Grade 11 Economics Scrapbook Assignment
Economic life – of your community, your province, Canada, and the world – is continually
changing. Keeping up to date with these changes is important. One of the best sources of
information is your newspaper. In it, you will find current information and opinion on nearly
every topic and issue discussed in the textbook.
To provide yourself with a file of information on economic information on economic events as
they happen, clip out or print items that you find interesting and informative and file them
according to the chapter headings in the textbook. In this way, when you are dealing with a
particular chapter you will have clippings to supplement the information and opinions that arise in
classroom work and discussion. Paste the clippings into a scrapbook and give a summary of how
the clipping is connected to the chapter theme in a minimum of 25 words.
Your scrapbook should have:
 a cover page showing the theme of economics
 an index showing all the strands & chapters covered in sequential order
 a separate page for each strand & chapter with a minimum of one clipping per chapter
 a connecting summary with 4 bolded key terms (show their meaning) beneath the title of
the chapter.
Thoroughness, creativity & colourfulness, organization and quality will be graded based on the
rubric below.
Good sources for clippings are the following:
 www.globeandmail.com
 www.thestar.com
 www.nationalpost.com
 www.financialpost.com
 www.iht.com
 http://www.wallstreetjournal.com/
 www.economist.com
 The Markham Economist
 Macleans
Grading Scheme
1. Thoroughness
2. Creativity and Colourfulness
3. Organization
4. Quality of Clippings and Summaries
Total
20 marks
10 marks
10 marks
10 marks
50 marks
Due Date: Friday January 19th, 2018
Note: Scrapbook Checks will occur at the end of each unit in your organizer
Value: 15% of Final Grade (12.5% Final Product / 2.5% Scrapbook Checks)
Presentation Exemplar – Scrapbooks can be created in electronic or hardcopy form
Grade 11 Economics Scrapbook Rubric
Name: __________________________________________
Criteria
Thoroughness
Creativity &
Colorfulness
Organization
Quality of
Clippings &
Summaries
Totals
Level 1 (50-59)
some chapters
have a minimum
of one article /
image with a
connecting
summary
limited images
and use of colour
& design make
for a less than
appealing
scrapbook in
most areas from
the cover, index,
unit and chapter
title pages
No pages are
numbered and
the index is
incomplete or
incorrectly
organized. Few
chapters and
units have title
pages.
articles & images
lack relevancy to
chapter themes
and the 25 word
summaries
inconsistently
connect 1 bolded
chapter key term
to the articles /
images
Level 2 (60-69)
most chapters
have a minimum
of one article /
image with a
connecting
summary
some good
images and use
of colour &
design, but
overall not
enough to draw
readers to the
scrapbook
Level 3 (70-79)
all chapters have
a minimum of
one article /
image with a
connecting
summary
good images and
use of colour &
design make for
an appealing
scrapbook in
most areas from
the cover, index,
unit and chapter
title pages
Some pages are
numbered and
correctly
correspond with
an index
showing chapter
& unit titles in
order.
Some chapters &
units are
partitioned with
title pages.
articles & images
are somewhat
relevant to
chapter themes
and the 25 word
summaries
sometimes
connect 2 bolded
chapt’r key terms
to the articles /
images
Most pages are
numbered and
correctly
correspond with
an index
showing chapter
& unit titles in
order.
Most chapters &
units are
partitioned with
title pages.
articles & images
are mostly
relevant to
chapter themes
and the 25 word
summaries
connect 3 bolded
chapter key
terms to the
articles / images
Level 4 (80-100)
all chapters have a
minimum of one
article / image with
a connecting 25
word summary
Mks
exceptional images
and superb use of
colour & design
make for an
appealing
scrapbook in all
areas from the
cover, index, unit
and chapter title
pages
All pages are
numbered and
correctly
correspond with a
detailed index
showing chapter &
unit titles in correct
order.
Every chapter &
unit is partitioned
with title pages.
/10
all articles and
images are highly
relevant to chapter
themes and the 25
word summaries
affectively connect
4 bolded chapter
key terms to the
articles / images
/10
/20
/10
/50
Additional Comments:
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