Major Project Two: Political Cartoon
1. Students will analyze various current events through the creation of a political cartoon.
2. Students will demonstrate media bias through the publication of said cartoon.
3. Students will represent traditional media and technological trends in media through the creation of said cartoon in Alice
2.2 (Adventures in Programming)
4. The desired outcome is an animated cartoon, which analyzes a political or governmental current event, as a media outlet
might produce, for publication.
Directions:
1. Using Alice 2.2 create an animated cartoon that analyzes a current political or governmental event.
2. The animated cartoon must be at least 1minute in length and no longer than 3 minutes.
3. The cartoon must have at least 3 and no more than 10 scenes.
4. The cartoon must use a minimum of 5 and maximum of 20 billboards
5. The cartoon must contain sound but have no narration(typed)
6. The cartoon must be export to QuickTime format, to be turned in.
7. The animation must look realistic (ie. no floating heads, or non-human actions unless pertinent to cartoon)
Grading Rubric:
Content/Event (65%)
Technical (30%)
Animation (5%)
Event
Points (10)
Time (Minutes)
Points (25)
Walking
Points (50)
Government
10
3:00
25
Realistic (Steps)
50
Political
10
2:30
20
Mostly Realistic
40
Popular Culture
5
2:00
15
Moderately
30
Realistic
Sports
5
1:30
10
Slightly
20
Economic
5
1:00
5
Unrealistic
Occurrence
Points (10)
less than 1 Minute 0
Highly Unrealistic 10
1 week
10
Scenes
Points (25)
Unrealistic
0
2 weeks
5
10
25
(glides)
3 weeks or more
2
8-9
20
Turn to face (talk) Points (25)
Bias
Points (35)
6-7
15
18 or more
25
5 Instances
35
4-5
10
14-17
20
4 Instances
28
3
5
11-13
15
3 Instances
21
less than 3
0
8-10
10
2 Instances
14
Billboards
Points (25)
4-7
5
1 Instances
7
18-20
25
less than 3
0
0 Instances
0
14-17
20
Correct
(25)
Analysis
Points (45)
10-13
15
Proportions
No analytical errors
45
6-9
10
All
25
(5*)
5
5
80 -99 %
20
No more than one
35
Less than 5
0
70-79 %
15
analytical errors(4*)
Sound
Points (15)
60-69%
10
No more than two
25
18-20
15
50-59%
5
analytical errors (3*)
14-17
12
Less then 50%
0
No more than three
15
10-13
9
analytical mistakes (2*)
Total
100
6-9
6
No more than four
5
5
3
analytical mistakes (1*)
Quick Time
Points (10)
More than four
0
On Time
10
analytical errors
Due Day
5
Total
100
N/A
0
Total
100