Grade: Second Grade

Subject: Social Studies

Topic: Government/Civic

Submitted by Lianna Dawn Thornhill

2/26/2008

POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

Performance Task-GRASPS

®Goal: You will find out about the roles of elected government officials, the president, governor, or mayor.

®Role: You will be campaigning for President, Governor, or Mayor. You will draw for your assigned candidacy.

®Audience: You will be campaigning to our school’s first grade student body. You will visit a different classroom for one week.

®Situation: Our first grade students are learning about the election process and the jobs of elected government officials on the different levels, national, state, and local. Your job is to teach the first grade students about the jobs of the different elected officials.

®Product/Performance: You will create a campaign advertisement (Poster Board, Brochure, Power point presentation). Your advertisement should explain the jobs of that candidate and how you quality for that role/position. Your presentation should be three minutes in length and you will present your advertisements to the first grade classes.

®Standard/Criteria for Success: See Rubric

ELECTED OFFICIALS CAMPAIGN ADVERTISEMENT RUBRIC

Categories	Excellent 4pts	Good 3pts	Average 2pts	Needs Work 1pt	Score
Understand elected officials jobs	Student demonstrates excellent understanding of the jobs of their assigned elected officials. States four facts.	Student demonstrates good understanding of the jobs of their assigned elected officials. States three facts.	Student demonstrates some understanding of the jobs of their assigned elected officials. States two facts.	Student demonstrates little understanding of the jobs of their assigned elected officials. States only one fact.
Spelling/Grammar	Everything is spelled correctly and there are no grammar errors.	There are no spelling errors and three or less grammar errors. Errors do not take away from readability of work.	There are more than three misspelled words and grammar problems.	There are more than five spelling and grammar errors.
Appearance/Neatness	Information is neatly organized and has an outstanding appearance.	Information is organized and has a nice appearance.	Information is somewhat organized and average appearance.	Information is unorganized.
Oral Presentation	Presentation very interesting: Makes good eye contact, good voice level, stayed on 3 minutes time limit.	Presentation interesting: Makes eye contact, adequate voice level, over 3 minutes time limit.	Presentation interesting: Makes eye contact sometimes, average voice level, under 3 minutes time limit.	Presentation was uninteresting and unprepared.