Content / Explanation of each Author and Artist as well as the comparisons between the time periods of Impressionism versus Realism are thoroughly complete. See criteria for each above.
Technical Requirements / Slides include graphics, sounds, and transitions are well used. They enhance the information and support the text. Font is readable by audience.
Mechanics (Text Information) / Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization are correct. Errors are few to none.
Overall Presentation / The project flows well, keeps the attention of the audience, and is very interesting. Excellent preparation and delivery.

Author and Artist Rubric

Due: March 11th

Assignment: Create a PowerPoint presentation with the following information included. Students will be expected to do an Oral Presentation on the PowerPoint. *Choose 1 Artist and 1 Author for PowerPoint. (Also, be sure to include information regarding Impressionism versus Realism.) Must be all included into 1 PowerPoint. Note: Students will have class time each day in school to work on this project.

INCLUDE the following criteria in your PowerPoint:

Impressionism versus Realism Criteria:

·  Identify the time periods of impressionist, post-impressionism and realism movements.

·  Investigate the origins of the name “Impressionism” and “Realism”.

·  Explore the artistic vision of the impressionist movement and the realism art movement.

Artist Criteria:

·  Identify the birthplace.

·  Investigate biographical details about life.

·  Note family details and early life struggles.

·  Character traits.

·  Educational background.

·  Identify the time period of the artist.

·  Explore the artist’s initial exploration of drawing.

·  Note the influence from other sources on the artists work.

·  Identify famous paintings of the artist.

·  Note the contributions of the artist.

·  Explore the death of the artist. If alive, explore current life details.

Author Criteria:

·  Identify the birthplace.

·  Investigate biographical details about life.

·  Note family details and early life struggles.

·  Character traits.

·  Educational background.

·  Identify the literary time period of the author’s work.

·  Briefly explore the backgrounds of leading authors during the time periods.

·  Identify famous writings of the author.

·  Note the contribution of the author.

·  Note the influence of the time period on the author’s work.

·  Explore the death of the artist. If alive, explore current life details.

Rubric Criteria:

*Choose 1 Artist and 1 Author for PowerPoint. (Also, be sure to include information regarding Impressionism versus Realism.)

Artists

·  Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)

·  Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)

·  Edouard Manet (1832-1883)

·  Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

·  Paul Cezanne (1839-1906)

·  Claude Monet (1840-1926)

·  Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927)

·  Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)

·  Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

·  Frederic Bazille (1841-1870)

·  Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)

·  Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

·  Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)

·  Georges Seurat (1859-1891)

·  Paul Signac (1863-1935)

·  Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)

·  Emile Bernard (1868-1941)

Authors

·  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

·  Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

·  Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

·  Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

·  Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)

·  Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

·  Robert Browning (1812-1889)

·  Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

·  Emily Bronte (1818-1848)

·  Karl Marx (1818-1883)

·  George Elliot (1819-1880)

·  Herman Melville (1819-1891)

·  Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

·  Mark Twain (1835-1910)

·  Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

·  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

·  George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

·  Jack London (1876-1916)