American Government

Mr. Valle
Spring ‘18

PLCR Rubric
Section Description Maximum
Score
Layout  Students use the Creately website for their 2
PLCR website (1 point);
 Students utilized SWOT templates to
design their PLCR graphic organizers (1
point).
Power,  In this section, students must provide a 4
carful assessment of their amendment
powers that grant freedoms for
individuals, or governments. (2 points)
 Students paraphrase their amendment into
their PLRC assignment. (2 points)

Limits  In this section, students need to provide 4
the limitation their amendments place on
government. (2 points)
 Students paraphrase their amendment into
their PLRC assignment. (2 points)
Court Case  In this section, students will include at 4
least three court cases that argument the
use of their amendments. (2 points)
 Please provide the names of the case, the
year, and what clause of the amendment
the case deal with. (2 points)
Recent News  In this section, student will include new 4
headlines about articles that a discussing
their amendments. Students do not need to
provide a summary of the news article. (2
points )
 Students must use a credit news provider
for each article. (1 point)
 American Government
Mr. Valle
Spring ‘18

 Students must have at least two news

articles (1 point)
Submission  Students submit their PLCR assignment 2
before night the Friday Bill of Rights
garden walk. (1 point)
 Student properly submit their PLCR
assignment to Mr. Valle teacher website (1
point)
Mechanics  Presentation has no misspellings or 3
grammatical errors. (1 point)
 All content throughout the presentation is
accurate. There are no factual errors. (1
point)
 Project includes all material needed to
gain a comfortable understanding of the
topic. It is a highly effective study guide.
(1 point)
Final Score 25