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Advocacy Project - Research

Advocacy Project

Advocacy: Taking action to influence others to address a local, national or international concern.

Rubric Code: T8AX94

By lizmorrisonteac

Draft

Public Rubric

Subject: Political Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12


	Below Basic 6 pts	Basic 7 pts	Proficient 9 pts	Advanced 10 pts
Statement of Problem	Below Basic The problem is not stated.	Basic The problem, issue or concern is stated but is not described as a local, national or global issue.	Proficient The problem, issue or concern is identified as a local, national and/or global issue.	Advanced The problem, issue or concern is clearly identified and is correctly identified as a local, national, and/or global issue.
Background Information	Below Basic The team does not provide evidence.	Basic The team provides evidence of the issue by citing 2 credible sources in the background information.	Proficient The team provides evidence of the issue by Citing 3 - 4 credible sources in the background information.	Advanced The team provides evidence of the issue by Citing 5 - 6 credible sources in the background information.
Call to Action	Below Basic The team lists one way a person can get involved with the cause.	Basic The team lists the methods of involvement.	Proficient The team lists the methods of involvement and provides some explanation.	Advanced The team provides a thorough explanation of all the ways a person can get involved with the cause.
Identification of Public Officials	Below Basic The team does not find the public official to send the advocacy letters.	Basic The team finds the public official but does not send him/her the letter.	Proficient The team finds the public official and all team members send their advocacy letter.	Advanced The team identifies more than one public official and sends their advocacy letters to each of them.
Participation	Below Basic One or more team members do not participate.	Basic The entire team is on task at least 50% of the time.	Proficient Each team member is on task at leas 80% of the time and are contributing members of the team.	Advanced Each team member is a contributing member to the team 100% of the time.
Timeline	Below Basic Less than 50% of the project components were completes.	Basic 50% of the project components were completed.	Proficient 80% of the project components were completed on time.	Advanced All components of the project were completed on time.