Current Events Jeopardy

While in the library your tasks are several:

·        Find 3 magazine articles your group would like to use for your Jeopardy questions.  Have them approved by me.  Each article must be on a different topic and groups may not repeat topics chosen by another group.  Topics will be chosen on a first-comes, first-served basis.  Articles should be no longer than 2 pages.

·        After having all 3 articles approved by me, take them back to the Teacher’s Aide and have her make enough copies so that everyone in the class will have one.

·        Read the articles and write 5 questions and answers on the index cards I will provide. Also write the name of the category on the cards.

·        The answers must be written in a style appropriate for Jeopardy.  Decide on the difficulty of the answers and assign point values to them ranging from 5 to 25 in 5 point increments.  Write the point value on the opposite side of the index cards as the answers.

On the day of play:

·        Tape the answers on the blackboard beginning with the category card and continuing with the cards in increasing order of difficulty, number side showing.

·        Sit with your team and choose a team name.

·        We will draw names to determine the order of play.

·        You can choose a category and point value.  You may not choose the category your team wrote.

·        Remember to answer by stating a question.

·        The first person to raise his or her hand can ask the question.  If asked correctly, that team gets the point value, if incorrect, they lose that many points.

Rubric     The total will be divided by 5.

1.  Magazine articles have been approved by the teacher.

                             10      8        6        4        2        0

2.  Team had 5 questions and answers, taken from the approved articles, written on separate index cards,  all related to the same topic.

                             30      24      18      12      6        0

3. Team had another 5 questions and answers, taken from the approved articles, written on separate index cards,  all related to the same topic.

                             30      24      18      12      6        0

4. Team had another 5 questions and answers, taken from the approved articles, written on separate index cards,  all related to the same topic.

                             30      24      18      12      6        0

5.  Team had 3 index cards, each with the category title written on one side of it.

                             5        4        3        2        1        0

6.  The answers are significant and show a high level of thought went into their selection.

40      32      24      16      8        0

7.  The answers contain no spelling or grammatical errors.

                             10      8        6        4        2        0

8.  The correct questions are written beneath the answers on the index cards.

                             20      16      12      8        4        0

Bonus earned for order of team finish. Individual team members will only receive points if they asked at least one question correctly.

25      20      15      10      5        0

Sample Question

 one side of card

This is the name of the first president of the United States.

Who is George Washington?

the other side of card

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