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Alternative Assignment: International Funeral Customs

Funerals can be a way to both remember, celebrate, and honor the lives of those we love when they pass. Learning how to do this is an important life skill that all of us will face someday. Every culture uses different customs and traditions to do this. In an alternative to visiting the funeral home, students may research and write a 1-page, double spaced, Times New Roman 12 pt. font essay explaining funeral customs around the world.

Rubric Code: M2WW858

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Subject: Vocational

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Funeral Customs Essay Funerals can be a way to both remember, celebrate, and honor the lives of those we love when they pass. Learning how to do this is an important life skill that all of us will face someday. Every culture uses different customs and traditions to do this. In an alternative to visiting the funeral home, students may research and write a 1-page, double spaced, Times New Roman 12 pt. font essay explaining funeral customs around the world.
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Content Essay should respectfully describe at least 3 customs from 3 different cultures	Poor Content is irrelevant or disrespectful. Content covers only 1 culture or custom.	Fair Content is relevant, respectful, and informative, but includes only 1 custom/country	Good Content is relevant, respectful, and informative, but includes only 2 customs/countries.	Excellent Content is relevant, respectful, and informative, and includes 3 customs from 3 different countries (3 customs total)
Organization	Poor Content is disorganized, messy, and hard to follow.	Fair	Good	Excellent Content follows logical order
Spelling/Grammar	Poor There are more than 7 grammar and/or spelling mistakes.	Fair	Good There are 2 or less spelling/grammar mistakes.	Excellent There are no spelling and grammar mistakes
Sources Cited Uses at least 1 source and is cited correctly according to MLA standards.	Poor Sources are not cited and/or there are no sources.	Fair	Good Some sources are mostly cited	Excellent Sources are cited and correct in MLA format.