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Role: Reporter
Audience: Viewers
Format: Report
Topic: Ancient people of Inca, Maya, and Aztec
Appendix A
Maya
Religious views
Economics
What happened to
the Mayans
Inca
Religious views
Economics
What happened to
the Incas?
Economics
What happened to
the Aztecs?
Aztec
Religious views
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D:
Constitution
What is the
constitution
Why is the
Constitution
important?
Is the constitution
still functional
today?
INTRODUCTION
What is the constitution and who are the founding fathers. Why is the
Constitution important? Is the Constitution still functional today?
How can we best prove that we enjoy the freedoms we have?
Main Idea #1 The Constitution was written
in 1787 and ratified by the 13 states in
March of 1789 by Thomas Jefferson.
1. The
Constitution
served as the
fundamental
law of the
United States
and
established
the
foundation
for a
republican
form of
government
with three
separate
branches: the
judicial,
executive
and
legislative.
3. The first
ten
amendments
to the
constitution
are known as
the Bill of
Rights, and
they became
part of the
Constitution
on December
15, 1791.
2. The
Constitution
was influenced
by the United
States'
experience
under the
Articles of
Confederation
which was the
country's first
written
constitution.
4. The Bill of
Rights
guarantees
Americans the
rights to
freedom of
speech,
assembly and
religion,
among others.
What is the constitution and who are the founding fathers. Why is the Constitution
important? Is the Constitution still functional today? How can we best prove that we enjoy the
freedoms we have?
The Constitution was written in 1787 and ratified by the 13 states in March of 1789 by Thomas
Jefferson. The Constitution served as the fundamental law of the United States and established the
foundation for a republican form of government with three separate branches: the judicial, executive and
legislative. The Constitution was influenced by the United States' experience under the Articles of
Confederation which was the country's first written constitution. The first ten amendments to the
constitution are known as the Bill of Rights, and they became part of the Constitution on December 15,
1791. The Bill of Rights guarantees Americans the rights to freedom of speech, assembly and religion,
among others.
This is an example of how to organize our thoughts, main ideas, and the structure of the paragraphs. Then
we take those things we put into paragraph as shown. First complete the pillar and then put it together
like this. Your report will come alive.
Appendix E
Rubric 1
Did the report
include facts about
their topic of cities
and empires?
5
The report told
about the cities
and empires.
The paragraphs
contained
information to
the main idea.
Punctuation,
Grammar, Spelling.
There werent
any misspelled
words. There
werent any
punctuation
errors, or any
grammar errors.
3
The report
talked little of
cities and
empires, but got
off track a bit.
The paragraphs
contained
mostly of the
information of
the main idea.
There were only
little
punctuation,
grammar, and/or
spelling errors,
but it didnt
distract from
what was being
said.
The tree map
and the pillar
was mostly
used, but not
completely filled
out.
1
The report
talked little to
not at all about
cities and
empires
The paragraphs
contained a little
bit of the main
idea, but it
drifted to other
topics.
There were quite
a few errors in
punctuation,
grammar, and/or
spelling errors.
It made it hard
to read and
understand the
report.
The tree map
and the pillar
were used, but
hardly used.
0
Didnt do the
work.
Didnt do the
work.
Didnt do the
work
Didnt do the
work.
Rubric 2
How well did you
work in your
group?
Worked great
with each other.
Listened to each
others ideas.
Got along well
with each other
Grading of
Student
classmates and their participated and
work.
gave ideas to the
report. Didnt
sit back and let
others do the
work. Or
student listened
and allowed
others input into
the report.
Didnt work
well with others.
Either didnt do
the work at all
or wouldnt
allow input from
other students.