Social Studies 7A
Ms. Rooney
Your task is to prepare a speech from either the Federalist
point of view or the Democratic-Republican point of view.
Your audience is undecided men who are looking to join one of the
parties. It is your job to convince
them to join your party. You must include in your speech the party’s stance on
government, the economy and foreign relations.
You must have reasons to back up your stance.
You will have to hand in a draft of your speech but you cannot read it to
the class. You will be allowed to
bring up note cards to refer to. You
will be graded on the content of your speech, how well you back up your
position, your originality/creativity and how well you present your speech (i.e.
making eye contact, dressing up, not fidgeting).
The following rubric will be used:
Information presented reflects the student’s
30pts
understanding of basic concepts or ideas about the topic.
Also the student talked about all three topics, government, the
economy and foreign relations.
Students support their position convincingly
30pts
Eye Contact
10pts
Voice: tone, volume, diction
10pts
Originality/Creativity
10pts
Audience: Aware of audience
10pts
Total 100pts
You can find information on this topic in your textbook and
the following websites will be helpful:
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch4_p8.htm
http://www.mrburnett.net/jeffvalex.html
http://www.polytechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/lec.fed.html
http://countrystudies.us/united-states/history-41.htm
Written speech due_______________
Speech delivered on _______________
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