Essential Question #5: What responsibility does government have to the people? Why do we need government? What are the roles of citizens? Postcards from Japan Performance Task – Government Task: Today you visited the emperor’s palace. Tell your family how Japan’s government is the same and different from our own. Be sure to: Include information about how the governments in Japan and the United States are similar. Include information about how the governments in Japan and the United States are different. Explain the role of Japanese citizens. Essential Question #5: What responsibility does government have to the people? Why do we need government? What are the roles of citizens? Rubric for Postcards from Japan Performance Task – Government 0 1 2 Comparison of governments in Japan and the United States Similarity Comparison of governments in Japan and the United States Difference Role of citizens Does not include a similarity of Japanese and United States governments. Attempts to identify a similarity between governments but may not fully explain. Correctly identifies and explains at least one similarity between governments. Does not include a difference between Japanese and United States governments. Attempts to identify a difference between governments but may not fully explain. Correctly identifies and explains at least one difference between governments. Does not include information about Japanese citizens. Explains the role of Japanese citizens with accuracy. Quality of Work Writing is messy and has not been revised or edited for third grade spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation. Attempts to include information about the role of Japanese citizens but may not fully explain. Writing is neat and mostly contains third grade appropriate spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation with some errors. Writing is neat and contains third grade appropriate spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation. Total points: _____________ (Out of 8 points total) Essential Question #5: What responsibility does government have to the people? Why do we need government? What are the roles of citizens? Essential Question #5: What responsibility does government have to the people? Why do we need government? What are the roles of citizens? Dear ___________________________________, _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________