Assessment

🎤 Summit Policy Brief Showcase

Content Expertise Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Self Directed Learning Collaboration Effective Communication CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.10 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.7 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.7 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.1 Reflection Core Content Project Launch Essential Question Submission Required Grading Required

Present your team’s policy brief, alliance map, and short summit debrief to classmates, families, or another class in a public showcase format. Use evidence from your research notebook, Mini Summit notes, and comparison chart to explain anarchy, actor motives, enforcement limits, and why international politics differs from domestic politics. After the presentation, answer audience questions and complete a brief self-assessment conference in which you cite artifacts that show revision, feedback use, and role responsibility.

Plan day

Day 4

Duration

90 min

Grouping

Small Group

Steps

6 steps

Lesson plan

6 steps · 90 min

#	What teachers do
1	Launch the showcase by reviewing the goal, audience norms, presentation order, and success criteria, then ask each team to do a 1-minute huddle to confirm speaking roles, artifact placement, and who will answer different types of questions. (8 min)
2	Set up for the public showcase by having each team display its policy brief, alliance map, summit debrief, research notebook, Mini Summit notes, and comparison chart, and complete a final evidence check to make sure each claim is supported by cited sources or project artifacts. (10 min)
3	Present team showcases in a timed rotation where each team explains its international issue, policy recommendation, alliance map, and what the Mini Summit revealed about anarchy, negotiation, compromise, actor motives, and enforcement limits in international politics. (42 min)
4	Facilitate an audience question-and-answer round after each presentation where you respond using evidence from your artifacts, clarify how international politics differs from domestic politics, and build on or challenge ideas respectfully. (15 min)
5	Complete a written quick reflection and self-assessment conference in which you identify evidence of revision, feedback use, collaboration, persistence, role responsibility, and one next step for studying international politics. (10 min)
6	Close with a whole-group debrief where you name one idea you learned from another team, connect it to the essential question, and submit your final artifacts and self-assessment materials. (5 min)

Preparation (8 items)

Create and post a presentation schedule with exact team time limits for presenting, audience questions, transitions, and self-assessment conferencing.
Prepare a showcase space with display tables or wall space for each team’s policy brief, alliance map, summit debrief, research notebook, Mini Summit notes, and comparison chart.
Print or post a simple audience question guide with prompts about anarchy, actor motives, enforcement, international organizations, transnational actors, and differences between domestic and international politics.
Prepare self-assessment conference forms that ask for evidence of learning, revision, feedback use, collaboration, persistence, role responsibility, and one next step.
Check technology and materials in advance, including projector access if needed, timers, name cards, tape, markers, and a submission location for final artifacts.
Prepare a facilitator note sheet or rubric aligned to the selected standards and competencies so you can track evidence of research use, argument quality, speaking, collaboration, and content accuracy during presentations.
Organize a backup low-tech option so teams can present from printed materials if slides, internet, or projection tools fail.
Brief any invited audience members or visiting class on expectations for respectful listening, asking evidence-based questions, and allowing every team member to participate.

Student-facing instructions

You will present your team’s policy brief, alliance map, and summit debrief to an audience using evidence from your research notebook, Mini Summit notes, and comparison chart. Your task is to explain your international issue, make and defend a policy recommendation, and show how the structure of the international system, the roles of different actors, actor motives, and enforcement limits shape outcomes. You will also explain how international politics differs from domestic politics and refer back to the Mini Summit Challenge to show what it taught you about negotiation, compromise, and the difficulty of making decisions without a single world government. Before presenting, confirm who will introduce the issue, explain the alliance map, present evidence, connect to the Mini Summit, and respond to questions. During the question-and-answer segment, listen carefully, answer clearly, and cite specific evidence from your artifacts. At the end, you will complete a self-assessment conference form and briefly explain how your work changed through feedback, how you contributed to your team, where you persisted, and what you want to study next. You will need your final policy brief, alliance map, summit debrief, research notebook, Mini Summit notes, comparison chart, and any visual display materials your team prepared.

Success criteria

You are done when your team has presented all required artifacts, every team member has participated in a visible role, and your presentation clearly explains: the structure of the international system, at least two kinds of international actors, motives for action, limits of enforcement, and at least one difference between domestic and international politics. Your policy recommendation includes a clear claim, relevant evidence from multiple project sources, and reasoning tied to international relations concepts. During the audience question-and-answer segment, you respond to questions with accurate content and at least one specific reference to your research notebook, Mini Summit notes, comparison chart, or policy brief. Your self-assessment conference includes at least one example of revision, one example of feedback use, one example of role responsibility or collaboration, one example of persistence, and one next step for studying international politics.

Facilitator notes

Keep presentations tightly timed with visible countdowns so every team has equal access to audience attention and reflection time. Encourage concise, evidence-based answers during Q and A by prompting with questions such as: What evidence supports that claim? Which actor is driving that outcome? Why is enforcement difficult here? Common pitfalls include teams summarizing their topic without making a policy claim, describing actors without explaining motives, or mentioning the Mini Summit without connecting it to anarchy and enforcement limits; interrupt gently and ask for a direct connection. Support equitable participation by requiring each team member to hold a defined speaking or response role. Differentiate by allowing note cards, sentence starters, or a shared response tracker for teams that need speaking support, and offer extension prompts for advanced teams such as comparing how norms and self-interest interact across cases. If audience participation is quiet, assign each listener one question stem to use. During self-assessment conferences, prompt participants to cite artifacts rather than give general statements. If time becomes tight, shorten the final whole-group share but preserve the self-assessment conference because it is the main reflection component.

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