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Revolutionary War brochure

This rubric is for grading a brochure found on the streets of Boston just prior to the Revolutionary War. It contains information about problems with the British and how the reader can take action in the quest for liberty. Modified from prior rubric on this site. Thanks

Rubric Code: SX8B63

By vckfri

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Subject: History

Type: Project

Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

Category
	14 pts	16 pts	18 pts	20 pts
Organization	14 Layout is confusing; Information is limited	16 Layout is disorganized; Information is useful but not fully developed	18 Layout is organized; Information is effective	20 Layout is logical and appealing; Information is focused and interesting
Attractiveness	14 Text fonts, sizes, or colors make the brochure difficult to read; distracting and unattractive formatting	16 Text fonts , sizes, or colors may cause distraction; unattractive formatting	18 Text fonts , sizes, or colors are readable; attractive formatting	20 Text fonts , sizes, or colors are well chosen; exceptionally attractive formatting
Content	14 Brochure contains no details and is not very interesting to read	16 Brochure contains very few details from the research and is somewhat interesting to read	18 Brochure contains some of the details from the research and is interesting to read	20 Brochure contains many details from the research and is exceptionally interesting to read
Spelling/Proofreading	14 More than 4 errors are noted	16 No more than 4 errors are evident after proofreading	18 No more than 2 errors are evident after proofreading	20 No errors are evident after proofreading
Graphics	14 Graphics do not go with the text or appear to be randomly chosen	16 Graphics go well with the text but there are too few and seems to have too much text	18 Graphics go well with the text but there are so many that they distract from the text	20 Graphics go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics
Usefulness	14 Brochure does not contain information that persuades the reader to take action in the quest for liberty.	16 Brochure contains some information that persuades the reader to take action in the quest for liberty.	18 Brochure contains several reasons and information that persuade one to act in the quest for liberty.	20 Brochure has many convincing reasons/information to explain/persuade one to act in the quest for liberty.