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Historical Newspaper

Historical Newspaper Latin America XIX Century

Design a whole page for a class newspaper about a historical issue; the goal is that the other students get to know the topic and understand it through the newspaper articles, editorial, news and different sections. Format also counts.

Rubric Code: DAC3A9

By klsancho

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Subject: History

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Historical Newspaper This rubric will grade students work for completeness and quality of information, accuracy, elements of the newspaper (Editorial, 2 types of news, an Ad., pictures, maps and/or graphs, quality of infor mation, quantity of information.
	Awesome 4 pts	Good Meets Standard 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Spelling and Grammar Spelling and Grammar show effort.	Awesome There were not any spelling and/or grammatical mistakes.	Good There were no more than one spelling and/or grammatical mistakes.	Fair There were more more than a few spelling and/or grammatical mistakes.	Poor There were too many spelling and/or grammatical mistakes that it made it difficult to understand the information.
Design and Diagramming General design and diagramming of the newspaper show effort, creativity and shared work	Awesome There is an original and attractive design appropriate for subject matter. The format of the newspaper is readable.	Good There is a somewhat original and attractive design appropriate for subject matter. The format of the newspaper is readable.	Fair The design is fairly appropriate for subject matter. The format is readable.	Poor Design and diagramming are poor, or non existent. Product doesn´t look like a newspaper.
Pictures, maps, graphs appropriate picture/ image accompany the main articles	Awesome Many pictures, a map, and/or a graph with appropriate captions	Good Some pictures, a map, and/or a graph with somewhat appropriate captions	Fair One Picture, or map, or graph and somewhat appropriate captions	Poor No pictures. No appropriate captions