1. Choose 6 cartoons to document the progression of the political campaign.
2. Be sure to include your paragraph analyzing the cartoon.
3. Include date and MLA citation of source.
4. Reflection: Examine your 6 cartoons and analyze how collectively these cartoons evidence how society affects change on an individual and how the individual affects change on society. Write your response under the heading: "Reflection: Applying the Essential Question to the Political Cartoon".
5. Read and dialogue with 3 classmates about their reflections.
Due Dates:
September 26 : 2 cartoons
October 10 : 2 cartoons
October 31: 2 cartoons
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Collage
Create a Political Collage.
1. Using words and photos, create a political collage of the main points of the Democratic campaign.
2. Using words and photos, create a political collage of the main points of the Republican campaign.
3. Reflection: For EACH collage, Generate 1 paragraph in which you analyze how your collage reflects the change the particular political party hopes to affect on society and on the individual.
4. Dialogue with 3 peers: respond to 3 peers' political collages and their reflection statements. Comment on your reaction to their visual and how it connects and supports their reflection.
Due date: 10/23
1. Using words and photos, create a political collage of the main points of the Democratic campaign.
2. Using words and photos, create a political collage of the main points of the Republican campaign.
3. Reflection: For EACH collage, Generate 1 paragraph in which you analyze how your collage reflects the change the particular political party hopes to affect on society and on the individual.
4. Dialogue with 3 peers: respond to 3 peers' political collages and their reflection statements. Comment on your reaction to their visual and how it connects and supports their reflection.
Due date: 10/23
Interview
You are a journalist for the Star News. Your job is to interview your community on factors which influence how they will vote.
1. Generate 5 questions regarding this political campaign to ask in your interview.
2. Practice with a peer interviewing skills/strategies - are you getting the response you desire?
3. Interview someone over 18 years old.
4. Record the results of your interview (the actual Q&A).
5. Write a reflection on how the person interviewed responded and what their response says about them as a representative of community?
6. Based on this interview, how is change by the individual on society reflected?
Due Date: 10/17
1. Generate 5 questions regarding this political campaign to ask in your interview.
2. Practice with a peer interviewing skills/strategies - are you getting the response you desire?
3. Interview someone over 18 years old.
4. Record the results of your interview (the actual Q&A).
5. Write a reflection on how the person interviewed responded and what their response says about them as a representative of community?
6. Based on this interview, how is change by the individual on society reflected?
Due Date: 10/17
News Reel Coverage of the Election
Create a Gadget to collect important news coverage of the election.
Be sure to include Democratic and Republican positions.
Title the Gadget accordingly.
Remember you are a journalist covering the news - be objective and let your reader be afforded both sides of the election coverage.
Due Date:
9/26: 1 newsreel
10/3: 1 newsreel
10/10: 1 newsreel
10/17: 1 newsreel
Be sure to include Democratic and Republican positions.
Title the Gadget accordingly.
Remember you are a journalist covering the news - be objective and let your reader be afforded both sides of the election coverage.
Due Date:
9/26: 1 newsreel
10/3: 1 newsreel
10/10: 1 newsreel
10/17: 1 newsreel
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