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iRubric: Create your own political party! rubric

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Create your own political party! Create your own political party! 1. Title the poster board with the name of your party. Research and analyze the viewpoints of the Republican and Democratic parties. Compare these views to other American political parties, such as the Tea Party movement. Create a new political party which reflects your own viewpoints and platform. Develop a political symbol and a platform of the 5 most important positions you wish to promote (i.e., the party’s platform). Develop a poster that includes the new political symbol and the platform. Rubric Code: SXAXA6X By erinweir Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Political Party
	Awesome! 6 pts	Ok 4 pts	You can do better... 2 pts
Political Party Basics 6 pts	Awesome! The political party is clearly named. A symbol is chosen to represent the party.	Ok Either the political party or symbol is missing.	You can do better... The political party is not named, there is no party symbol.
Party Platform 6 pts	Awesome! Student has 6 party planks with a detailed description of each plank.	Ok Student has 3 - 5 party planks or does not have detailed information about 1 or more of the planks.	You can do better... Student does not have any party planks.
Addresses 3rd Party issues 4 pts	Awesome! -Presentation has 2 credible arguments why new party is better and explains why voting for new party is not a wasted vote. -Location on political spectrum	Ok -Presentation has 1 credible arguments why new party is better and explains why voting for new party is not a wasted vote. -Location on political spectrum	You can do better... -Presentation has no credible arguments why new party is better -does not explains why voting for new party is not a wasted vote. -no discussion of Location on political spectrum
Poster Organization/Attractiveness 4 pts	Awesome! Party platforms are well organized with clear explanations. Descriptions contain less than 3 spelling errors -Obvious effort is displayed in the creation of the poster. It includes color and pictures.	Ok Party platforms and descriptions are minimally organized, not clearly explained, and contain 3 to 5 spelling errors. -Some effort is displayed in the creation of the poster. It includes very little color or pictures.	You can do better... Party platforms and descriptions are not organized, and lack descriptions, and contain more than 5 spelling errors -No effort is displayed in the creation of the poster. Items appear haphazardly placed on the poster with no color or pictures.