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Articles of Confederation Newspaper Project

Students will create a Articles of Confederation era newspaper. The students will include: a Title, 2 news stories, 2 feature stories, pictures with captions, headlines and bylines. Students will be graded on the ability to follow directions, content of the articles, creativity, presentation, and overall neatness. This project will constitute three grades: ELA - Writing, Social Studies, and Technology

Rubric Code: T8X2B6

By ellenrobbins

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Subject: History

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Overall newspaper
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
News Articles Content 20 % 1 article	Poor The article was not historically accurate and/or did not have the three parts needed for completion: cartoon, three major weaknesses, and two events.	Fair The article contained some historically accurate facts and had some of the three parts needed for completion: cartoon, three major weaknesses, and two events.	Good The article was historically accurate, and had all of the three parts needed for completion: cartoon, three major weaknesses, and two events.	Excellent The articles were historically accurate, answered all of the three parts needed and went above and beyond.
News Articles Length/Grammar 10 %	Poor The article has only one paragraph and are poorly written.	Fair The article was two or three paragraphs long, contained spelling/grammar errors and writing was just fair.	Good The article has at least three to four paragraphs but contained a few spelling/grammar errors. Writing was good.	Excellent The article has at least five to six paragraphs or more, contained less than two spelling/grammar errors, and writing was excellent.
Photos/Captions 10 % One photo with a caption for EACH article	Poor No photos/ cartoons or captions were included.	Fair	Good	Excellent At least one photo/caption/cartoon related to an article was included.
Title/Headlines and Bylines 10 % For EACH article	Poor No title; No headlines and/or bylines were included	Fair Missing an element: Title and/or headlines and/or bylines	Good Title, headlines, and bylines were included that related to the accompanying article.	Excellent Exceptional title, headlines, and bylines were included that related to the accompanying article.
Creativity 5 %	Poor The newspaper shows little creativity.	Fair The newspaper shows some creativity.	Good The newspaper shows a significant amount of creativity.	Excellent The newspaper has exceeded expectations for creativity.