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Political Cartoon

Political Cartoon Analysis

Assessing student understanding of political cartoons

Rubric Code: SXWX39B

By jbaumann

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Subject: Social Sciences

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8, 9-12

Analyzing Political Cartoons
	Poor 15 pts	Fair 20 pts	Good 20 pts	Excellent 25 pts
Symbols/Stereotypes	Poor Student has evidenced 0% knowledge and understanding of the meaning and subject of the symbols presented in the political cartoon	Fair Student has evidenced 50% knowledge and understanding of the meaning and subject of the symbols in the political cartoon	Good Student has evidenced 75% knowledge and understanding of the meaning and subject of the symbols in the political cartoon	Excellent Student has evidenced 100% knowledge and understanding of the meaning and subject of the symbols in the political cartoon
Historical/Political Reference	Poor Student displays 0% knowledge or understanding of the historical or political context of the images presented in the cartoon	Fair Student displays 50% knowledge or understanding of the historical or political context of the images presented in the cartoon	Good Student displays knowledge 75% or understanding of the historical or political context of the images presented in the cartoon	Excellent Student displays 100% knowledge or understanding of the historical or political context of the images presented in the cartoon
Main Theme/Meaning and subject	Poor Student has evidenced 0%knowledge and understanding of the meaning and subject or main theme of the political cartoon	Fair Student has evidenced 50%knowledge and understanding of the meaning and subject or main theme of the political cartoon	Good Student has evidenced 75% knowledge and understanding of the meaning and subject or main theme of the political cartoon	Excellent Student has evidenced >100% knowledge and understanding of the meaning and subject or main theme of the political cartoon
Neatness/Creativity	Poor Student has shown 0% creativity and neatness in the presention of their cartoon.	Fair Student has shown 50% creativity and neatness in the presentation of their cartoon.	Good Student has shown 75% creativity and neatness in the presentation of their cartoon.	Excellent Student has shown 100% creativity and neatness in the presentation of their cartoon.