Grading Rubric for PowerPoint

CATEGORY / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 / Points
Effectiveness / Project includes all material needed to gain a comfortable understanding of the topic. / Project includes most material needed to gain a comfortable understanding of the material but is lacking one or two key elements. / Project is missing more than two key elements. / Project is lacking several key elements and has inaccuracies.
Sequencing of Information / Information is organized in a clear, logical way. It is easy to anticipate the type of material that might be on the next slide. / Most information is organized in a clear, logical way. One slide or item of information seems out of place. / Some information is logically sequenced. An occasional slide or item of information seems out of place. / There is no clear plan for the organization of information.
Originality / Presentation shows considerable originality and inventiveness. The content and ideas are presented in a unique and interesting way. / Presentation shows some originality and inventiveness. The content and ideas are presented in an interesting way. / Presentation shows an attempt at originality and inventiveness on 1-2 slides. / Presentation is a rehash of other people's ideas and/or graphics and shows very little attempt at original thought.
Spelling and Grammar / Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors. / Presentation has 1-2 misspellings, but no grammatical errors. / Presentation has 1-2 grammatical errors but no misspellings. / Presentation has more than 2 grammatical and/or spelling errors.
Use of Graphics / All graphics are attractive (size and colors) and support the theme/content of the presentation. / A few graphics are not attractive but all support the theme/content of the presentation. / All graphics are attractive but a few do not seem to support the theme/content of the presentation. / Several graphics are unattractive AND detract from the content of the presentation.
Organization / PowerPoint contains a minimum of 10 slides. All parts of the task are completed fully and support the theme/content of the presentation. / PowerPoint contains a minimum of 10 slides. All parts of the task are completed partially and support the theme/content of the presentation. / PowerPoint contains fewer than 10 slides, or some slides designed do not support the theme/content of the presentation. / PowerPoint contains fewer than 10 slides and is missing several parts of the task. Slides designed do not support the theme/content of the presentation.
Sources / All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented in the desired format. / All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but one is not in the desired format. / All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but two or more are not in the desired format. / Some sources are not accurately documented.

For this research project, you will choose one of the historical theatre topics discussed briefly in class.

  1. Ancient Greek Theatre
  2. Ancient Roman Theatre
  3. Elizabethan Theatre
  4. Medieval Theatre
  5. Modern Theatre
  6. American Vaudeville
  7. Comedia Del’Arte
  8. Kabuki Theatre
  9. Victorian Theatre
  10. Restoration Theatre

YOU are now the teacher. You must use your resources to answer (1) who, (2) what, (3) where, (4) when, (5) why, and (6) how about the era of theatre you have been assigned. You will work in groups that I have assigned to you, and you will work together to build a PowerPoint and ten minute presentation about your subject area.

I expect all students in the group to speak during the presentation of the PowerPoint.

After you have answered all six questions above, all students must share three symbols of that time in theatre to help us all remember what you taught us!

Finally, the presentation must have a section where the class is being checked for understanding. You can lead this by asking questions, leading an activity, or providing a fill in the blank outline, etc.

The first slide must be a title page with your names. The last slide of the presentation must be a works cited page.

You must email me the presentation no later than midnight on Sunday, September 10th, and be prepared to present Monday. I will draw group topics in order to decide who is going first, second, etc.

I look forward to learning from your groups!