8Th Grade Social Studies s3

8th Grade Social Studies Core 3 Assessment

Student Name: ______Date Completed______STATE STANDARDS: 8.1.A Analyze chronological thinking. 8.1.B Analyze and interpret historical sources. 8.3.C Analyze how continuity and change has influenced United States history CORE QUESTION: How do America’s founding ideals connect with society today? TASK/DIRECTIONS: 1. Work collaboratively on this state assignment. 2. Each state will create one PowerPoint 3. Each student will receive an individual grade based on his/her portion of the PowerPoint. 4. Define these three American ideals in your own words. 5. You will be assigned either the ideal of equalty, democracy, or opportunity. 6. Identify an event that was studied during the course of the year that demonstrates your chosen ideal. a. Provide background information on the event. b. Explain the connection this event has to your chosen ideal. c. Each student must have a different curriculum event. 7. Identify a modern event that demonstrates your chosen ideal (within the past 365 days). a. Find a newspaper article related to your chosen ideal and print it off. b. Provide background information on the event. c. Explain the connection this event has to your chosen ideal. d. Each student must have a different article. 8. Create a PowerPoint including (1 homepage, 1 concluding page, plus one page for each person in the group): a. Homepage – Include the 3 ideals definitions, your assigned ideal (equalty, democracy, or opportunity) b. Individual Student pages – Include your past and current event as well as descriptions. 9. Presenting your PowerPoint a. Each state will present their PowerPoint to the class b. Each state will explain the homepage to the class c. Each soldier must then explain his/her own page of the PowerPoint d. You will be competing against the state in the other army that has your same ideal e. Project will be graded in class during the presentation Helpful Hints for Project . All groups will be given no more than 10 minutes to present the PowerPoint. . All groups must provide an introduction that presents the Homepage and introduces the ideal. . Transition into the individual ideal pages. . Each individual should use the 10 selected words to 1. Describe and explain the modern event. 2. Prove how the modern event is connected to the ideal. 3. Describe and explain the past event 4. Prove how the historical event is connected to the ideal. . Transition into next ideal. . Conclude the presentation by providing an analysis of whether or not America has made progress on meeting the assigned ideal. Are we closer to or further away from meeting this ideal? Why or why not? Suggestions for researching Modern Day Events: . Newspapers: . Philadelphia Inquirer - http://www.philly.com/inquirer/ . New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/ . USA Today - http://www.usatoday.com/ . Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/ . Magazines: . Time - http://www.time.com/time/ . Newsweek - http://www.newsweek.com/ . Smithsonian - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ . Media . MSNBC - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ . CNN - http://www.cnn.com/

Name: ______Date:______Core 4 Assessment Graphic Organizer 1. Defining the Ideals – put into your own words Democracy:

Opportunity:

Equality: 2. Assigned Ideal to research: ______3. Curriculum Example Event (Past Event): ______Background Information on chosen Curriculum Event (past event):

Connection to Ideal:

Connection of past event to the Ideal:

4. Modern Day Example (Current Event): ______(Don’t forget to include where you got your article!!!)

Background Information on modern event:

Connection of modern event to the Ideal: