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Music Content Analysis Project

Students practice this research design by using lyrics from songs to see what the contents say about that artist.

Rubric Code: L48C5B

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Subject: Social Sciences

Type: Project

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Content Analysis
	Good 5 pts	Average 3 pts	Poor 1 pts
Title, artist, choice/theory	Good Student did fully identify the title, artist, why they chose the song, and discussed theory chosen for their project.	Average Student partially identified the title, artist, why they chose the song, and the theory chosen for the project.	Poor Student did not meet this standard.
Evidence/Themes	Good Student properly and completely identified themes by using quantitative evidence such as the number of times words were repeated and what those words were. Lyric page showed evidence of data gathering.	Average Student partially described some numbers to explain how they identified themes, and some words that were repeated. They used some of their Lyric page to show some evidence of data gathering.	Poor Student did not use quantitative evidence for how they came up with the themes for their project. Or they did not use the lyrics as data gathering evidence.
Song connection to theory/lyrics	Good Student was able to fully connect one of the three sociological theory to their song and used their own words to explain it. Lyrics were attached to the project.	Average Student was able to partially connect one of the three sociological theory to their song and used their own words to explain it.Lyrics were attached to the project.	Poor Student did not meet this standard.
Method, who studied,focus, 3 variab	Good Student accurately identified a research method, who they wanted to study, used 3 variables and identified their research focus.	Average Student partially identified all the standards for this area.	Poor Student did not meet this standard.
Conclusion/Format/Writing quality	Good Student discussed in depth how music was used in their every day life. Paper was properly written using proper grammar and had few,if any spelling or other writing errors.	Average Student discussed in depth how music was used in their every day life.Student's paper was properly written but had some writing errors.	Poor Student failed to discuss how music played a role in their everyday life. Paper had numerous writing errors and did not meet the full standards set for this project.