Trading Card Assignment

World History II Mr. Perazzelli

Name: _________________________

AGE OF ABSOLUTISM: TRADING CARD ASSIGNMENT ABSOLUTE RULER: ___________________________ DUE DATE: ___________________________________ Task: Your assignment is to create a trading card (i.e. baseball card) for an absolute monarch. The trading card must include the following information: FRONT: • Picture or drawing of the individual. • Name and nickname (You can create a nickname for your historical figure, for example, Albert “E=MC²” Einstein) • Approximate date of birth and death • Empire with which he/she is associated (ex. Louis XIV-France) BACK: • Evidence that he or she was an absolute ruler. You should answer the following questions: o What policies, edicts or laws did your monarch enact? o What were your monarch’s greatest challenges? o What were your monarch’s greatest strengths? o What was life like for his or her subjects? o What were the symbols of his or her power? Art? Architecture? Clothing? o How did your monarch justify his or her power? War? Territorial expansion? o What did your monarch believe that he or she owed to his or her subjects? • Favorite songs: Pick a song that shows how the monarch feels about his/herself or his/her role as monarch. Pick a song that shows how the monarch’s subjects feel about him/her. • Hobbies: What does your monarch like to do when they are not governing the empire? • Greatest achievement: What is your monarch’s proudest accomplishment? What would he or she want to be known for accomplishing? FRONT

BACK STATS -Evidence proving that your monarch was an absolute ruler. -Songs -Hobbies -Greatest achievement

NAME/NICKNAME EMPIRE D.O.B./D.O.D.

World History II Mr. Perazzelli

Name: _________________________

REQUIREMENTS:  Must complete the front and back of the trading card as explained above.  Must write one-two paragraphs that includes: o For each song, two pieces of evidence from your monarch’s life that illustrate why the song you chose was appropriate. o For the greatest accomplishment, two pieces of evidence from your monarch’s life that illustrate why the accomplishment you chose was appropriate. o For the nickname, two pieces of evidence from your monarch’s life that explains why the nickname you chose was appropriate.  All information must be presented on 8.5 x 11 paper. It will appear as an enlarged version of a trading card.

Construction/ Process

Evidence

Creativity

Conventionss

5 Text and graphics are neat and clear and easy to locate. All parts completed thoroughly and on time.

4 Text and graphics are clear. All but one part completed on time.

Employs sufficient and well-chosen evidence to demonstrate how the monarch is an absolute ruler. Defends choice of song, nickname and accomplishment with solid evidence. Design is creative, colorful and well executed. Choice of songs, nicknames and hobbies demonstrate creativity and understanding of the monarchs.

Employs sufficient evidence to demonstrate how the monarch is an absolute ruler. Defends choice of song, nickname and accomplishment with evidence. Most of the design is presented in a creative manner. Choice of songs, nicknames and hobbies demonstrate creativity and understanding of the monarchs. Uses appropriate grammar and spelling most of the time.

Uses appropriate grammar and spells correctly throughout.

3 Most text and graphics are neat and clear. May be difficult to locate information. All but two parts completed on time. Provides some evidence to demonstrate how the monarch is an absolute ruler. Defends choice of song, nickname and accomplishment with weak evidence.

2 Text and graphics are not neat and information is difficult to locate. Does not complete all parts on time.

Provides little or no evidence to demonstrate how the monarch is an absolute ruler. Does not defends choice of song, nickname and accomplishment with evidence. Parts of the design Design is not are creative and original, neat or clear. May be clear. Is poorly difficult to executed. Choice understand. Choice of songs, of songs, nicknames nicknames and and hobbies do not hobbies does not necessarily reflect an reflect an understanding of the understanding of monarch’s life. the monarch’s life. Makes grammatical Makes and spelling errors grammatical errors that distract but do that compromise not compromise the the meaning. meaning.

World History II Mr. Perazzelli

Name: _________________________