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Newspaper Project 
Newspaper Project
United States Becomes a World Power: Alaska, Hawaii, expansionism, imperialism, Spanish-American War, etc.
Rubric Code: S955XX
By MrsWest
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Subject: History  
Type: Project  
Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

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  No Evidence

0 pts

Enter Title

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Bridging

2 pts

Fair

7 pts

Proficient

4 pts

Advanced

5 pts

Reporting
1 pts

Historical facts
No Evidence

Most articles do not show 2 or more of:
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Most Articles are missing 3 of
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Bridging

All articles show 3 of
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Fair

The newspaper shows some creativity.
Proficient

All articles show:
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Advanced

very creative and historically accurate.
Article Content
1 pts

4 articles with facts about 4 different events of the period.
No Evidence

Less than 3 events were included in articles
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Less than 4 events were included in articles.
Bridging

4 events were concluded, but 2 or more were not historically accurate.
Fair

The articles were not historically accurate.
Proficient

All articles contained some historically accurate facts.
Advanced

All articles were historically accurate.
Advertisements
1 pts

minimum of 2 simple advertisements for historically appropriate products
No Evidence

No advertisements were included.
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1 advertisement was included, but was not historically accurate
Bridging

1 advertisement was included that was historically accurate.
Fair

2 advertisements were included, but were not historically accurate.
Proficient

2 advertisements were included, but 1 was not historically accurate and creative.
Advanced

2+ creative advertisements were included which were appropriate for the period and historically accurate.
Headlines
1 pts

1 Main headline and 4 smaller headlines to go with the 4 articles.
No Evidence

No headlines were included
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Either Main headline or smaller headlines were missing.
Bridging

All headlines were included, but were not historically accurate or did not match article.
Fair

Main headline was historically accurate. Not every article was accompanied by an historically accurate headline
Proficient

Main headline was historically appropriate.
Each of the 4 articles were accompanied by an appropriate headline.
Advanced

Headlines were based on research of the wording of real newspaper headlines.
Photo/Illustration with Captions
1 pts

3 graphics (can be a political cartoon, photo or drawing) with a caption to explain.
No Evidence

No photos or illustrations were included.
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1 photo or illustration was included.
Bridging

3 graphics were included, but 1 or more were missing captions.
Fair

Each illustration or photo had a caption.
Proficient

Each illustration or photo had a caption.
Advanced

All photos or illustrations were included and contained relevant captions.
Neatness and Presentation
1 pts

Layout to follow the layout of a real newspaper
No Evidence

No effort made for neatness
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Newspaper appears thrown together and/or not laid out logically
Bridging

Newspaper appears neat, but does not include all elements.
Fair

Newspaper has all articles, photos, headlines but has crooked entries, edges sticking up, or hanging off the page.
Proficient

Newspaper has all articles photos, headlines and laid out neatly in newspaper format.
Advanced

Newspaper is neatly laid out with articles, photos, headlines aligned properly.
Conventions
1 pts

Spelling, grammar
No Evidence

Many spelling or grammatical errors were found in the newspaper making it hard to read.
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A moderate amount of spelling or grammatical errors were found in the newspaper but they did not take away from its readability.
Bridging

Student edited with teacher to find errors
Fair

Student corrected either all spelling or all grammatical errors, but did not correct the other.
Proficient

Student incorporated changes from edit with teacher to find errors.
Advanced

Student incorporated all editing in final copy.



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