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Progressive Presidents Biography of Colonial American Powerpoint presentation about American Presidents that are considered to be "Progressives": Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. Your Powerpoint will be about ONE of those Presidents. It should have one title page. For your assigned President, list their biographical information on one slide (Date of Birth, Date of Death, Political Party, Date they were President, and occupation before being President); on another slide, list their most important accomplishments in office (in your opinion). On another slide, list why they were considered a Progressive--in other words, how did they use government to solve problems caused by industrialism and urbanization? In addition, your Presentation must have a source page with at least three sources. It will also be helpful to use your book as a guide on pages 418 through 442. Your Powerpoint must have at least three pictures or photos. You will then give the presentation to the class. Rubric Code: Z665BX By timberman Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Presentation Grade Levels: 9-12

Biography of Historical Figure
	Needs Work 10 pts	Good 15 pts	Excellent 20 pts
Biographical Information	Needs Work Little or no biographical information is presented.	Good Some or most biographical information is presented.	Excellent All important biographical information is presented.
Subject Matter	Needs Work There is little or no content to this biography.	Good The content of the biography is sufficient. It includes most details about the President's accomplishments and why they were considered a progressive.	Excellent The content of the accomplishments in the biography is excellent. It includes many details of the contributions that the historical figure made and why they are considered a Progressive.
Pictures	Needs Work 0-1 pictures	Good Contains 2 pictures	Excellent Contains 3 or more pictures
Presentation	Needs Work The presentation is difficult to understand is is not organized.	Good There are some errors in presentation, but it appears as though the students have thought things through.	Excellent There are little or no errors in the slides or presentation itself (less than 3).
Format/Sources	Needs Work A Sources slide is not present.	Good A Sources slide is present, but has less than three sources.	Excellent A Sources slide is present and has at least three sources with web addresses. NO WIKIPEDIA