| BRANCHES OF
GOVERNEMENT
WEB QUEST
Introduction
Task Process
Resources Evaluation
Today is February 27, 2020. You have been abducted by an alien space
ship from the planet Baltor. For the past five weeks, the Baltorians have been setting up
their new government in order to run the planetary affairs. To spare your life, King
Babosur requested you inform him of the various branches of the United States
Government. If you choose to accept this assignment, you must follow King Babosur's
instructions exactly or the Planet Earth may be destroyed.
Task
COMPLETE THE TASK TO SAVE PLANET EARTH!
1. You will be responsible for planning, designing,
developing, and implementing a research project explaining the three branches of the US
Government and how we create new laws.
2. Report your findings via a PowerPoint
presentation with graphics.
3. You will present your final product to
the class. This will be good practice before presenting the information to King
Baltor. May the force be with you!
Process
Below is the listing of the 3 branches of government:
Executive branch
Judicial branch
Legislative branch
Use the resources page to find links that might be useful. please use a
reliable search engine to aid in your search links. You could also use the school
library and public library to find additional information. Be sure to record all of your
resources.
The final product should be as listed below:
Slide # 1 - Title Slide - this should be the title of your show along with
your name and date. You should also use clip art or pictures from the web to illustrate
your slide.
Slide #2 - 4 Branch divisions - these pages should explain the 3 branches
of goverment and what they do
Slide #5 - How a bill becomes a law
Slide # 6- Summary Slide - Would King Babosur want this this system of
government for his new government?
Slide # 7 - resource Slide - this is where you list your sources that you
used to research this project. You must have at least 4 Internet sources (copy/paste the
URL) and at least 2 non-internet resources.
Resources
Branches of Government
US Government in a Nutshell
Constitution Study Guide - Three Branches
of Government
United States Legislative Branch
Congress of the United States
About the US Congress
Major Differences between the two US of
Congress
The Library of Congress Home Page
The House of
Representatives
The Senate
Executive Branch
Federal Judicial Homepage
Evaluation
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0 points |
2 points |
3 points |
4 points |
5 points |
Points earned |
| Spelling & grammar |
8 or more errors found |
5-7 errors found |
3-4 errors found |
1-2 errors found |
0 errors found |
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| Notes |
no notes |
1 page or less |
notes complete but not organized |
notes complete & organized |
notes complete, organized, and highlighted |
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| Presentation |
no presentation given |
slide show was ran by teacher |
presentation by student with no comments |
presentation complete with few comments |
presentation complete with detailed comments |
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| Working in Class |
worked 20% or less |
worked 40% of class time |
worked 60% of class time |
worked 80% of class time |
worked 100% of class time |
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| PowerPoint Scoring |
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| Length |
0 slides |
1-4 slides |
5-6 slides |
7 slides |
8 or more slides |
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| Images |
0 images |
1-2 images not relevant to topic |
1-2 images relevant to topic |
3-4 images relevant to topic |
5 or more relevant images |
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| Background |
0 backgrounds |
backgrounds present but not well planned |
backgrounds make font hard to read |
backgrounds satisfactory |
backgrounds add to the presentation |
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| Transitions |
0 transitions |
less than 50% of slides have transitions |
transitions take away from presentation |
transitions satisfactory |
well thought out & add to presentation |
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| Creativity |
very little creativity |
some creativity |
creative |
very creative |
above & beyond |
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| Slide #1 |
no information |
little information given |
not all information is given |
information is complete |
information is complete, in students own words, and well organized |
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| Slide #2 |
no information |
little information given |
not all information is given |
information is complete |
information is complete, in students own words, and well organized |
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| Slide #3 |
no information |
little information given |
not all information is given |
information is complete |
information is complete, in students own words, and well organized |
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| Slide #4 |
no information |
little information given |
not all information is given |
information is complete |
information is complete, in students own words, and well organized |
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| Slide #5 |
no information |
little information given |
not all information is given |
information is complete |
information is complete, in students own words, and well organized |
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| Slide #6 |
no information |
little information given |
not all information is given |
information is complete |
information is complete, in students own words, and well organized |
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| Slide #7 |
no information |
little information given |
not all information is given |
information is complete |
information is complete, in students own words, and well organized |
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Summary
This project is to give you a better understanding of the various
functions of the United States Government. the supreme law of our land is the
constitution. All of branches of government must abide by the constitution.
Our government is a government of limited powers & when it acts, it must be able to
point a specific power contained in the US Constitution to justify that act.
If the power referred to is not found, the law is therefore unconstitutional. |