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Famous Hispanic/Latino in Power (government)

Students will research using the given biography websites the contributions to government of a famous Hispanic/Latino American. They will write a *short biography* about the person and list important details about their political career; e.g: bills introduced in Congress, community/citizenship involvement, position in different topics: education, immigration, environment, etc

Rubric Code: GX3ACC7

By dagnes79

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Subject: Social Sciences

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Hispanic Report
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 5 pts
Technology resources	Poor Student lists the website used	Fair There are not enough resources used, or no facts in political contributions found using the websites provided by teacher	Good Biography lists important details that pertain to their political career and the correct website it is used
PowerPoint Presentation-Extra Credi	Poor The student has no PPT or minimal effort is shown.	Fair The PPT has less than 10 slides, less than 5 photos, less than 5 facts, or no facts in Spanish.	Good If student chooses to use a PPT instead of a Poster, the PPT must be 10 or more slides. It should include the name of Hispanic/Latino person, at least 5 facts that you learned about your chosen politician along with their corresponding contributions to the function of government and/or community level organizations
Overall Appearance	Poor The research is messy and unorganized.	Fair The written piece is mostly organized and neat. Some effort is shown.	Good The Hispanic in Power Biography is complete in an organized manner. I can see the effort and creativity put into the work.
Biography	Poor The information provided is minimal.	Fair Some information is included about the person's life. T	Good Information about the person's life AND HERITAGE is included and it is correlated to the government/Civics Benchmarks
Grammar	Poor There are many errors in spelling and grammar.	Fair There are some errors in spelling and grammar.	Good The information is written in complete sentences. Your sentences are grammatically correct and coherent