A Guide to American Democracy Project

Origins of Democracy Project:  Due Friday 10/19

Using your resources and creativity you will create some type of creative guide to the Foundations of Democracy.  Your choices are as follows:

-A travel brochure to American Democracy

-Playing Cards to American Democracy

-Other approved by teacher*

Your project must include:

1. A title page introducing main idea:
2. 4 topics (see below)
3. A Conclusion Page (Summary)

From the topics you can choose the following:

• Enlightenment Thinkers  (John Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Thomas Hobbes, Voltaire,Thomas Paine)
• Enlightenment Documents (Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact, Two Treatises, Common Sense, Spirit of Laws)

Rubric

A- Project is a creative organized representation of all requirements.  Each topic explains what it was, and how it influenced American Democracy. Project includes Title page or card, Conclusion, and 4 separate topics.

B- Project is a creative organized representation of most requirements.  Each topic explains what it was, and how it influenced American Democracy. Project includes at least 4 separate topics.

C-Project is a creative representation of most requirements.  Each topic explains how it influenced American Democracy. Project includes at least 4 separate topics.

D-F  Project is missing topics, is not creative, and\or does include how the documents influenced American Democracy.