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Historical Role Play

Rubric for Visitors From History! assignment in which the students speak/share "as" a desert mother or early church father from Christian history. They must stay in character and use chosen medium creatively to denote who they are in history, and to project personality, faith commitment, personal challenges, etc. They must offer advice to the present as defined in the assignment.

Rubric Code: P23W3WW

By broylesk

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Subject: History

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Voices from the Past/Advice for the Future Enter rubric description
	Excellent 8 pts	Adequate 6 pts	Proficient 4 pts	Limited 2 pts	Did Not Attempt 0 pts
Imagination & Creativity 15 %	Excellent Demonstrates insight to context & character & powerfully enhances the role play.	Adequate Demonstrates thoughtfulness & completely enhances the role play.	Proficient Demonstrates awareness of the context & character; developing acceptably enhances the role play.	Limited Demonstrates little awareness of the context & character; does little to enhance the role play.	Did Not Attempt Demonstrates no development of context & character. No role play attempted.
Achievement of Purpose 20 % (is the purpose of the character clear? is a solution to a specific challenge offered that is based on the character and his/her life, theology, wisdom, etc? )	Excellent Character's purpose is clearly established & effectively sustained.	Adequate Character's purpose is clearly established & generally sustained.	Proficient Character's purpose is established but may not be sustained.	Limited Character's purpose is vaguely established & may not be sustained.	Did Not Attempt Character has no purpose related to the assignment expectations.
Presentation of Character 30 % (was the student "in character?")	Excellent Convincing communication of character’s feelings, historical situation, challenges faced because of faith & motives in offering advice. Did not break character.	Adequate Competent communication of character’s feelings,challenges faced because of faith, situations & motives. Rarely broke character.	Proficient Adequate communication of character’s feelings, challenges faced because of faith, situation & motives. Sometimes broke character.	Limited Limited communication of character’s feelings,challenges faced because of faith, situation & motives. Often broke or never stayed in character.	Did Not Attempt No complexity in role play present at any level. No role play attempted.
Use of Non-Verbal Cues 15 % (voice, gestures, eye contact, props, costumes, visual aids, images, audio)	Excellent Impressive variety of non-verbal cues used; cues used in an exemplary way as appropriate to the medium selected.	Adequate Good variety of non-verbal cues used; cues used to enhance character.	Proficient Satisfactory variety of non-verbal cues used; cues are used in a limited way.	Limited Limited variety of non-verbal cues used; cues are not used in a developing way.	Did Not Attempt No attempt made to use cues as appropriate to the medium.
Research Support 20 % (are references provided and cited correctly? Is character historically accurate?)	Excellent Focused, complex work delivered. Background knowledge cited during project delivery; evident research was done. Reference page included in final submission.	Adequate Focused, and some what complex work delivered; some background knowledge cited during project delivery; evident some research was done. Reference page included though some errors evident.	Proficient Sometimes willing & focused during presentation; little background knowledge cited during presentation; research was done, but reference page is not included or only partially complete. Errors in content and citation evident.	Limited Rarely willing & focused during presentation; no background knowledge cited during presentation; evident little to no research was done. No reference page offered, or incomplete reference page submitted. Errors in content and citation evident.	Did Not Attempt No attempt made to provide focused, complex work. No attempt made to incorporate research. No evidence of research provided.

Keywords:

role play, visitors/voices, history, reenactment, simulation,

Subjects:

History

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