AOB End of Unit Assessment GRASPS
Goal Students will gain a greater understanding of the United States Constitution by analyzing and comparing the U.S. Constitution to an existing organization’s governance docu ment(s). Students will be asked to explain how the selected organization’s governance document reflects: principles of democracy, influences of individuals, political theories, and political documents on the organization, structure and powers within the organization, and how and why the governance polices can/cannot change within the organization.
Role Students will play the role of an expert on the United States Constitution related to: principles of democracy, influences of individuals, political theories, and documents on the organization, structure and powers within the U.S. Constitution, and how and why the U.S. Constitution can change.
Audience - Member of the organization who’s governance document(s) the student has chosen to analyze.
Situation – You need to understand more about the governance of an organization in which you have an interest. Because of your knowledge and recent study of the U.S.
Constitution, you have been asked to analyze the organization’s governance document(s).
Product - You will provide a written analysis of the governance document to the selected organization.
Scoring Criteria To complete your written analysis, you should incorporate content covered in our class during the study on the origins and branches of United States
Government (see rubric).
Your written analysis should address the following elements:
1. Content
2. Structure
3. Conventions
You must incorporate the following content into your written analysis:
1. Principles of democracy.
2. Influences of individuals, political theories, and documents on the organization, structure and powers within the organization
3. The structure and powers held within the organization.
4. How the organization’s governance document can/cannot change.

AOB End of Unit Assessment GRASPS
Standards the assessment aligns with:
Academic Expectations:
2.14
Students understand the democratic principles of justice, equality, responsibility, and freedom and apply them to real-life situations.
2.15
Students can accurately describe various forms of government and analyze issues
that relate to the rights and responsibilities of citizens in a democracy.
Program of Studies:
Understandings
SS-H-GC-U-2
Students will understand that the Government of the
United States, established by the Constitution, embodies the purposes, values and principles (e.g., liberty, justice, individual human dignity, the rules of law) of American representative democracy.
Program of Studies: Skills and
Concepts
SS-H-GC-S-2
Students will examine issues related to the intent of the Constitution of the
United States and its amendments: a) explain the principles of limited government (e.g., rule of law, federalism, checks and balances, majority rule, protection of minority rights, separation of powers) and how effective these principles are in protecting individual rights and promoting the "common good”
SS-H-GC-S-5
Students will analyze and synthesize a variety of information from print and non-print sources (e.g., books, documents, articles, interviews,
Internet, film, media) to research issues, perspectives and solutions to problems
SS-H-GC-U-3
Students will understand that the Constitution of the
United States establishes
SS-H-GC-S-2
Students will examine issues related to the intent of the Constitution of the
United States and its amendments: a government of limited powers that are shared a) among different levels and branches. The provisions analyze how powers of government are distributed and shared among levels and branches, and how this distribution of powers works to protect of the U.S. Constitution have allowed our government to change over time to meet the changing needs of our society.
the "common good" (e.g., Congress legislates on behalf of the people, the
President represents the people as a nation, the Supreme Court acts on behalf of the people as a whole when it interprets the Constitution)
SS-H-GC-S-5
Students will analyze and synthesize a variety of information from print and non-print sources (e.g., books, documents, articles, interviews,
Internet, film, media) to research issues, perspectives and solutions to problems.
Related Core Content for
Assessment
SS-HS-1.2.2
Students will interpret the principles of limited government
(e.g., rule of law, federalism, checks and balances, majority rule, protection of minority rights, separation of powers) and evaluate how these principles protect individual rights and promote the "common good.”
DOK 3
SS-HS-1.2.1
Students will analyze how powers of government are distributed and shared among levels and branches and evaluate how this distribution of powers protects the "common good" (e.g.,
Congress legislates on behalf of the people; the President represents the people as a nation; the Supreme Court acts on behalf of the people as a whole when it interprets the
Constitution).
DOK 3
SS-HS-1.2.2
Students will interpret the principles of limited government
(e.g., rule of law, federalism, checks and balances, majority rule, protection of minority rights, separation of powers) and evaluate how these principles protect individual rights and pro mote the "common good.”
DOK 3