Southern & Eastern Asia RAFT
Southern and Eastern
Asia RAFT Role
Red Guard
Audience
Format
Topic
Chinese teenager
Cultural Revolution
Chinese communist
artist
Gen Douglas
McArthur
Mao Zedong
International CEO
Anti-communist
citizens
Harry S. Truman
Make a “little red
book” with examples
of rules, etc.
Propaganda posters
Telegraph
Rebuilding Japan
Great Leap Forward
Post WWII Japan
Chinese nationalist
Other nationalists
Speech
Annual Shareholder
report
Political cartoon
Student activists
Government
Tiananmen Square
Ho chi Minh
Viet Cong
Mohandas Gandhi
North Korean citizen
Game developer
Self
Self
Indian people
Cousin who lives in
South Korea
Classmates
Protest poster or
speech
Journal
Journal
Political speech
Letter
Jeopardy (or other)
game
Reporter
Journalist
U. S. Citizen
World audience
Cultural Revolution,
Great Leap Forward,
Mao Zedong,
Communism,
Tiananmen Square
Korean Conflict
Vietnam Conflict
Indian Nationalist
Movement Post
World War II Japan
Tiananmen Square
Indian Nationalist
Movement
Chinese people
Stock Holders
News article
Biographical
multimedia
presentation
Cultural Revolution
Great Leap Forward
Ho chi Minh
Viet Cong
Mohandas Gandhi
Korean Conflict
Rubric for Performance Task SCALE CRITERIA
1 – Below standards
Accurately identifies
problems and conflicts.
Thoroughly discusses
historical references.
Presents current efforts
to resolve conflict.
Assumes the
perspective of
respective role.
Analyzes major events
leading to the 21st
Century and their
impact on ethnic or
political tension.
2 - Improving
3 – Meets standards
4 – Exceeds standards
Student accurately
identifies problems and
conflicts in the selected
country Student
connects historical
references to current
conflicts and problems
Student presents current
efforts to resolve
conflict and evaluates
the viability of these
efforts.
Assumes the
perspective of role and
thoroughly provides
insight and elaborates
upon the character’s
position.
Correctly discusses 5
cause and effect
relationships between
the historical events and
their impact on ethnic
or political tension
leading to the 21st
Century. Connects the
global implications of
the historical conflicts
with knowledge
obtained from Unit 5
(Southern and Eastern
Asia Today).
Student identifies
problems and conflicts.
Historical references
are limited.
Student identifies
problems and conflicts
in the selected
countries. Student
provides some
historical reference to
current conflicts and
problems.
Student accurately
identifies problems and
conflicts in the selected
country Student
connects historical
references to current
conflicts and problems.
Student presents current
efforts to resolve
conflict.
Assumes the
perspective of role.
Assumes the
perspective of role and
provides limited insight
of the character’s
position.
Correctly discusses 2 -3
cause and effect
relationships between
the historical events and
their impact on ethnic
or political tension
leading to the 21st
Century.
Correctly discusses 4
cause and effect
relationships between
the historical events and
their impact on ethnic
or political tension
leading to the 21st
Century.
Assumes the
perspective of role and
provides
knowledgeable insight
of the character’s
position.
Correctly discusses 5
cause and effect
relationships between
the historical events and
their impact on ethnic
or political tension
leading to the 21st
Century.