Abolitionists and Women’s Rights Activists Google Slides Presentation Rubric

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Content /
  • Incomplete or missing work
/  Less than three slides
 Websites not cited correctly or at all
 Many spelling and grammar mistakes
 Slides look messy or cluttered /
  • At least three slides for your category
  • Websites are mostly cited correctly
  • Spelling and grammar are mostly correct
  • Slides are mostly visually pleasing with some pictures
/  At least three slides for your category that helps the audience understand the life of your abolitionist or women’s rights activist
 Websites are cited correctly for each slide
 Correct spelling and grammar on each slide
 All slides are visually pleasing with at least one picture per slide
Speaking /
  • No eye contact
  • Does not speaks with fluctuation in volume and inflection to maintain audience interest and emphasize key points
  • Cannot be heard by the audience
/  Little eye contact
 Sometimes speaks with fluctuation in volume and inflection to maintain audience interest and emphasize key points
 At times speaks in an audible voice /
  • Some eye contact
  • Mostly speaks with fluctuation in volume and inflection to maintain audience interest and emphasize key points
  • Mostly speaks in an audible voice
/ Holds attention of entire audience with the use of direct eye contact, seldom looking at screen or notes
Speaks with fluctuation in volume and inflection to maintain audience interest and emphasize key points
Speaks in an audible voice
Listening /
  • Did not complete listening notes
  • Did not take listen attentively and respectfully during other presentations
/  Completes some of the listening notes
 Sometimes listens attentively and respectfully during other presentations /  Completes most of the listening notes
 Mostly listens attentively and respectfully during other presentations /  Completes listening notes
 Listens attentively and respectfully during other presentations

You must have three slides for each of the following categories: Early life, What inspired them to change their society, How they worked to change their society, and Lasting accomplishments. If you have five people in your group, put two of them on the How they worked to change their society categories.

Slide Guidelines:

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Example of how to cite websites on slides:

Source: Sojournertruthfoundation.org

Presentation Groups

  • William Lloyd Garrison
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Sarah and Angelina Grimké
  • Sojourner Truth
  • Frederick Douglass
  • John Brown
  • Elizabeth Blackwell
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • Prudence Crandall
  • Lucretia Mott