Final Assessment

Lesson Objective: Students will be able to. . .

  • identify the tactics that were used to stop people from drinking.
  • create an effective campaign that would work today to keep young adults from drinking.



Do Now:

Analyze the following lyrics from the song, Freedom by Akon.

How does Akon define freedom?

Share your response with a partner

Akon Freedom MP3


Akon Freedom Lyrics
Everything I have, everything I own,
All my mistakes, fan, you already know.
I wanna be free, (free) I wanna be free. (free)

From Senegal West Africa
To St. Louis, Missouri.
Thanks to Katherine Dunham
For giving my pops his glory.
He came down with his drum

And a dream to change the world
In a free uplifting world
And that´s all he ever want.
Mom came a little after,
Gave birth to my brother.
Then all of the pressure
Made `em fight one another.
See, the pain would never last,
Did the best with what they had,
He knew the world was out for grabs
And he searched to find his...

...Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, (oooh) Freedom...
Everything I have, (have) everything I own,
All my mistakes, fan, you already know.
I wanna be free, (free) I wanna be free.
So, I search to find my (find my)...

Revisit your Frayer Model from Day 1
  • Does it still represent your understanding of the word "Freedom?"

  • Based on the previous lesson(s) illustrate/revise to demonstrate your deeper understanding of the concept of "Freedom."




Essay Question -- from Notes and Documents


What tactics were used to stop people from drinking?
Could these tactics be used today to keep people from drinking?

  • review your work from this unit and in list form, identify the tactics that were used in the early 19th Century to keep people from drinking
  • write a persuasive essay supporting or refuting the success of the Temperance Movement
  • use your list, evidence from your notes, and the documents presented in this unit to support your claim/thesis.

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Connection to TODAYbillboard_poster.jpg


Assessment:
Part I
Create a bumper stick that illustrates an effect(s) of alcohol and convinces young adults today not to drink.Review the effects of alcohol in the early 19th Century.Look at the examples provided of Billboards from the 19th Century. Use the template provided below. On the template provided, you may use computer technology or draw your illustrations. Individual bumper stickers will be combined to create a display and a PowerPoint presentation to be used in a campaign within the school community to convince your fellow classmates not to drink.

The Bumper Sticker must include:
§a visual(s)
§a slogan.
§accurate information
§creative and colorful illustrations and slogan
§neat and legible work

Part II
Open the paragraph template below and write a paragraph explaining your bumper sticker.
Be sure to:
A.Describe the action taking place in the bumper sticker
B.Explain the message of the bumper sticker.
C.Identify a special interest group(s) who would agree/disagree with the message on the bumper sticker? Why?
D. Use symbols and color to draw attention to your writing.

external image msword.png [[file/view/Billboard Poster.doc|Billboard Poster.doc]]
external image msword.png [[file/view/Bumper Sticker Directions.doc|Bumper Sticker Directions.doc]]
external image msword.png [[file/view/Bumper Sticker Explanatory Paragraph.doc|Bumper Sticker Explanatory Paragraph.doc]]