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The Island

Students will create a government for their "island". This is an exercise in developing structure in a Structureless Society.

Rubric Code: N45526

By creneek

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Subject: History

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Constitution
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Writing General	Poor Frequent misspelling and poor grammar	Fair Some misspelling with with less than 5 grammar errors.	Good No more than 2 misspelled words or 2 grammatical errors.	Excellent No errors in writing.
Governement Set up Leadership	Poor No government plan.	Fair Not containing clear or precise description of what officials do, term in office or how chosen.	Good Missing one of the components of description of tasks, time in office or how chosen.	Excellent Clear description of what officials do, their term in office and how chosen.
Elect or choose officials Leadership	Poor Poor organization of choosing officials.	Fair Somewhat disorganized and not according to constitution.	Good Choosing officials according to constitution with some disorganization.	Excellent Organized choice of officials acording to constitution.
Running Governement Powers of leader	Poor Anacrchy	Fair Much confusion with some functioning areas. Low level of learning.	Good Some confusion with most areas functioning smoothly with students learning.	Excellent All functions run smoothly with students learning.
Rights Property/ Ownership/ Freedoms	Poor No rights listed	Fair Unclear description of rights.	Good Some rights not clearly described.	Excellent Clear description of rights.
Laws & Consequences How do you enforce laws?	Poor No consequence for law violation	Fair Rarely a consequence for law violation.	Good Inconsistant consequences for law violation.	Excellent Law violations are always followed with a consequence.
Citizens New people on island.	Poor No statement of citizenship.	Fair Unclear statement of citizenship.	Good Clear statement of citizenship but not enforced.	Excellent Clear statement of citizenship that is enforced.
Flag	Poor No flag	Fair Flag with no explanation of symbol	Good Flag with no written explanation of symbol	Excellent Flag with written clear explanation of the symbolism