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President

During this unit, you explored the policies of several different presidents. In this activity, you will research and evaluate the following question:

Which modern president had the biggest impact on America (positive or negative) and why?

You can use the information that you learned in this unit, as well as the resources from the list below.

Additional Resources:

Here is a suggested format to follow to help you structure your essay. Review the suggested format and the rubric below.

Paragraph 1:

Topic Sentence:

Concrete Detail (from source):

Commentary (your opinion/analysis):

Commentary

Paragraph 2:

Topic sentence

Concrete Detail (from source):

Commentary (your opinion/analysis):

Summary

Final Concluding

Rubric:

Category	Does Not Meet Yet (0-59)	Emerging Expectations (60-75)	Meets Expectations(76-89)	Exceeds Expectations(90-100)
Organization(40%)	Response lacks organization or structure, less than 1 complete paragraph provided.	The question may be answered, essay lacks organization or does not meet the 2 paragraph requirement	The question is answered, essay may lack organization or does not meet the 2 paragraph requirement	The question is answered fully and met the 2 paragraph requirement.
Content(60%)	Content is not on topic and does include supporting examples.	Content makes an effort to be on topic, may have 1 or 2 examples as evidence.	Content is on topic with 1 -2 examples as evidence.	Content is engaging and shows critical thinking on topic. With at least 2 examples as evidence.