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The U.S. Government Brochure Project

This is a rubric for government powers brochure project.

Rubric Code: FX5AX54

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Subject: Political Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

U.S. Government Project (8.5)
	4 pts	3 pts	2 pts	1 pts	0 pts
Organization	4 Includes the title of the project, an illustration representative of the U.S. Government, and your name on the cover.	3 Contains an illustration and one of the others (your name or title) OR all 3 but the illustration is not representative of the U.S. Government on the cover.	2 Contains only a title and your name without an illustration representative of the U.S. Government on the cover.	1 Contains only a title	0 Missing a title, illustration, and your name
Federal Government Powers Inside Center	4 Includes 3 powers of the Federal Government, all of the information is accurate with more than three illustrations, pictures, and or drawings are included.	3 Includes 2 powers of the Federal Government, all of the information is accurate with more than two illustrations, pictures, and or drawings are included.	2 Includes 1 power of the Federal Government, all of the information is accurate with more than one illustrations, pictures, and or drawings are included.	1 The information is inaccurate with more than one illustration, pictures, and or drawings are included.	0 No facts are present or all of the facts are incorrect. There are no illustrations, pictures, and or drawings included.
Powers of the State Governments Inside Left	4 Includes 3 powers of the State Government, all of the information is accurate with more than three illustrations, pictures, and or drawings are included.	3 Includes 2 powers of the State Government, all of the information is accurate with more than two illustrations, pictures, and or drawings are included.	2 Includes 1 power of the State Government, all of the information is accurate with more than one illustrations, pictures, and or drawings are included.	1 The information is inaccurate with more than one illustration, pictures, and or drawings are included.	0 No facts are present or all of the facts are incorrect. There are no illustrations, pictures, and or drawings included.
Concurrent Powers Inside Right	4 Includes 3 Concurrent Powers, all of the information is accurate with more than three illustrations, pictures, and or drawings are included.	3 Includes Concurrent Powers, all of the information is accurate with more than two illustrations, pictures, and or drawings are included.	2 Includes 1 Concurrent Power, all of the information is accurate with more than one illustrations, pictures, and or drawings are included.	1 The information is inaccurate with more than one illustration, pictures, and or drawings are included.	0 No facts are present or all of the facts are incorrect. There are no illustrations, pictures, and or drawings included.
Federalism Back Center	4 Student provide an explanation of Federalism in a paragraph using a topic sentence, 2-3 detailed sentences and a concluding sentence.	3 Student provide an explanation of Federalism in a paragraph using a topic sentence, 1-2 detailed sentences and a concluding sentence.	2 Student provide an explanation of Federalism in 1-2 sentences.	1 Student provide an explanation of Federalism in a sentence.	0 No facts are present or all of the facts are incorrect. There are no illustrations, pictures, and or drawings included.
Conventions and Spelling	4 There are either no errors or only 1 error in the project	3 There are only 2-3 errors in the project.	2 There are only 4-5 errors in the project.	1 There are only 6-7 errors in the project.	0 There are more than 7 errors in the project.
Neatness	4 Handwriting/typing and layout show that great care and consideration were taken when creating the brochure. Writing is either typed or written in cursive	3 Most of the project is neat regarding handwriting/typing and the layout	2 Some of the project is neat regarding handwriting and layout, but improvement is needed concerning neatness	1 Most of the handwriting/typing is unreadable and there is much improvement needed regarding neatness	0 All of the handwriting is unreadable and the layout of the project is sloppy

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