Third+Party-Special+Interest+Research

Econ/Government/Political Science //Political Party/Special Interest // //Objectives: // Students will examine a current third party political group or a special interest group. Students will evaluate each group’s platform. Students will research opposing facts and background related to each group. Students will construct brief digital presentations of political commercials promoting their assigned groups agenda. . Directions: 1. Students will be divided into groups of two. 2. Each group will chose a current third party political group or a special interest group that interests them. (First come, first serve!) 3. Each group will locate and evaluate at least three sources of information related to their assigned topic. 4. Each group will construct a thirty second to one minute commercial designed to persuade their audience to their point of view. a. pairs will be able to utilize any presentation format that is compatable with Crestwood's available technology. 5. Grading rubric is on the back of this page. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">6. Projects are due on Thursday, February 14.

Rubric


 * || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt;">Third Party/Special Interest Group Commercial Activity **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Teacher Name: **Mr. Kane** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Student Name/s: ___ ||  ||

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">minute. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Length of presentation was less than 30 seconds or more than 1 minute || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Length of presentation was 2 minutes. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Presentation was less than 1 minutes long OR more than 4 minutes. || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">techniques ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The Photostory connected the topic to real life propaganda <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">technique || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The Photostory made minor connections to real life propaganda <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Techinique. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The Photostory attempted to connect real life techniques to research, but was unsuccessful || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The Photostory made no attempt to make real life propaganda techniques ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center;">CATEGORY || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">10 ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">8 ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">6 ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">2 ** ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Point of View - Awareness of Audience ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Strong awareness of audience in the design. Students can clearly explain why they felt the vocabulary, audio and graphics chosen fit the target audience. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Some awareness of audience in the design. Students can partially explain why they felt the vocabulary, audio and graphics chosen fit the target audience. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Some awareness of audience in the design. Students find it difficult to explain how the vocabulary, audio and graphics chosen fit the target audience. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Limited awareness of the needs and interests of the target audience. ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Point of View - Purpose ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Establishes a purpose early on and maintains a clear focus throughout. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Establishes a purpose early on and maintains focus for most of the presentation. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">There are a few lapses in focus, but the purpose is fairly clear. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It is difficult to figure out the purpose of the presentation. ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Images ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Images create a distinct atmosphere or tone that matches different parts of the story. The images may communicate symbolism and/or metaphors. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Images create an atmosphere or tone that matches some parts of the story. The images may communicate symbolism and/or metaphors. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">An attempt was made to use images to create an atmosphere/tone but it needed more work. Image choice is logical. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Little or no attempt to use images to create an appropriate atmosphere/tone. ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Voice - Consistency ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Voice quality is clear and consistently audible throughout the presentation. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Voice quality is clear and consistently audible throughout the majority (85-95%) of the presentation. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Voice quality is clear and consistently audible through some (70-84%)of the presentation. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Voice quality needs more attention. ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Duration of Presentation ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Length of presentation was 30 dsseconds -1
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Sources ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The story utilized at least four sources documented in the MLA method. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The story had at least three sources which were documented in the MLA metod. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The story had one sources or the sources were not documented in the MLA method. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The story had limited sources and poor documentation. ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Content ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Content is relevant and accurate all of the time. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Content was mostly relevant and accurate. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Content was sometimes inaccurate or irrelevant to the overall story. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Content was inaccurate and unrelated to the general topic. ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Use of propaganda **

<span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">Total Points: