Societal Issues Facing Adolescents

Introduction

Starting after the Civil War and in almost all industrialized countries, the life stage of adolescents exists.  Although they suffer through all the same issues that adults do, these adolescents often times react differently to these issues.  

Through your study, you are going to examine the 4 most important issues that face adolescents today.

Task

   You have been tasked to create an awareness campaign on one of the issues facing adolescents today.  You need to raise awareness of the issue and the harmful effects each has on young peoples' lives.  This campaign will be done in either a short video product or a poster.  

    During your presentation to the class you will want to make sure that you are able to encourage and sway us to your point of view about your topic.  Please make yourself very familiar with the grading rubric prior to your presentation.

Process

Step 1:  Read through the following articles and fill in the graphic organizer you were given in class.

Step 2:  Pick your group - no more than 4 students per group.

Step 3:  Choose your issue and plan your product:  video presentation (stand alone); Video presentation with commentary;  Powerpoint with commentary; Poster with commentary

Step 4:  Read over your notes from the graphic organizer to see which pieces of evidence should be used in your presentation.  Feel free to do more research on your particular issue to fill in the blanks.

Step 5:  Product Requirements.

  • Video presentation (stand alone) - should be no more than 2 minutes long.  It should be a good "sell" 
  • Video presentation with commentary - This should be no more than 2 minutes long.  You will have a video playing in the back ground as you talk over it.  
  • Powerpoint with commentary - should be no more than 2 minutes long with a minimum of 5 slides.  Slides should be on an automatic timer to sync with your commentary
  • Poster - Should be able to stand alone however you will present the finer points of your poster/issue.

Step 6:  Self-Assessment:  Using the appropriate rubric, self grade your product.

Evaluation

You will use the following rubric to score your work.  

Top of Form

Bottom of Form

 

 

 

CATEGORY

4

3

2

1

Content

Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.

Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good.

Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors.

Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.

Oral Presentation

Holds the audiences attention; Shows the issue & offers dangers to teens; is persuasive

Holds the audiences attention. Shows the issue but the dangers of the topic are not fully examined. May not be very persuasive - more informational

Most of the time the audience is engaged but there are elements that are missing or unclear. May not provide an overview of the issue; may not show dangers/effects; is not persuasive but there is an attempt made.

Most of the time the audience is engaged but there are elements that are missing or unclear. May not provide an overview of the issue; may not show dangers/effects; is not persuasive.

Video Mechanics

90-120 seconds; good transitions; images and sound track enhance the presentation; video is persuasive; audience is attentive & engaged.

60-89 /121-145 seconds.; acceptable transitions; images and sound track are appropriate for presentation; video is persuasive; audience is mostly attentive & engaged.

too short/long; choppy transitions are choppy; images and sound track are not always appropriate for presentation; video is more informative than persuasive; audience is mostly attentive.

too short/long; no transitions; images and sound track are not appropriate for presentation/seem random; purpose of video is unclear; audience is disengaged

Poster Mechanics

No misspellings or grammatical errors. Images/text are well chosen and enhance the understanding of the issue; Poster is exceptionally neat and well put together. All of the space is used.

Three or fewer misspellings and/or grammatical errors. Images/text are well chosen and support the understanding of the issue; Poster is neat and well put together. All of the space is used.

Four misspellings and/or grammatical errors. Images/text do not necessarily go along with the issue being presented but meaning becomes clear during presentation. Poster has neatness issues but all of the space is used nicely.

More than 4 errors in spelling or grammar. Four misspellings and/or grammatical errors. Images/text seem random & do not necessarily go along with the issue being presented. Poster is sloppy or there is a lot of empty space.