7th/8th Grade Social Studies



CHOICE BOARD

Directions: Choose one options from each category. Due Friday, 4/19/19

Access to Education S. Africa & Kenya Government AIDS and Famine

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|Create a poem/rap about the struggle to access and|Create an infographic on South Africa and Kenya’s |Create a public service announcement T-shirt about|

|gain education in Africa. (Must be 4 stanzas and |governments. (Include all categories covered in |AIDS/HIV in Africa |

|rhyme) |notes) | |

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|Pretend to interview a 7th grader in Africa. Write| | |

|questions and answers about what their |Create a rap, song, or poem about the different |Create a comic strip describing the |

|school/education is like and why. (8 questions and|forms of government. (Must be 4 stanzas and rhyme)|living/education conditions in Africa (6 panels) |

|answers) | | |

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|Write a 2 paragraph expository essay about why |Kenya & South Africa’s Government Venn Diagram |Create an infographic about AIDS and famine in |

|students have a hard time accessing education in | |Africa. Be sure to include at least 12 facts from |

|Africa. | |the notes + 2 pictures. |

Choice Board Rubric

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|Content and Completion |The student selected and | The student selected and |The student selected and completed |The student did not complete|

| |completed projects on three |completed projects on two boxes.|projects on one box. |anything. |

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|Correctness |Student follows directions fully |Student follows directions, but |Student does not follow directions |Student does not turn in |

| |and content is rich and accurate.|has inaccurate or limited |or have little to no accurate |work to be assessed. |

| | |content. |content. | |

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|Neatness and Creativity |Student utilizes proper grammar |Student utilizes proper grammar |Student has a few grammatical |The project is not original |

| |and project is neat and easy to |for the most part and project is|errors, yet the overall appearance |work of the student. |

| |navigate. The content is easy to |neat and easy to navigate. The |of the project is clean. The | |

| |understand and original work of |content is original work of the |project is the student’s original | |

| |the student. |student. |work. | |

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