Government and Economics Book Directions

Name:

Government and Economics Book Directions:

Due Friday February 8th

Each class will make an Africa government and economic book.

Students will work in small groups to create 2 pages for the book.
Each group will make one government and one economics page.

Steps include

1. Define—tell the definition in your own words (using reading or dictionary)

2. Apply—questions ask you to relate to real life or compare and contrast. This can be incorporated into visual, but should have at least 5 sentences and use higher level vocabulary.

3. Visuals include (but are not limited too) graphic organizers, pictures, charts, & causes and effects diagrams.

4. Presentations—you will present this Friday. Presentations should teach your classmates about your topic, since they did a different topic.

Government

1 / Unitary, Confederation and Federal
-define
-Compare and contrast
2 / Autocratic, oligarchic and democratic
-define
-Compare and contrast
-Give an example of each type of government
3 / Parliamentary and Presidential Democracy
-define
-compare and contrast
4 / Explain the difference between how governments distribute power to themselves (confederation, unitary and federal) and how governments distribute power to the citizens (democracy, oligarchy and autocratic)
-define governments distributing power to themselves and distributing power to citizens
-explain why all governments have both forms of distribution
5 / Discuss Literacy Rates
-discuss gender
-use Sudan and Kenya
-discuss economic impact
6 / Government Corruption
-Describe Country and Government
-discuss 2 cases of government that are corrupt in Africa
Describe the impact of this government corruption
7 / Compare and Contrast the dictatorship in Sudan to the democracy in Kenya
-define dictatorship and democracy
-explain how the dictatorship led to the Sudan-South Sudan Civil War
-describe some issues with Kenyan democracy
Economics
1 / Tradition, Market, Command and Mixed economies
-define
-compare and contrast
2 / Distribution of resources:
-include diamonds, gold, uranium, and oil
-South Africa, Sudan and South Sudan,-Nigeria, Kenya
-Evaluate the unequal distribution and the effects on the economic development of Africa
3 / Compare and contrast different types of trade barriers
-define: tariffs, quotas, and embargos
Compare and contrast hypothesize effect on the economies of the countries involved
4 / Discuss AIDS and famine epidemic in Africa
-Define AIDS, Famine and Literacy Rate
influence of literacy rate on death rate
-availability and cost of treatment
-infer the reasons
5 / Explain the relationship between investment in human capital (education and training) and gross domestic product (GDP).
-Define human capital, literacy rate, and GDP
-infer a relationship between the three
-evaluate their impact in one country in Africa
6 / Personal money management
-Define: income, spending, credit, saving, and investing.
-Create a diagram which explains income, spending, credit, saving and investing
7 / Describe the role of entrepreneurship
-Define entrepreneurship, Market, Command and Mixed Economy
-Evaluate one industry you would see entrepreneurs and country you would see Entrepreneurs in Africa
-hypothesize why entrepreneurs are more common in some economic systems
1 / Laura
Hailey Fuller
Madison / Nathan
Eric / Connor
Eric / Natalie
Katherine
Zach / Grace
Karson
2 / Lydia
Bekah
Abir / Carson
Chris / Ashley
Julia / Isabella
Tricia
Ava / Miles
Chase
3 / Rebecca
Ashlynn
Nathasya / Patrick
Fatih / Zoe
Carter
Holly / Stephanie
Sandra
Brian / Leslie
Henna
4 / Drew
Blake / Chloe
Edson / Alex
Megha
Grayson / Caroline
Jenny
Brian / Jocelyn
Emma
5 / Ally
Giselle
Haley Brown / Zoe
Emily
Jordan / Davis
Sam
Jaccob / Jack
Jonathan / Brison
Charles
6 / Rhea
Chesslyn / Connor
Rhaunk / Kira
Noah
Kevin / Ramtin / Grayson
Cole
7 / Samin
Conley / Jimmy
Zach / Emma
Avery / Camille
Emily / Andrew
Ernie
8 / Jared
Andrew / Maggie
Cassie / Patricia
Melanie
Liam / Hayden
Ryan

Rubric:

Work should be neat, comprehensible and able to teach other students. However, 1-2 class days should all you need to complete this project. Extensive research is not required. You can use your government and economic readings on Africa. You can use old resources-powerpoint, economic project, etc, from the Middle East. If you no longer have these please down load them off the website-

Government

Definition / 0-1
Definition incomplete, incorrect or unclear / 2-3
Definition complete, but not in own words or does not use higher level vocab / 4-5
Definition complete, in your own words and uses higher level vocab.
Apply / 0-4
Includes at least 5 sentences / 5-9
Includes at least 5 sentences and shows an understanding of the topic in relationship to the real world / 10-15
Includes at least 5 sentences and shows an understanding of the topic in relationship to the real world and includes higher level vocab
Visual / 0-4
Visual messy
Or
Does not relate well to topic / 5-9
Visual is neat and shows topic clearly / 10-15
Visual is neat, shows topic clearly and shows connection to real world
Presentation / 0-4
Too short, silly, too long or does not teach other students / 5-9
Presents topic well / 10-15
Presents topic and students are engaged. Students learn from you presentation

Economics