Thursday, November 21, 2013

Politics and Government Homework - Due Monday Nov 25



Read Vidal Chap 6 and take notes

Rubric
4 - clearly shows connections to Essential Question: Did the Constitution's framers intend to create a revolutionary and democratic government?
- discusses John Adams, Abagail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Marshall, Talleyrand, and the role of the president's cabinet; discusses foreign policy divisions, the characters' attitudes about France and Napoleon, the characters' attitudes about each other, checks and balances, The XYZ Affair and the VA and KY Resolutions
- discusses Vidal's views on democracy and the Constitution
- discusses key/important events
- 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 well organized; contain headings that show general ideas; contain bullets, numbers, letters or other symbols to distinguish supporting ideas and evidence

3 - shows some connections to Essential Question: Did the Constitution's framers intend to create a revolutionary and democratic government?
- discusses John Adams, Abagail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Marshall, Talleyrand, and the role of the president's cabinet; discusses foreign policy divisions, the characters' attitudes about France and Napoleon, the characters' attitudes about each other, checks and balances, The XYZ Affair and the VA and KY Resolutions
- discusses Vidal's views on democracy and the Constitution
- discusses key/important events
- 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 well organized; contain headings that show general ideas; contain bullets, numbers, letters or other symbols to distinguish supporting ideas and evidence

2 - shows few connections to Essential Question: Did the Constitution's framers intend to create a revolutionary and democratic government?
- discusses John Adams, Abagail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Marshall, Talleyrand, and the role of the president's cabinet; discusses foreign policy divisions, the characters' attitudes about France and Napoleon, the characters' attitudes about each other, checks and balances, The XYZ Affair and the VA and KY Resolutions
- does not discuss Vidal's views on democracy and the Constitution
- does not discuss key/important events
- clearly demonstrates understanding of all the text's central ideas
- provides little evidence/quotes to support your claims/arguments; evidence includes numeric data, relevant people and events
- notes are fairly sloppy and and unorganized; notes do not contain headings that show general ideas; contain bullets, numbers, letters or other symbols to distinguish supporting ideas and evidence

1 - -____-

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