country’s history on political change, human rights, geography, technology, and economics from 1950 to the present day in order to determine whether or not Romney’s claim is valid. Your mission is crucial to maintaining international peace. After the memo is prepared, we will conduct a 2 day UN summit that will address the following essential questions: Is the Cold War over? Are democratic governments less warlike than dictatorships? Did the collapse of the Soviet Union prove that Communism and Socialism are unworkable and/or undesirable ideals? Group Memo Rubric Outcome Exceeds Meets Not Yet Conclude Group developed Group developed Infer meanings, analyze conclusions by looking at conclusions by looking at information and develop different sources and different sources and valid ideas based on synthesizing ideas to synthesizing ideas to evidence and analysis. support their claim. 5+ support their claim. 4 themes are explored themes are explored to thoroughly to answer answer driving question. driving question. Multiple primary and Multiple primary and Investigate Ask and refine a secondary sources were secondary sources were researchable question, researched in pursuit of researched in pursuit of design a valid experiment answering the driving answering the driving or inquiry and gather question. question. appropriate info to complete the inquiry. ___Over 20 sources cited ___ 20 sources in in memo memo ___ Each student’s ___ Each student’s research log includes 5 research log includes 5 annotated sources, 3 of annotated sources, 3 of which are from an which are from an academic journal found in academic journal found in a database a database ___ Sources footnoted in ___ Sources footnoted in Chicago fashion Chicago Style fashion Memo Rubric- Individual Member Assessment To be graded HARSHLY by your peers Collaborate ___ Student listened ___ Student listened Work effectively with and showed and showed
country’s history on political change, human rights, geography, technology, and economics from 1950 to the present day in order to determine whether or not Romney’s claim is valid. Your mission is crucial to maintaining international peace. After the memo is prepared, we will conduct a 2 day UN summit that will address the following essential questions: Is the Cold War over? Are democratic governments less warlike than dictatorships? Did the collapse of the Soviet Union prove that Communism and Socialism are unworkable and/or undesirable ideals? Group Memo Rubric Outcome Exceeds Meets Not Yet Conclude Infer meanings, analyze information and develop valid ideas based on evidence and analysis. Group developed conclusions by looking at different sources and synthesizing ideas to support their claim. 5+ themes are explored thoroughly to answer driving question. Group developed conclusions by looking at different sources and synthesizing ideas to support their claim. 4 themes are explored to answer driving question. Investigate Ask and refine a researchable question, design a valid experiment or inquiry and gather appropriate info to complete the inquiry. Multiple primary and secondary sources were researched in pursuit of answering the driving question. ___Over 20 sources cited in memo ___ Each student’s research log includes 5 annotated sources, 3 of which are from an academic journal found in a database ___ Sources footnoted in Chicago fashion Multiple primary and secondary sources were researched in pursuit of answering the driving question. ___ 20 sources in memo ___ Each student’s research log includes 5 annotated sources, 3 of which are from an academic journal found in a database ___ Sources footnoted in Chicago Style fashion Memo Rubric- Individual Member Assessment To be graded HARSHLY by your peers Collaborate Work effectively with ___ Student listened and showed ___ Student listened and showed
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