Civics Final Summative
Miss Sherwood's Class
Governor General Dissolves Parliament!
Miss Sherwood, the Governor General of Canada, has just dissolved Parliament!
What does this mean for the country? It is a sign of the beginning of an official election campaign!!!!
FEDERAL ELECTION TIME! WHERE TO START!?
Creating a Political Party! 3 Tasks:
Task #1: (Individual- But consult with your group)
Each group will build a political party platform reflecting a distinct political ideology for a federal election. You and your group members must research and formulate policies on a minimum of four** of the following issues: (** If you have more than 4 people in your group you will have more than 4 platforms- 6 people= 6 platforms for example).
National Defense (Expand? Cut-back? Maintain?)
International Relations (Development projects/involvement with other countries)
Criminal Law (laws and punishment: additions and changes)
The Environment (Improve? At the expense of big business?)
Marriage and Divorce (Rules for Divorce? Same Sex marriage?)
Health Care (Funding? Privatization?)
Taxation (Increase taxes to support programs? Decrease to stimulate economy?)
Your party’s political platform must be presented in Smore, Prezi or PowerPoint.
Choose a name and create a logo for your party reflecting your platform and policies on the different issues. Include this on your Smore/prezi/Powerpoint presentation as well.
Task #2: (GROUP)
Write up an explanation of where your group fits on the political spectrum that we discussed earlier. Your explanation must outline how your party’s ideas fit the characteristics of one of the placements (left-wing, center, right-wing) on the spectrum. Draw a Political Spectrum and show your party’s placement by labeling it on the spectrum. Include all of this in your presentation (written product – See RUBRIC).
Task #3: (GROUP)
Create a party leader to run for prime minister. Give your leader a name, gender, age, education, work experience, and political experience. Provide a detailed explanation of why this person was chosen to lead the party. This writing piece should be creatively added to your presentation. (written product – See RUBRIC)
Part B: Mounting the Political Campaign
Task #4 (GROUP)
A campaign poster that includes: name of party, name of party leader, party’s logo, and party's slogan. (Included in your presentation)
Task #5 (GROUP)
An election speech: to be delivered on election day. It should be persuasive and informative. Each group member must help to talk about the different policies and issues. The speech must be submitted in written form as well as in your presentation. (oral product – See RUBRIC)
****Each student is responsible for speaking a part of the speech
Part C: Election!
Campaign and Election Day:________________________
Each political party will present their Prezi/Powerpoint campaign products (give platform, spectrum, logo, leader, poster, radio commercial, speech, flyers)
YOU ARE PRESENTING ALL OF THE 5 TASKS ABOVE. Presentations should therefore be approx. 20 minutes in length.
The Polls Open- CLASS VOTE
Step Four: The Polls Close – The votes are counted and the winner is declared!
Rubric- See Link Below
Remember you will be marked individually for your component, AND as a group.
Please include your name on your presentation of all of the work that you completed.
RUBRIC
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B64oa_fy4cNcdm5HYUZsV2pHakk