Story Book Project - Rubric
World History: Story Book Project – Rubric
1. In this project you must include:
a. Cover page & Title for project – one sheet of paper
· Title of your story relates to where your group time traveled
· All the names/group members is clearly written on the outside cover with assigned role
ü Name 1 – story writer
ü Name 2 – Timeline creator
ü Name 3 – Art/Visuals/Illustrations
ü Name 4 – Song Translator
b. Class Period clearly seen on cover page
2. Format
a. Minimum 5 sheets of paper stapled together – more is recommended
· EACH SHEET OF PAPER MUST HAVE THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO CREATED IT ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE PAGE
b. Story writer : on her/his sheet[s] of paper
· General Information - Writes a story of a group of students who use their cell phones to time travels to 5 specific dates and places
· Specific Information – writes the story in a dialogue format, all persons in the group must be discussing what they are seeing, hearing, feelings, and understanding about what is happening
· Test information and word wall terms must be mentioned in the conversations
c. Timeline Creator: on his/her sheet[s] of paper
· Chooses 5 specific dates – B.C. and/or A.D. – that the group travels to.
· Writes beside each date 5 Ws notes – who, what, when, where, why
· Using the same 5 dates, briefly writes – 1 to 2 sentences – about 5 other places she/he traveled to: Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and/or Russia
d. Art/Visuals/Illustrations: on his/her sheet[s] of paper
· Draws, prints and pastes, cuts and pastes images of people, buildings, rivers and/or other geographic features of the places the group time travels to
· Underneath or beside each art/visual/illustration a caption must be written that explains what the image is all about
e. Song Translator : on her/his sheet[s] of paper
· Writes the name of the song and singer/group
· Writes new lyrics that replaces the original lyrics of the song
· New lyrics must be related to the place the group time traveled to.
· New lyrics must contain test information and/or word wall terms and use them correctly
Quality – 70 points65 points
60 points
50 or less / · Follows format completely, mostly, adequately, inadequately
· Demonstrates creativity, thoroughness, competence, incompetence
Quantity – 30 points
25 points
20 points
10 or less / · Contains abundant, essentially, satisfactory, unsatisfactory test information or word wall terms information