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Newspaper Project Newspaper Project A project to create a newspaper about demonstrating knowledge of the Cold War. Rubric Code: T5295B By msciulla Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12

Overall newspaper
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 7 pts	Well Done! 10 pts
Illustrations	Poor No illustration was included.	Fair Half the number of illustrations were included.	Well Done! All illustrations were included that were related to an article.
Creativity	Poor The newspaper shows little creativity.	Fair The newspaper shows some creativity.	Well Done! The newspaper shows a lot of creativity.
Article Length	Poor The articles have only one paragraph.	Fair The articles were two or three paragraphs long, but contained spelling/grammar errors.	Well Done! The articles have two paragraphs or more and have two or fewer spelling/grammar errors.
Article Content	Poor The article was not historically accurate. Not all articles were included.	Fair All articles contained some historically accurate facts.	Well Done! All articles were historically accurate.
Advertisements	Poor No advertisements were included.	Fair 2-3 advertisements were included, but propaganda not evident.	Well Done! 4+ creative advertisements were included which were relevant and propaganda was evident.
Headlines	Poor No headlines were included	Fair Some headlines were included that related to the accompanying articles	Well Done! Each article was accompanied by an appropriate headline
Photo/Illustration with Captions	Poor No photos or illustrations were included.	Fair Some were included but did not contain relevant captions.	Well Done! All photos or illustrations were included and contained relevant captions.
Neatness	Poor Newspaper appears thrown together and/or not layed out logically with white spaces that articles, etc. could fit into.	Fair Newspaper has all articles photos, headlines with no white spaces, but has crooked entries, edges sticking up, or hanging off the page.	Well Done! Newspaper is neatly laid out with articles, photos, headlines aligned properly.
Comics and puzzles	Poor No comics or puzzles were included	Fair Puzzles or comics included for a total of 6, may not be related to the the Cold War.	Well Done! Puzzles and comics included for a total of 6, and are related to the the Cold War.
Conventions	Poor Many spelling or grammatical errors were found in the newspaper making it hard to read.	Fair A moderate amount of spelling or grammatical errors were found in the newspaper but they did not take away from its readability.	Well Done! Few spelling or grammatical errors were found in the newspaper.