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Patriotic Song Project

Patriotic songs were used to describe America's beauty and or greatness and to instill a sense of pride in our country when it was new. Your task is to research a song, write about the author, when the song was written, describe the imagaes the author used to instill feelings of pride, and how this song makes you feel. Please also include a copy of the lyrics written in your best penmanship, and on another sheet of paper, a list of vocabulary words and definitions. Lastly, create a piece of artwork of what the song is describing.

Rubric Code: Q6CB5X

By annie_wyatt

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Public Rubric

Subject: History

Type: Project

Grade Levels: K-5

Patriotic Song Project
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Vocabulary	Poor Student included 2 or fewer vocabulary words and definitions and/or the definitions were incorrect.	Fair Student included 3 vocabulary words and definitions and/or 1 of the definitions was incorrect.	Good Student included 4 vocabulary words and definitions	Excellent Student included 5 or more vocabulary words and definitions.
Penmanship	Poor Student did not write the song lyrics in cursive, or the penmanship was sloppy, and showed little effort and/or was difficult to read.	Fair Student wrote out the lyrics to the song, but had penmanship errors, or was difficult to read at times.	Good Student wrote out the lyrics to the song and the penmanship was legible.	Excellent Student wrote out the lyrics to the song very neatly, and with great effort.
Artwork	Poor Student did not depict the images in the song and/or the artwork was very sloppy.	Fair Student depicted the images of the song but the artwork appeared rushed and lacked neatness and/or creativity.	Good Student depicted the images of the song and was fairly neat.	Excellent Student depicted the images of the song in a creative, beautiful fashion, showing great effort and neatness.
Grammar	Poor The topic is unclear due to excessive errors.	Fair Writing style makes topic and/or material unclear.	Good Writing style makes the topic understandable.	Excellent Writing style adds to the understanding of the topic.
Spelling, Mechanics Spelling, capitalization, punctuation, indentation	Poor Report has little or no punctuation and many spelling and capitalizaton errors. Paragraphs are not indented.	Fair Report has some correct spelling, capitalization and punctuation. Paragraphs are not indented	Good Report uses mostly correct spelling, capitaization and punctuation. Most paragraphs are indented correctly	Excellent Report has no errors in spelling, capitalization or punctuation. Paragraphs are indented and
Who (Author)	Poor Student did not include the author's name.	Fair Student included the author's name only.	Good Student included the author's name and some background information about the author.	Excellent Student included the author's name and background information about the author with details.
When When was the song written? What was happening in America during that time?	Poor Student did not include the date or the time period the song was written.	Fair Student included the date when the song was written.	Good Student included the date and time period when the song was written, for example, "The song was written in 1944, during World War II"	Excellent Student included the date and time period when the song was written and included some detail about what was going on in America at that time.
Images used	Poor Student included 1 or fewer images, without explaination, or did not include images at all.	Fair Student included only 1 image used by the author that would instill pride in America, or being American, OR student included 2 or more images, without explaination.	Good Student included 2 or more images used by the author that would instill pride in America, or being American.	Excellent Student included 3 or more images used by the author that would instill pride in America, or being American.
Response How does the song make you feel? Do you like it?	Poor Student omits either how the song makes him/her feel whether or not he/she likes the song.	Fair Student does not clearly explain how this song made him/her feel, or does not include whether or not he/she likes the song.	Good Student explains how this song make him/her feel and includes whether or not he/she likes the song.	Excellent Student explains how this song makes him/her feel clearly, and includes whether or not he/she likes the song with reasons.

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PatrioticSong Project

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History

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Project

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