MANDATE OF HEAVEN
Mrs. Medori –
INTRODUCTION
The
year is 900 B.C. and civilizations are in their infancy. One of the most advanced people of the time
live in
You
are living in a nearby civilization.
Your leaders have heard rumors of the greatness of
TASK
- Your job as diplomatic visitors to
- As consultants for your
government you will be charged with researching China’s public policy
regarding the Mandate of Heaven to discover what it is, how it came about
and its effectiveness, in other words: was it a good idea?
- Your presentation will be delivered in
the form of a PowerPoint presentation.
PROCESS
The process of
completing your task is as follows:
1. Compile Information using your notes, text
and the links available to you.
2. Fill out the worksheets for the 4 steps of
policy analysis. You can access them by
clicking on the blue links below.
The 4 steps include:
Some of the questions
you want to answer are:
-
An
explanation of what the divine right to rule is and how it works
-
Why
Zhou leaders used this theory
-
Your
opinion analyzing the effectiveness of the Mandate of Heaven
-
Whether
or not your society should adopt this public policy
3. Using the worksheets
as a guide, design a PowerPoint presentation.
It must be at least 4 slides long.
An example of what your slides might show is:
SLIDE 1: Identifies the problem
SLIDE 2: Explains the causes of the problem
SLIDE 3: Evaluates the policy
SLIDE 4: Explain your suggestions on whether or not to
implement the Mandate of Heaven policy in your own country.
4. You will present your findings by showing the PowerPoint
slide show to the class.
RESOURCES
Here are some
links that can be used to help you find information.
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/shu-jing.html
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GLOSSARY/TIENMING.HTM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_of_Heaven
http://www.fact-index.com/m/ma/mandate_of_heaven.html
http://712educators.about.com/cs/chinalessons/l/bllectchina1hea.htm
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Mandate%20of%20Heaven
The following 2
links are pictures that you can use for your slides:
http://images.google.com/images?q=Mandate+of+Heaven&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search
http://images.google.com/images?q=Zhou+Dynasty&ie=UTF-8&hl=en
EVALUATION
Presentation Rubric - Evaluating Student
Presentation
|
EXCELLENT 4 |
SATISFACTORY 3 |
MINIMAL SATISFACTORY 2 |
UNSATISFACTORY 1 |
|
Organization |
Organization |
Organization |
Organization |
|
Student presentation is logical, clear and
fully engages audience interest. |
Student presentation is logical, clear and
somehow engages audience interest. |
Student presentation is somewhat logical and
clear, but does not engage audience. |
Student presentation is illogical, unclear and
inadequate. |
|
Subject
Knowledge Student demonstrates knowledge
of subject matter and beyond. |
Subject
Knowledge Student demonstrates adequate
knowledge of subject matter. |
Subject
Knowledge Student demonstrates little knowledge of
subject matter. |
Subject
Knowledge Student does not know subject matter. |
|
Accuracy No grammatical errors |
Accuracy Very few grammatical errors |
Accuracy Some grammatical errors |
Accuracy Too many grammatical errors that distorts
sentence sense. |
|
Graphics At least three appropriate color and fonts |
Graphics
At least two appropriate color and fonts |
Graphics At least one appropriate color and fonts |
Graphics
No color and variety in fonts |
4=
A 3=B 2=C 1=F
STANDARDS
English
Language Arts
Standard 1: Language for Information and
Understanding
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for
information and understanding. As listeners and readers, students will collect
data, facts, and ideas; discover relationships, concepts, and generalizations;
and use knowledge generated from oral, written, and electronically produced
texts. As speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language that
follows the accepted conventions of the English language to acquire, interpret,
apply, and transmit information.
Standard 3: Language for
Critical Analysis and Evaluation
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for
critical analysis and evaluation. As listeners and readers, students will
analyze experiences, ideas, information, and issues presented by others using a
variety of established criteria. As speakers and writers, they will use oral
and written language that follows the accepted conventions of the English
language to present, from a variety of perspectives, their opinions and
judgments on experiences, ideas, information and issues.
Social Studies
Standard 2: World History
Students will use a
variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major
ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in world history and
examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of perspectives
Standard 5: Civics,
Citizenship, and Government
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to
demonstrate their understanding of the necessity for establishing governments;
the governmental system of the
CONCLUSION
The Mandate of Heaven is
a
concept that was born in