Rise And Fall Of Governments Timeline

Rise and Fall of Governments Timeline This Assignment Will Use: Timetoast Instructions 1. Each student should still be in the same group they were in for the ‘Compare and Contrast Political Systems Activity.’ In this project, you will be working with the same group members and each group will be working with the same political system they selected for that activity. 2. Each group will choose a country that has had a government based on the political system they chose. A list of suggestions is provided below. a. Absolute monarchy – France, Saudi Arabia, Russia b. Constitutional monarchy – United Kingdom (Britain), Japan, Thailand c. Direct Democracy – Ancient Athens, Switzerland d. Representative Democracy – United States, United Kingdom (Britain), India e. Socialism – Canada, Norway, Venezuela f. Communism – Soviet Union, China, Poland g. Fascism – Germany, Italy, Japan 3. You may select a different country that is not on the list if you wish to. However, that country must be approved by me beforehand as a viable alternative. 4. Each group will be performing research on the history of the government based on that political system in each country. The research should include: a. How that government came to power b. What have been some important actions of that government while it was in power c. Important events related to the government d. Important people in the history of that government e. The structure of that government f. How the government either fell or remained in power 5. The following resources are some recommendations of where you can find information. You should use at least 3 different resources from different websites: a. The Unit Resources Page on the Unit Website: This provides many links with information on the political systems we have examined. Some links include the histories of certain governments. Depending on your country, this may be useful. b. Wikipedia: Wikipedia is a good starting point for your research. You can use it to find other links and resources that might be useful. All your sources should NOT be Wikipedia pages. c. Encyclopedia Brittanica: This site is also good for articles that provide an overview of various topics, including political systems and histories of countries. d. Crash Course World History: The videos on this playlist can provide plenty of information on various countries at different points in time. 6. If you find any other resources you wish to use, please consult with me to get approval for using that source. You can use other online or non-online resources, such as books you find

in the school library. Just make sure you have my approval before you use them as sources for this project. 7. Each group will then produce a timeline using the information they found as part of their research. Students will use Timetoast to create the timeline. 8. The timeline should include: a. The date of the creation of the government and how it was created i. The events and people involved in the creation of the government should be included in the timeline. b. If the government fell, the date that it ended and how it fell i. If the government fell, the events and people involved in the fall of the government should be included in the timeline c. If the government is still in power, list the current date and indicate how it is still in power. i. If the government is still in power, list the events and people that have kept the government in power, including the person currently in charge of the government. d. At least 8 important events or actions taken by that government in its history (the rise or fall of that government can both count towards this number) e. At least 2 important people in the history of that government f. At least 6 images for events or actions and 2 images of important people g. All items on the timeline must be arranged in proper order chronologically 9. Each group will present their completed timeline to the rest of the class. All students from the group must participate in the presentation Rubric Timeline Content Possible Points: 12

Relevance and Accuracy of Content Possible Points: 4

Timeline includes at least 8 events or actions and at least 2 important people. (10-12)

Timeline includes at least 6 events or actions and at least 1 important person. (7-9)

Timeline includes at least 4 events or actions and at least 1 important person. (4-6)

All items and people on the timeline are related to the government. All are correctly dated.

Most items and people on the timeline are related to the government. Most are correctly dated.

(4)

(2-3)

Few or none of the items and people on the timeline are related to the government. Few or none are correctly dated. (0-1)

Timeline includes 3 or fewer events or actions and no important people. (0-3)

Rise of Government Possible Points: 4

Fall/ Continuation of Government Possible Points: 4

Images Possible Points: 4

The rise of the government is included on the timeline. All or most important events and people related to the rise are included on the timeline. (3-4)

The rise of the government is included on the timeline. Some or few important events and people related to the rise are included on the timeline. (1-2)

The rise of the government is not included on the timeline. No important events and people related to the rise are included on the timeline.

The fall or The fall or continued continued existence of the existence of the government is government is included on the included on the timeline. All or timeline. Some most important or few important events and events and people related to people related to the fall or the fall or current existence current existence are included on are included on the timeline. the timeline. (3-4) (1-2)

The fall or continued existence of the government is not included on the timeline. No important events and people related to the fall or current existence are included on the timeline. (0)

Timeline includes at least 6 images for events and actions. Timeline includes at least 2 images for important people. (4)

Timeline includes 3 or fewer images for events and actions. Timeline includes no images for important people. (0-1)

Timeline includes at least 4 images for events and actions. Timeline includes at least 1 image for important people. (2-3)

(0)

Sources Possible Points: 4

Collaboration Possible Points: 8

Presentation Possible Points: 8

Names Possible Points: 2

At least 3 different sources are listed for the timeline. The sources are not all from the same website (4)

2 different resources are listed for the timeline. The sources are not from the same website. (3)

2 different resources are listed for the timeline. The sources are from the same website. (2)

1 or no resources are listed for the timeline.

(0-1)

All group Most group Some group Little to no members members members group participate in participate in participate in participation in group group group group discussions discussions. discussions. discussions. consistently. All Group members Some do not Group members group members participate in participate in rarely help with discussions on discussion or do communicate or research. All an irregular so rarely. Only do not do so at group members basis. Most some group all. Most group help to create the group members members do members do no timeline. Work help with research. Only research or do is mostly research. Most some help to not help to distributed help to create the create the create the equally. timeline. Work timeline. Work timeline. Work is done is done by only a is done by only a unequally. couple of couple of members while members while the rest do none. the rest do none. (7-8) (5-6) (3-4) (0-2) Presentation covers all parts of the timeline. All members speak during the presentation about equally. (7-8)

Presentation covers most of the timeline. All members speak during the presentation but not equally. (5-6)

The names of all group members are included on the timeline. (2)

Not all of the members’ names are included on the timeline. (0)

Total Possible Points: 50

Presentation covers only some of the timeline. Some members do not speak during the presentation. (3-4)

Presentation covers little or none of the timeline. Most members do not speak during the presentation. (0-2)