Constitution Metaphor
Group Members ________________________, ________________________.
__________________________, ___________________________.
The Government under the Constitution is like a
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REQUIRED
1. Constitution
2. The People
3. Executive Branch
4. Legislative Branch
5. Judicial Branch
6. President
7. Congress
8. The Supreme Court
9. Checks and Balances
10. Separation of powers
ITEM USED FOR
METAPHOR
METAPHOR COMPARISON
11. Constitutional
Convention
12. James Madison
13. Articles of
Confederation
14. “Great Compromise”
15. George Washington
16. Shay’s Rebellion
17. John Locke
18. Baron de
Montesquieu
19. Senate
20. House of
Representatives
Guidelines for Creating a Metaphor:
For this project you will create a metaphor poster that completes this comparison: “The Government
under the Constitution is like a _____________________.”
Essentials:
1. An accurate metaphor: The major challenge for your pair is to choose a metaphor that you think
most accurately completes the statement: “The Government under the Constitution is like a
_______________.” You may choose from ANY object or idea as long as it is APPROPRIATE for class.
2. Visual Image: Create a central image for your metaphor. Your image should be bold and artistic. It
can include drawing, cut-out pictures, or both. For each of the 20 required items, create a visual or part
of a visual that represents each of them. Be sure they are labeled and explained and they fit with the
theme of your metaphor.
3. Use of proper materials: Your project should be completed on a poster board and should be colorful,
and the effort of creativity must be shown.
4. Title: At the top of your poster, you must have a title written clearly and in large letters that reads,
“The Government under the Constitution is like a ___________________.”
5. Labels: Your metaphor must make direct comparisons between the government and parts of the object
you choose for your metaphor.
***For example: If your metaphor was a car, you might have the steering wheel labeled as the
President with the explanation “The steering wheel is the President, because it controls the direction
of the car and the President controls the direction of our nation.” ***
Required: All twenty terms/metaphors.
6. Explanation Chart: You must complete the chart describing what item you used for your metaphor
and the metaphor comparison.
7. Extras: Your metaphor should be neat, colorful, and show creative effort.
Constitutional Metaphor:
Grading Rubric
Essentials:
1. An Accurate Metaphor
5 Points __________
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2. Use of proper materials
5 points ___________
3. Title
5 points
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4. Labels and Explanations 100 points (5 points each)
Comments: _________________________________
! All 20 required parts
! Mastery of terminology displayed _________________________________
! Accurate comparisons between two _________________________________
terms exhibited
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5. Extras
35 points ____ ____
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! Creative effort exhibited through color and neatness
! Large visual graphic drawn clearly on front of poster
! Colorful with words or colors
! Well thought out; smooth transitions; clearly focused; descriptive; imaginative; unlike anyone
else’s; impressive; overall effort has a “WOW” factor
Overall
: ________/ 150
Suggestions for improvement:
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Praise:
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Scoring Guide
5 point scale:
5 –Exemplary: fully meets requirements of project; properly uses vocabulary words; properly uses
facts and figures from the notes; exemplary metaphoric comparisons with all words; proper use of
terminology; well thought out; correct grammar; very detailed; has a “WOW” factor
4 –Above Average; uses some vocabulary words; includes some direct comparisons between vocabulary
words and metaphor; some terms used from the notes; well thought out; mostly correct grammar;
somewhat detailed
3 –Competent: answers basics of the assignment; uses vocabulary words, but improperly; very few
accurate comparisons between metaphor (somewhat unclear); very few terms from the notes; not well
thought out; grammar mistakes; few details
2 – Below Average: barely meets requirements of assignment; barely uses vocabulary accurately; no
proper comparisons noted between metaphors (unclear); almost no terms from the notes; no clear plan;
shows no understanding of the material; poor grammar
1 – Poor: does not meet the requirements of the assignment; no attempt to use vocabulary accurately; no
comparisons between metaphors, extremely unclear; no terms from notes; no plan or links; no
understanding of the material; bad grammar. Project would need to be completely revamped in order to
show somewhat mastery of skill
0 – not attempted