Monday, September 10, 2012

Politics and Government Homework - Due Tuesday, Sept 11

1 -

Define each of the following:

sovereign
aristocrat
 debtors
creditor
laggard
partisan
polarize
implicit
subordinate
civil liberty
regal
tariff
frugal
impunity
embargo
nullify
innocuous



2 -

Click the following link and read.  When you arrive at the article, you may need to click where it says "show full article".

A New Nation

3 -

Take notes in notebook, or type and tape in notebook. Notes will be checked and graded on a 4 pt scale. Be prepared to discuss with a partner tomorrow.

Rubric:

4 - clearly shows connections to Essential Question: Did the Constitution's framers intend to create a revolutionary and democratic government?
- discusses major people mentioned in reading
- clearly demonstrates understanding of all the text's central ideas
- provides evidence/quotes to support your claims/arguments; evidence includes numeric data, relevant people and events
- notes are neat and organized; contain headings that show general ideas; contain bullets, numbers, letters or other symbols to distinguish supporting ideas and evidence



3 - shows connections to Essential Question: Did the Constitution's framers intend to create a revolutionary and democratic government?
- discusses major people mentioned in reading
- demonstrates understanding of most of the text's central ideas
- provides evidence/quotes to support your claims/arguments; evidence includes numeric data, relevant people and events
- notes are neat and organized; contain headings that show general ideas; contain bullets, numbers, letters or other symbols to distinguish supporting ideas and evidence



2 - shows connections
- discusses some of the major people mentioned in reading
- demonstrates understanding two or less of the texts's central ideas
- little evidence/quotes to support your claims/arguments; little or no numeric data; little mention of major events or people
- notes are sloppy and unorganized; no headings to distinguish general ideas; doesn't contain bullets, numbers, letters or other symbols to distinguish supporting ideas and evidence


1 - smh

1 comment:

Unknown said...

you buggin, this article is long.