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Colonial Newspaper Assignment

Colonial Newspaper Project

The student will research various resources to create a Colonial times historical newspaper.

Rubric Code: E8W5CA

By ellenrobbins

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Subject: History

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Newspaper Requirements
	Needs Improvement 8 pts	Satisfactory 12 pts	Excellent 20 pts
Newspaper Layout	Needs Improvement Less than 3 pages are present, full, and contain excessive white space.	Satisfactory At least 4 pages are present, full, and some white space.	Excellent All 4-5 pages are present, full, and with no excessive white space.
Article Content	Needs Improvement Less than 2 factual articles are present. The articles were not historically accurate. doesnt include all required elements such as editorial, political cartoon, advertisement, interview, article, sports story & birth announcement.	Satisfactory 2 general news articles are present. The articles contain some historically accurate facts. Includes most of the required elements such as include all required elements such as editorial, political cartoon, advertisement, interview, article, sports story & birth announcement.	Excellent 2 general news articles are present. The articles are historically accurate. Includes ALL of the required elements such as such as include all required elements such as editorial, political cartoon, advertisement, interview, article, sports story & birth announcement.
Headlines/Subheadlines	Needs Improvement The general news articles were not accompanied by an headlines and/or subheadline.	Satisfactory Some of the general news articles were accompanied by an headlines and/or subheadline.	Excellent Each of the general news articles were accompanied by an headline and subheadline.
Creative Elements	Needs Improvement Last 2 pages contain few or no common elements found in newspapers. Elements are not relevant to Colonial time.	Satisfactory Last 2 pages contain few common elements found in newspapers. Elements may/may not be relevant to Colonial time.	Excellent Last 2 pages contain common elements found in newpapers. Elements are relevant to Colonial time.
Neatness	Needs Improvement Newspaper appears thrown together and/or not layed out logically with white spaces that articles, etc. could fit into	Satisfactory Newspaper has all articles, photos, headlines and subheadlines, with NO white spaces, but has articles, etc. crooked and/or edges sticking up	Excellent Newspaper is neatly laid out with articles, photos, headlines, and subheadlines aligned properly with NO white spaces and all edges glued down
Illustrations/Photos/Works Cited	Needs Improvement Less than 2 illustrations/photos were included. Less than 2 sources are cited and are/are not present on the last page.	Satisfactory At least 2 illustrations/photos were included that were related to an each article. 3 or less sources are cited and are present on the last page.	Excellent At least 3 Illustrations/photos were included that were related to each article. 4 sources are cited and are present on the last page.
Overall Newspaper
	Needs Improvement (N/A)	Satisfactory (N/A)	Excellent (N/A)

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newspaper;colonial

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