Civil Rights Protest Project Instructions: Assume the role of a protest organizer, choose an existing civil rights issue in 2017, and then organize a protest against it. Write an article for your local newspaper to announce the upcoming protest and urge people to join you. Your article must be 500 words or more and include the following: A catchy slogan A detailed description of the event or decision to which you are opposed The reasons for your opposition to this particular event or decision Your proposed solutions and what you hope to accomplish by protesting The kind of protest you propose The location where the protest will take place Poster/flyer advertising your protest. This poster/flyer can be hand drawn or done on the computer. Rubric: Criteria 5 4 3 2 Some information Most information Event All information about Most the event is accurate information is is accurate and is not accurate or and indicates a strong accurate and the reason to does not indicate reason to protest indicates protest a reason to a good reason is weak protest to protest Protest plans Protest plans Protest plans do Protest Protest plans indicate thoughtfulness, indicate indicate not organization, and thoughtfulness, some thought, indicate thought, excellent planning some little organization, organization, organization, and and little planning or planning some planning Solution offered Solution offered No real solution Solution Solution offered indicates clear and indicates good indicates some is offered complete understanding confusion about understanding of the event this event and its of the event and its consequences and its consequences consequences Few errors in Many errors So many errors Mechanics No errors in spelling, grammar, and spelling, in spelling, that the essay sentence structure. grammar, and grammar, and is not Word limit is met or sentence sentence structure decipherable. exceeded. structure. Word Word limit not Word limit not limit is met. met. met.
Civil Rights Protest Project Instructions: Assume the role of a protest organizer, choose an existing civil rights issue in 2017, and then organize a protest against it. Write an article for your local newspaper to announce the upcoming protest and urge people to join you. Your article must be 500 words or more and include the following: A catchy slogan A detailed description of the event or decision to which you are opposed The reasons for your opposition to this particular event or decision Your proposed solutions and what you hope to accomplish by protesting The kind of protest you propose The location where the protest will take place Poster/flyer advertising your protest. This poster/flyer can be hand drawn or done on the computer. Rubric: Criteria 5 4 3 2 Event All information about the event is accurate and indicates a strong reason to protest Most information is accurate and indicates a good reason to protest Some information is accurate and the reason to protest is weak Most information is not accurate or does not indicate a reason to protest Protest Protest plans indicate thoughtfulness, organization, and excellent planning Protest plans indicate thoughtfulness, some organization, and some planning Protest plans indicate some thought, little organization, and little planning Protest plans do not indicate thought, organization, or planning Solution Solution offered indicates clear and complete understanding of the event and its consequences Solution offered indicates good understanding of the event and its consequences Solution offered indicates some confusion about this event and its consequences No real solution is offered Mechanics No errors in spelling, grammar, and sentence structure. Word limit is met or exceeded. Few errors in spelling, grammar, and sentence structure. Word limit is met. Many errors in spelling, grammar, and sentence structure Word limit not met. So many errors that the essay is not decipherable. Word limit not met.