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Bill of Rights Magazine Project

Bill of Rights Website Project

The student will create Bill of Rights website.

Rubric Code: TXWBACA

By jenniferneedler

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Subject: History

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Magazine Pages
	Excellent 10 pts	Good 8 pts	Fair 5 pts	Poor 2 pts
Presentation, Neatness and Clarity	Excellent The website is creative, neat and appealing to the eye. The student has no grammatical or spelling errors. 2 required pages are completed.	Good One or two parts of the website are messy or unclear. The students has little grammatical or spelling errors. (2 or less) 2 required pages are completed.	Fair Three or four parts of the website are messy or unclear. The student has few grammatical or spelling errors. (3 to 5 errors) 2 required pages are completed.	Poor Five or six parts of the website are messy or unclear. The student has many grammatical or spelling errors. (5 or more) 1.75 pages are completed.
Explanation of topic	Excellent Very detailed. Explanation is in the student's own words and is clearly stated. Demonstrates a clear understanding of the topic.	Good Partially detailed. In student's own words and is mostly clear. Demonstrates a understanding of the topic but is missing one key point.	Fair A small portion is detailed. In student's own words and some parts are unclear. Demonstrates some understanding of the topic but is missing two or more key points.	Poor Explanation of the topic is attempted but is missing important information. In student's own words and is unclear. Fails to demonstrate understanding of the topic.
Court Case Example	Excellent Relevant court case Accurate description of the court case. background info outcome Clear connection made to group's topic.	Good Relevant court case. Accurate description of the court case. background info outcome Mostly clear connection made to group's topic.	Fair Relevant court case. (Mostly) Accurate description of the court case. background info outcome Partial connection to the group's topic.	Poor Somewhat relevant court case. Description of the court case. Missing major details. Connection to the topic attempted but is unclear or inaccurate.
Current Event	Excellent Summary of background event in student's own words. It includes all major elements of the story. Current event's relevancy to topic is clearly explained by students. Current event is properly cited.	Good Summary of event is in student's own words. It includes all the major elements of the story. Current event's relevancy to topic is explained by students. One connection is unclear or missing. Source is cited.	Fair Summary of event is in student's own words. It includes most of the major elements of the story. Current event's relevancy to topic is only partially explained by students or 2-3 connections are unclear. Source is cited.	Poor Summary of event is in student's own words. It includes some of the major elements of the story but is missing 2 or more key points. Current event's relevancy to topic is attempted but is unclear but is not successfully completed.
Exception	Excellent Group gives a clear and accurate definition of an exception. Group identifies and clearly explains one exception to their topic.	Good Group gives a somewhat clear and accurate definition of an exception. Group identifies one exception to their topic. The explanation is somewhat unclear.	Fair Group gives a definition of an exception but is missing 1 clear point. Group identifies one exception to their topic. The exception is unclear.	Poor Group does not define an exception correctly. Group attempts to identify an exception to their topic but it is inaccurate.
Visual	Excellent Image is visually appealing. Image is relevant to the topic.	Good Image is relevant to the topic.	Fair Image is somewhat relevant to topic.	Poor Image is not relevant to the topic.

Keywords:

Civics Constitution History BOR

Subjects:

History

Types:

Project

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