S2+Rea,+Brittany

=Stage 2 - Determine Acceptable Evidence.=

•Persuasion map: Outline an essay comparing and contrasting aspects of unity and diversity in the Roman Empire and the U.S. •Interactive graphic organizer: Organize your points for a Senatorial debate. •Xtranormal: Make a video with one character talking about concepts and another talking about processes from the Roman Empire. •Capzles: Create an environment for your assigned character to interact in that is accurate for their time period. •Glogster: Make a poster showing the effect issues of continuity and change from Ancient Rome have in the United States and the world. || •Self-Assessment: Have students fill out checklists for whatever project they are working on. •Reflection: Have students retake quiz from the begining and see how much more they know. || =Assessment Task Blue Print=
 * **Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form):** **(T)** ||
 * **Goal: Your task is to design a new television series about life in Ancient Rome.**
 * Role: You are a group of television producers.**
 * Audience: You need to convince the executives at HBO to air your show**
 * Situation: The challange involves creating a show that is both historically accurate and attracts viewers.**
 * Product/Presentation: You will create a scene from the first episode in order to demonstrate to the executives what your series will look like.**
 * Standards (Criteria from both rubrics - product and presentation): iMovie:** Length of Video 20%; Videography-Clarity 15%; Interest and Purpose 20%; Costume & Props 10%; Titles and Credits 25%; Videography-Interest 10%. **Oral Presentation:** Preparedness 20%; Collaboration with Peers 10%; Content 20%; Time-Limit 10%; Posture and Eye Contact 10%; Comprehension 30%. ||
 * Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):**
 * **Other Evidence** **(OE)** ||
 * •Podcast: Create a news broadcast describing the issues of contnuity and change from Ancient Rome that have an effect on today's world.
 * Student Self-Assessment and Reflection**
 * **Self-Assessment** **(SA)** ||
 * •Pre-Assessment: Mulitple choice and short answer quiz to see what students already know.

//**What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task?**// **(G)** E2: Individual, Cultural, International, and Global connections in History ||
 * **Understanding** || **Goal (MLR)** ||
 * •Historical perspective is developed from concepts and processes from the Roman Empire. || •Social Studies E. History

What criteria are implied in the standard(s) understanding(s) regardless of the task specifics? What qualities must student work demonstrate to signify that standards were met?
 * **Big Ideas** || **Big Ideas** ||
 * •Roman Empire || •Social structure of Roman society ||

//**Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?**//
 * **Task Description:** **(T)** ||
 * The executives at HBO are looking for a new television series about life in Ancient Rome. The series must accurately portray what life was like during the Roman Empire in the capital city of Rome. Along with being historically accurate, the main character of the series must interact with all the social levels that existed. You and your group members will take on the role of television producers who are submitting an idea for the new television series to HBO. Before meeting with the executives, you will create a 3-5 minute video that shows what your show will look like. On the appointed day, you and the other producers will present you idea to the executives at HBO and they will decide which series will appear on their channel. ||

//**What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?**//
 * **Type II Product** || **Type of Presentation** ||
 * •iMovie || •Oral Presentation ||

//**By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?**// •Videography-Clarity 15% •Interest and Purpose 20% •Costume & Props 10% •Titles and Credits 25% •Videography-Interest 10% || •Prepardness 20% •Collaboration with Peers 10% •Content 20% •Time-Limit 10% •Posture and Eye Contact 10% •Comprehension 30% ||
 * **Product Criteria** || **Presentation Criteria** ||
 * •Length of Video 20%
 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**