Rise and Fall of Governments Timeline

This Assignment Will Use: Timetoast

Instructions
1. Each student should still be in the same group they were in for the ‘Compare and Contrast
Political Systems Activity.’ In this project, you will be working with the same group
members and each group will be working with the same political system they selected for
that activity.
2. Each group will choose a country that has had a government based on the political system
they chose. A list of suggestions is provided below.
a. Absolute monarchy – France, Saudi Arabia, Russia
b. Constitutional monarchy – United Kingdom (Britain), Japan, Thailand
c. Direct Democracy – Ancient Athens, Switzerland
d. Representative Democracy – United States, United Kingdom (Britain), India
e. Socialism – Canada, Norway, Venezuela
f. Communism – Soviet Union, China, Poland
g. Fascism – Germany, Italy, Japan
3. You may select a different country that is not on the list if you wish to. However, that
country must be approved by me beforehand as a viable alternative.
4. Each group will be performing research on the history of the government based on that
political system in each country. The research should include:
a. How that government came to power
b. What have been some important actions of that government while it was in power
c. Important events related to the government
d. Important people in the history of that government
e. The structure of that government
f. How the government either fell or remained in power
5. The following resources are some recommendations of where you can find information. You
should use at least 3 different resources from different websites:
a. The Unit Resources Page on the Unit Website: This provides many links with
information on the political systems we have examined. Some links include the
histories of certain governments. Depending on your country, this may be useful.
b. Wikipedia: Wikipedia is a good starting point for your research. You can use it to find
other links and resources that might be useful. All your sources should NOT be
Wikipedia pages.
c. Encyclopedia Brittanica: This site is also good for articles that provide an overview of
various topics, including political systems and histories of countries.
d. Crash Course World History: The videos on this playlist can provide plenty of
information on various countries at different points in time.
6. If you find any other resources you wish to use, please consult with me to get approval for
using that source. You can use other online or non-online resources, such as books you find
 in the school library. Just make sure you have my approval before you use them as sources
for this project.
7. Each group will then produce a timeline using the information they found as part of their
research. Students will use Timetoast to create the timeline.
8. The timeline should include:
a. The date of the creation of the government and how it was created
i. The events and people involved in the creation of the government should be
included in the timeline.
b. If the government fell, the date that it ended and how it fell
i. If the government fell, the events and people involved in the fall of the
government should be included in the timeline
c. If the government is still in power, list the current date and indicate how it is still in
power.
i. If the government is still in power, list the events and people that have kept
the government in power, including the person currently in charge of the
government.
d. At least 8 important events or actions taken by that government in its history (the rise
or fall of that government can both count towards this number)
e. At least 2 important people in the history of that government
f. At least 6 images for events or actions and 2 images of important people
g. All items on the timeline must be arranged in proper order chronologically
9. Each group will present their completed timeline to the rest of the class. All students from the
group must participate in the presentation
Rubric
Timeline Timeline Timeline Timeline Timeline
Content includes at least includes at least includes at least includes 3 or
8 events or 6 events or 4 events or fewer events or
Possible Points: actions and at actions and at actions and at actions and no
12 least 2 important least 1 important least 1 important important
people. person. person. people.
(10-12) (7-9) (4-6) (0-3)

Relevance and All items and Most items and Few or none of
Accuracy of people on the people on the the items and
Content timeline are timeline are people on the
related to the related to the timeline are
Possible Points: government. All government. related to the
4 are correctly Most are government.
dated. correctly dated. Few or none are
correctly dated.
(4) (2-3) (0-1)
 Rise of The rise of the The rise of the The rise of the
Government government is government is government is
included on the included on the not included on
Possible Points: timeline. All or timeline. Some the timeline. No
4 most important or few important important events
events and events and and people
people related to people related to related to the
the rise are the rise are rise are included
included on the included on the on the timeline.
timeline. timeline.
(3-4) (1-2) (0)

Fall/ The fall or The fall or The fall or

Continuation continued continued continued
of Government existence of the existence of the existence of the
government is government is government is
Possible Points: included on the included on the not included on
4 timeline. All or timeline. Some the timeline. No
most important or few important important events
events and events and and people
people related to people related to related to the fall
the fall or the fall or or current
current existence current existence existence are
are included on are included on included on the
the timeline. the timeline. timeline.
(3-4) (1-2) (0)

Images Timeline Timeline Timeline

includes at least includes at least includes 3 or
Possible Points: 6 images for 4 images for fewer images for
4 events and events and events and
actions. actions. actions.
Timeline Timeline Timeline
includes at least includes at least includes no
2 images for 1 image for images for
important important important
people. people. people.
(4) (2-3) (0-1)
 Sources At least 3 2 different 2 different 1 or no resources
different sources resources are resources are are listed for the
Possible Points: are listed for the listed for the listed for the timeline.
4 timeline. The timeline. The timeline. The
sources are not sources are not sources are from
all from the from the same the same
same website website. website.
(4) (3) (2) (0-1)

Collaboration All group Most group Some group Little to no

members members members group
Possible Points: participate in participate in participate in participation in
8 group group group group
discussions discussions. discussions. discussions.
consistently. All Group members Some do not Group members
group members participate in participate in rarely
help with discussions on discussion or do communicate or
research. All an irregular so rarely. Only do not do so at
group members basis. Most some group all. Most group
help to create the group members members do members do no
timeline. Work help with research. Only research or do
is mostly research. Most some help to not help to
distributed help to create the create the create the
equally. timeline. Work timeline. Work timeline. Work
is done is done by only a is done by only a
unequally. couple of couple of
members while members while
the rest do none. the rest do none.
(7-8) (5-6) (3-4) (0-2)

Presentation Presentation Presentation Presentation Presentation

covers all parts covers most of covers only covers little or
Possible Points: of the timeline. the timeline. All some of the none of the
8 All members members speak timeline. Some timeline. Most
speak during the during the members do not members do not
presentation presentation but speak during the speak during the
about equally. not equally. presentation. presentation.
(7-8) (5-6) (3-4) (0-2)

Names The names of all Not all of the

group members members’ names
Possible Points: are included on are included on
2 the timeline. the timeline.
(2) (0)

Total Possible Points: 50