UNIT 1 Activity 2
Complete all components in the activity below according to the given instructions. Refer to the provided rubric for information on how you will be graded. Submit your work as a file attachment using the dropbox.

The activity is worth 15 points.

UNIT 1 ACTIVITY 2
Professional & Youth Organizations
Do you know what youth organizations are? Have you ever been a part of one?

If so, you’ll probably have a bit of background information that will be useful for this activity. And if not, don’t worry—you will learn all about youth organizations right now!

Professional and youth organizations are groups either run by youth or started for the purpose of helping the youth in a given community. These groups can be run through schools, churches, or even at local recreation centers, among other places. Generally, all of these organizations have the same goal in mind—to provide a safe and engaging place for the youth of a community to grow, learn, and impact the world around them.

Youth organizations can be a great way for you (the youth!) to develop personal and interpersonal skills and build self-esteem. Plus, joining a youth organization can help you develop useful job skills and offer various leadership opportunities to prepare you for the real world.

Want to know more? Well then, let’s get started!

Activity Overview:
For this activity, you will be researching a variety of youth organizations and creating a presentation to showcase all that you learned.

Your presentation should be as interesting, diverse, and creative as the organizations that you are researching!

Ideally, your presentation will be created in a slideshow type program like PowerPoint. However, if you do not have access to a program like that, you may create your presentation in a word processing program or by hand on poster board.

(If you create your presentation by hand, you will need to clearly photograph each part of your presentation and upload the photographs to the dropbox for grading.)

Please note, a slide show presentation is preferred.

Activity Guidelines:
These guidelines are written with the assumption that you will be creating a slide show presentation. If you create your presentation in a different format, please adjust the use of ‘slide’ in the instructions to fit your chosen format.

Your presentation should include:

One title/intro slide
One or more slides giving an overview of what professional/youth groups are and why they exist
One or more slides for each of the THREE organizations that you research
For each organization, include the organization name, its mission, and a brief explanation of what the organization is or does
One or more slides that outline the different roles and responsibilities of members of youth organizations (in general)
Three graphics or photos throughout the presentation to enhance aesthetic appeal
One slide that lists any websites/references that were used in your research
Your grade will be based on your ability to include all of the above information as well as the organization and format of your presentation. For more details on grading, refer to the rubric below.

TABLE Grading Rubric
Content (70%) Format & Mechanics (30%)
Full Credit
Presentation includes all of the required information. It is evident that the student did an excellent job researching youth organizations and went above and beyond in providing information on the topic.

Presentation is beautifully organized and has an easy-to-understand format that is aesthetically pleasing.

Presentation has few to no spelling or grammatical errors.

Partial Credit
Presentation includes most of the required information. It is evident that the student did adequate research on youth organizations, though they did not provide more than what was required.

Presentation is somewhat well-organized and features a suitable format, though more color and creativity could have been used.

Presentation has several spelling or grammatical errors but nothing major.

No Credit
Presentation has a fair amount of the required information. It appears that the student did minimal research. Shows a lack of effort.

Presentation is poorly organized and difficult to follow. A serious lack of creativity or consideration of aesthetics is evident.

Presentation has multiple spelling or grammatical errors that take away from the ability to understand the information.