SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECTS RUBRIC for 6Th, 7Th, and 8Th GRADES

SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECT RUBRIC STUDENT: ______CLASS PERIOD: ______

PROJECT: Aurasma Project CATEGORY 5 4 3 2 1 Points Earned Story Content The Aurasma The Aurasma The Aurasma The Aurasma The Aurasma contains (Did you contains ALL the contains most contains a contains information not related answer and required of the required minimum of almost none of to the assigned project include all information. All information. the required the required or very little related questions for questions for the There is only information information. information. There your assigned assigned topic are one question and there are There are are 4 or more topic within answered within not answered two missing three questions missing your the Aurasma. and shows a lot questions. questions not from the Aurasma and Aurasma?) Evidence of of research There is some answered and no research is evident. considerable evidence. evidence of very little research is very research. research is evident. evident. Organization Aurasma has a The Aurasma The Aurasma The Aurasma The Aurasma has a (Does your strong opening. has a strong to has a has medium to weak opening & story have a Presented in a moderate moderate to weak opening almost no logical clear opening logical sequence. opening & medium very few sequences. There are and closing? Sentences and some logical opening & logical 7+ errors with Are your facts paragraphs are sequences. few logical sequences. completeness or presented in a complete and well There are 1-2 sequences. There are 5-6 construction, logical constructed. errors with There are 3-4 errors with extremely difficult to sequence?) completeness errors with completeness understand. or completeness or construction. or construction, construction very difficult and difficult to understand. to understand. Creativity The Aurasma is The Aurasma The Aurasma The Aurasma The story is not (Did you spend very entertaining is entertaining is somewhat is slightly entertaining. It time telling and shows that the and shows entertaining. entertaining. showed that very little your story in student went over some It showed that It showed that effort was taken to an and beyond the creativity. It some minor little to no time create the story. Very entertaining/cre requirements, showed that time was was taken to few to no requirements ative way?) which were all met moderate time taken to create create the were met. and exceeded. A lot was taken to the story and story. Few of time was spent create the story fulfilled some requirements on creativity. and fulfilled but not all the were met. most of the requirements. requirements. Content All historical facts 90-99 % of 80-99 % of 70-79% of the 69-0% of the facts are Accuracy in the story are the facts are the facts are facts are accurate with very (Are your facts accurate with clear accurate and accurate with accurate with few to no clear details. correct?) and accurate reasonably somewhat few clear details. clear details. clear details. details. Geography The writer The writer The writer The writer The writer provides (where does provides all the provides most provides provides very none of the required this story take required of the some of the little of the geographic place?) geographic required required required information. information. geographic geographic geographic information. information. information.