Student has incomplete historical information, little to no music/text analysis, and does not understand the impact of the music on the world.
1 pts
Student has a sparse overview of the genre timeline, a little musical/text analysis, and some knowledge of the impact of the genre on the world.
2 pts
Student has a good understanding of how the music developed and evolved over time, how the textual and musical elements were based on cultural beliefs and the materials available. Students will also show a few ways the genre has impacted other cultures, and present one or two ideas how the genre might develop in the future.
3 pts
Student has a complete understanding of how the music developed and evolved over time, how the textual and musical elements were based on cultural beliefs and the materials available. Students will also show evidence of how the genre has impacted other cultures, and present support for how they believe the genre will develop in the future.
4 pts
A detailed account of the history of the culture.
A detailed account of the culture's characteristics
Details about performance practices, purposes of music, style of music, text of music, or examples of songs.
Details of how the culture's music has impacted other cultures or other culture's music.
Based on the understanding of the cultural history, give evidence to show how you believe the culture's music will evolve in the future.
In class presentation of the student's research.