amendment requires a warrant to search someone's property? amendment gave government the power to impose an income tax? amendment establishes what to do if the president is incapacitated and can’t perform his duties? AP U.S. Government and Politics Current Event Rubric Directions: Students should complete three current event journals over the course of the summer. Each current event should include the following: At least three articles over the course of 7 days about the same topic is ONE JOURNAL ENTRY Each entry must relate to at least one of the three branches of United States government. Articles should be cited in proper MLA format. Students may use easy bib. Journal entries should be typed and follow the rubric. Example is given for student reference. NEEDS CATEGORY MASTERY (2) DEVELOPING(1) IMPROVEMENT (0) The issue/event is The issue/event is somewhat The issue/event is directly related to U.S. related to U.S. government unrelated to U.S. government and/or and/or politics and/or may government and/or politics and was not be considered a politics Selection a significant topic during significant topic during the the week in which the week in which journal was written. the journal was written. Summary is in student's Summary is in student's own Summary is either not own words, is informative words, is somewhat in the student's own Summary in nature, and informative, and words, is not demonstrates a proficient demonstrates some informative, or understanding of the understanding of the event(s) demonstrates little event(s) or issue(s) at hand. or issue(s) at hand. understanding of the event(s) or issue(s) at hand.
amendment requires a warrant to search someone's property? amendment gave government the power to impose an income tax? amendment establishes what to do if the president is incapacitated and can’t perform his duties? AP U.S. Government and Politics Current Event Rubric Directions: Students should complete three current event journals over the course of the summer. Each current event should include the following: At least three articles over the course of 7 days about the same topic is ONE JOURNAL ENTRY Each entry must relate to at least one of the three branches of United States government. Articles should be cited in proper MLA format. Students may use easy bib. Journal entries should be typed and follow the rubric. Example is given for student reference. CATEGORY MASTERY (2) DEVELOPING(1) NEEDS IMPROVEMENT (0) Selection The issue/event is directly related to U.S. government and/or politics and was a significant topic during the week in which the journal was written. The issue/event is somewhat related to U.S. government and/or politics and/or may not be considered a significant topic during the week in which the journal was written. The issue/event is unrelated to U.S. government and/or politics Summary Summary is in student's own words, is informative in nature, and demonstrates a proficient understanding of the event(s) or issue(s) at hand. Summary is in student's own words, is somewhat informative, and demonstrates some understanding of the event(s) or issue(s) at hand. Summary is either not in the student's own words, is not informative, or demonstrates little understanding of the event(s) or issue(s) at hand.