Assignment Handout (Overall Project):

SOCIAL JUSTICE PORTFOLIO PROJECT

Overview: For this project, you will pick a social justice/humans rights issue and
present your topic in different forms- visual representation, blog or article, social
media portrayal, and an essay. All of these forms will ultimately be combined into
one larger portfolio.
Process: Throughout the semester, you will work on one piece of this portfolio at
a time. We will spend significant time in class discussing, brainstorming,
researching, writing, and working in groups on each piece of the portfolio.
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to help you discover your passion within
social justice. Throughout the semester, you will become more educated about
your social justice/human rights issue and learn how to communicate about the
same issue in a variety of forms. By working in different forms, you will learn
about their purposes and how they create different impacts.
Audience: Your audience will vary for each piece of the project.
Points: Each piece of the portfolio will be worth 25 points, combining to make the
whole portfolio will be worth 100 points.
25 points - Visual Representation
25 points - Blog or Article
25 points - Social Media
25 points - Essay
100 points for whole portfolio
Due Dates:
Visual Representation Due _______
Blog or Article Due _______
Social Media Portrayal Due _______
Essay Due ________
**Complete Portfolio Due _____**

Assignment Handout (Individual Piece I am focusing on):

SOCIAL MEDIA PORTRAYAL
Overview: You will portray your social justice/human rights issue through a social
media platform (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat).
Process: In class, we will explore different social media platforms and their
benefits and drawbacks when present social justice issues. You will then choose
a platform for your Social Media Portrayal. We will spend class time
brainstorming and developing your ideas, but you will work outside of class on
the piece itself. You will look at different ways your issue has been represented
on social media and examine the effectiveness of these ways. After you have
completed your piece, you will give a brief informal presentation of your portrayal
to the class.
Purpose: Your purpose is to portray your social justice/human rights issue in the
most effective way possible through social media, with regards to audience, form,
and knowledge of your topic.
Audience: Your general audience will be social media users. Additionally, you
should choose a social media platform based on the specific audience reached
by that platform.
Points: This piece will be worth 25 points of your final portfolio.
Evidence of Process Work and Substantial Revision Effort- 10 points
Purpose/Awareness of Audience- 8 points
Knowledge of Social Justice/Human Rights Issue- 7 points
25 points total
Due Date:
Initial Concept/Plan Due _____
Rough Draft Due _____
Final Piece Due _____

ASSESSMENT TOOL:
[This checklist serves as my assessment tool for this piece.
Students would have access to this tool and would receive a
filled-out version of this tool with the grade on their piece
submission. This filled-out version would include number of
points given within each category and written explanation as to
why I gave them a certain number of points.]
10 Points: Evidence of Process Work and Substantial Revision Effort
- 3 points: Explanation of thought process throughout the creation of
piece included in Statement of Goals and Choices [a version of a
reflection letter]
- 3 points: Brainstorming and Rough Drafts included with
submission; Initial Concept/Plan and Rough Drafts submitted on time
- 4 points: Noticeable growth from brainstorming and rough drafts to
final submission
8 Points: Purpose/Awareness of Audience
- 3 points: Explanation of reasoning behind choosing specific
platform included in Statement of Goals and Choices [a version of a
reflection letter]
- 3 points: Purpose is clear throughout piece
- 2 points: Word choice appropriate to audience
7 Points: Knowledge of Social Justice/Human Rights Issue
- 3 points: Knowledge of issue portrayed in piece
- 4 points: Accuracy of information given in piece (check your facts!)

Grade 11 Standards in this unit:

[Not all of these standards are addressed in every single lesson,
but the unit as a whole addresses them. For example, students
will conduct research throughout the whole unit on their
specific social justice/human rights issues (standards W.7. and
W.8.). Also, students will write routinely (standard W.10.) in
Writing Into the Day as well as over time throughout the unit to
include a variety of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Discussions will take place in almost every lesson (standards
SL.1. - SL.1.c.). The particular focus on social media within the
unit will fulfill standard RI.7.