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American Core Values to 1877

Students investigate "How did changes in America before 1877 influence the meaning of freedom and equality in the United States?" and share their findings as a document, powerpoint, video or poster.

Rubric Code: VXB334C

By Cordesika

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Subject: History

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

US Core Values
	Poor 15 pts	Fair 17 pts	Good 21 pts	Excellent 25 pts
Content	Poor Student may not have correctly identified core values or transformations in America. Students may not have provided accurate descriptions of the values or transformations. Student may not have 3 values or 3 transformations.	Fair Student has not given complete descriptions of the values or transformations.	Good Student has identified 3 core values and transformations in America before 1877, but may not be thoroughly described.	Excellent Student has appropriately identified and described 3 core values. Has described 3 major trends and transformations in America before 1877.
Analysis and Reflection	Poor Little to no evidence of analysis and reflection.	Fair shows some evidence of some basic analysis and reflection	Good Some evidence of analysis and reflection, but not thorough in all areas.	Excellent shows evidence of values in documents and of how the values changed. Thorough analysis and reflection in explaining how events transformed the core value.
Presentation Format	Poor Appears that little to no thought has been put into the presentation. May not be neat, creative, follow format conventions	Fair Neat presentation but may have a few errors in format conventions or grammar.	Good Neat presentation which follows the format conventions. May have 1-2 grammatical errors.	Excellent Creative presentation. Follows conventions of the chosen format. Neat and visually appealing. No grammatical errors.
Use of Evidence	Poor Little to no use of evidence to support how the values were incorporated into core documents or how they changed.	Fair Minimal evidence of values in core documents and how they changed.	Good Provides evidence to support most of the values and how they changed.	Excellent student uses evidence from documents and historical events to demonstrate their points.