of the scene (Message)

• Conlusion:

_ Bring everything together (how all parts are related)

_ Why did you pick these scenes?

_ How did this video Educate Americans?

_ CLOSING ** [What did you learn? Why was this project important?

Solve

There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work.Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! Why?

Powerpoint/Storyboard Rubric

PowerPoint Rubric

ACTIVITY

Exemplary

Proficient

Partially Proficient

Incomplete

POINTS

Informational Artwork Rubric

Making An Art Project: Rubric

Presentation Rubric

Presentation Rubric

Evaluating Student Presentations

Collaboration Rubric

Below Standard

At Standard

Article Parts

Welcome to the Slave Labor Project. Before you can get started you must become familiar with your two countries. Thus, it is important that you take the steps to finish your preliminary assignment.

NEWS STORY CHECKLIST

Teacher Name: Mr. Kabir

Student Name: _____________________________
Reviewer Name: ___________________________

Date: _________________

FIRST PROJECT

Broadcasting News

Project Details

Title: Broadcasting News

Recommended Time Frame: 1 month (20-40 contact hours)

BACK TO THE FUTURE NEWSPAPER PROJECT

Introduction:
"We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America."