Activity Overview
Discuss the importance of the president of the United States and how a citizen can become president. Students can activate prior knowledge in a class-wide or small-group discussion with or without the use of a KWL chart.
Students will create a storyboard that shows the sequence of events necessary for becoming president. They can use a current or past candidate, themselves, or a fictitious character. Important events may include:
- Campaign
- Primary
- Caucus
- National Convention
- General Election
- Electoral College
- Inauguration
Template and Class Instructions
(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)
Due Date:
Objective: Create a storyboard that shows the steps for a person to become the president.
Student Instructions: Describe the sequence of events necessary to become president. Consider using information on the inauguration, primary, and general election, voting, a national convention, political parties, candidates, and the Electoral College.
Requirements: Storyboard should be colorful, show facts, any dates, and correct sequences.
Lesson Plan Reference
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of Content | Events are clearly described and important. No major events are missing. | Most of the included events are important and clearly described. One or more major events are missing. | Several major events are missing. Events are not clearly described or not important to becoming president. |
| Sequence Fluency | Events are in proper order | Almost all events are in proper order. | Most events are incorrectly placed on chart. |
| Quality of Facts | Events are are related to the topic studied and there are at least 6-8 facts | The chart contains at least 4-5 facts that relate to the topic. | The chart contains fewer than 4 facts and some facts may or may not be related to the subject. |
Activity Overview
Discuss the importance of the president of the United States and how a citizen can become president. Students can activate prior knowledge in a class-wide or small-group discussion with or without the use of a KWL chart.
Students will create a storyboard that shows the sequence of events necessary for becoming president. They can use a current or past candidate, themselves, or a fictitious character. Important events may include:
- Campaign
- Primary
- Caucus
- National Convention
- General Election
- Electoral College
- Inauguration
Template and Class Instructions
(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)
Due Date:
Objective: Create a storyboard that shows the steps for a person to become the president.
Student Instructions: Describe the sequence of events necessary to become president. Consider using information on the inauguration, primary, and general election, voting, a national convention, political parties, candidates, and the Electoral College.
Requirements: Storyboard should be colorful, show facts, any dates, and correct sequences.
Lesson Plan Reference
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of Content | Events are clearly described and important. No major events are missing. | Most of the included events are important and clearly described. One or more major events are missing. | Several major events are missing. Events are not clearly described or not important to becoming president. |
| Sequence Fluency | Events are in proper order | Almost all events are in proper order. | Most events are incorrectly placed on chart. |
| Quality of Facts | Events are are related to the topic studied and there are at least 6-8 facts | The chart contains at least 4-5 facts that relate to the topic. | The chart contains fewer than 4 facts and some facts may or may not be related to the subject. |
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