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Civil War Newspaper Project 
Civil War Newspaper Project
Students will create a Civil War era newspaper. The students will include: a Title, 2 news stories, 2 feature stories, pictures with captions, headlines and bylines. Students will be graded on the ability to follow directions, content of the articles, creativity, presentation, and overall neatness. This project will constitute three grades: ELA - Writing, Social Studies, and Technology
Rubric Code: MC282B
By mrscobb
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Subject: History  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Powered by iRubric Overall newspaper
  Poor

1 pts

Fair

2 pts

Good

3 pts

Excellent

4 pts

News Articles Content
20 %

13 articles
Poor

The articles were not historically accurate ; missing more than 3 articles
Fair

The articles contained some historically accurate facts or missing 2 articles
Good

The articles were historically accurate, and one article was missing
Excellent

The articles were historically accurate, and exceeded expectations.
News Articles Length/Grammar
10 %

Poor

The articles thoughts were incomplete and or there were more than 8 grammatical errors.
Fair

The articles have one to three paragraphs long, contained 5-8 spelling/grammar errors and writing was just fair.
Good

The articles have one to three paragraphs but contained a 2-5 spelling/grammar errors. Writing was good.
Excellent

The articles have one to three paragraphs , contained less than two spelling/grammar errors, and writing was excellent.
Feature Story Content
20 %

2 Articles
Poor

The articles were not historically accurate .
Fair

The articles contained some historically accurate facts
Good

The articles were mostly historically accurate (less than 2 historical errors)
Excellent

The articles were historically accurate
Feature Story Length/Grammar
10 %

2 articles
Poor

The articles have only one paragraph and are poorly written with more than 7 grammatical errors.
Fair

The articles were two or three paragraphs long, contained 5-7 spelling/grammar errors and writing was just fair.
Good

The articles have at least three paragraphs but contained a 3-5 spelling/grammar errors. Writing was good.
Excellent

The articles have 3 to 5 paragraphs, contained less than two spelling/grammar errors, and writing was excellent.
Photos/Captions
10 %

One photo with a caption for EACH article
Poor

No photos or captions were included.
Fair

More than 2 appropriate articles lacked photos and/or captions
Good

Photos and captions were included for all appropriate articles except one and/or two or less captions were incorrect.
Excellent

Photos and captions were included for all appropriate articles
Title/Headlines and Bylines
10 %

For EACH article
Poor

No title; No headlines and/or bylines were included
Fair

Missing an element: Title and/or headlines and/or bylines
Good

Title, headlines, and bylines were included that related to the accompanying article.
Excellent

Exceptional title, headlines, and bylines were included that related to the accompanying article.
Presentation/Neatness
10 %

Poor

Newspaper appears thrown together and/or not laid out logically with white spaces that articles, etc. could fit into
Fair

Newspaper is not laid out properly with the correct amount of columns, articles, photos, headlines, and bylines.
Good

Newspaper is neatly laid out with correct amount of columns, articles, photos, headlines, and bylines aligned properly with some empty spaces.
Excellent

Newspaper is neatly laid out with columns, articles, photos, headlines, and bylines aligned properly with NO spaces.
Creativity
5 %

Poor

The newspaper shows little creativity.
Fair

The newspaper shows some creativity.
Good

The newspaper shows a significant amount of creativity.
Excellent

The newspaper has exceeded expectations for creativity.
Extras
5 %

Advertisements, Classifieds, etc.
Poor

No extras were included
Fair

At least one extra was included but was not done properly.
Good

At least one extra was included. It was relevant and done well.
Excellent

More than one extra was included. They were relevant and exceeded expectations.



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