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Political Advertisment Newscast

In a group of four students, direct, perform and record a television newscast comparing and contrasting one truthful political television advertisement to one untruthful political television advertisement.

Rubric Code: QX632C7

By Abbey1974

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Subject: Social Sciences

Type: Homework

Grade Levels: 6-8

Political Advertisement Newscast
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts
Criteria for Truthfulness	Poor Student did not use the criteria.	Fair Student used the Criteria for Truthfulness in one ad, but not the other.	Good Student used the Criteria for Truthfulness in both ads and correctly identified words and images that influence voters.
Inluencing Words & Images	Poor Student gives 0-1 examples of influencing words and images from the advertisements.	Fair Student gives 2-3 examples of influencing words and images from the advertisements.	Good Student gives 4 examples of influencing words and images (2 from each advertisement).
Examples of Influence	Poor Student did not use an example of influence.	Fair Student used 1 example of influence (credibility of source, corroboration with other sources, accuracy of facts, analysis of conclusions, purpose of the writer, conflicts of interest).	Good Student used 2 different examples of influence (credibility of source, corroboration with other sources, accuracy of facts, analysis of conclusions, purpose of the writer, conflicts of interest).
Survey Completion	Poor Student did not complete a survey for their group members.	Fair Student completed a survey for 1 or 2 group members.	Good Student completed a survey for each group member.
Survey group grade	Poor None of the group members gave the student a + for participation.	Fair 1-2 group members gave the student a + for participation.	Good All three group members gave student a + for participation.
Organization and Completeness	Poor The newscast was not well organized and did not meet the criteria.	Fair The news cast was not well organized but met the criteria. Or, the newscast was well organized but did not meet the criteria.	Good Newscast was well organized and included all of the criteria.
Completed on Time	Poor Assignment was more than one day late.	Fair Assignment was 1 day late.	Good Assignment was completed on time.