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Historical Soundtrack Photo Story Video

Be selective with the facts, be creative with the images, and soundtrack, and make sure you use a script. You may either do a voice over or present your information before you play your video.

Rubric Code: CX32BB9

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Subject: Social Sciences

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Digital Photo Story Video Contest
	Poor effort 2 pts	Satisfactory 4 pts	Good 6 pts	Outstanding 8 pts
Story/Instruction Structure Do the images selected tell a story?	Poor effort No structure exists	Satisfactory Missing one or more of the following:<BR> beginning<BR> middle <BR> end	Good Has a recognizable beginning, middle, and end	Outstanding Has a beginning that grabs the viewer, a body that moves the story to a satisfying conclusion.
Individual Photo Quality Are all the images used appropriate for the story and pleasing to view?	Poor effort Choice of images show no consideration for the viewer	Satisfactory 4 or fewer of the images are pleasing to the viewer and/or necessary to tell the story or explain the process (in terms of photo quality and importance)	Good A minimum of 5 of the images used are pleasing to the viewer <BR> and necessary to tell the story or explain the process (in terms of talking photo quality and importance)	Outstanding All of the photos are of high quality <BR> and are necessary to the story line. Images chosen are
Flow of Photos Do the photos flow smoothly from one to the next?	Poor effort Flow of photos is difficult for viewer to follow (too fast, too slow, choppy, etc.)	Satisfactory 4 or fewer photos flow too quickly, too slowly, begin or end in unimportant parts of the photo, etc.	Good 5 or more of the photos flow together in a way that is pleasing to the viewer (overall look of video shows care went into its creation).	Outstanding All of the photos flow smoothly from one to the next resulting in a product that creates a desire for a second or third viewing
Narration - IF included Does the narration tell the story?	Poor effort No narration or incoherent narration	Satisfactory Some of the narration is understandable (clear voice and/or correct grammar and/or word choice is appropriate to the story line)	Good Most of the narration is understandable (clear voice and/or correct grammar and/or word choice is appropriate to the story line)	Outstanding All of the narration is understandable (clear voice and correct grammar and word choice is appropriate to the story line)
Soundtrack Does the music enhance the viewing pleasure?	Poor effort Music choice, if it exists, causes the viewer to want to turn the video off (it's too loud, inappropriate to the mood, etc.)	Satisfactory The viewer notices the music choice and/or the volume because one or the other distracts from the story.	Good The music choice is appropriate to the story and the volume is low enough to hear but not distract from the narration.	Outstanding The music choice and volume work together to enhance the viewing of the video. Songs blend into one another.
Statement of connections Does the student clearly make a connection to the theme?	Poor effort No connections to the theme.	Satisfactory A superficial connection to the theme.	Good A meaningful connection was made, but was not fully developed.	Outstanding A meaningful societal connection and/or a meaningful personal connection to the theme was made and fully developed by the learner.
Sources Are the photos and the music copyright-free properly cited?	Poor effort No sources cited.	Satisfactory Missing one of these:<BR> <BR> Music credits<BR> <BR> Photo credits	Good Credits completed, and some thought was put into its design, both in terms of content and artistic elements.	Outstanding Credits completed. Much thought, both in terms of content and artistic elements was put into the design of the credits.

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storytelling, digital video story

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