Rubric for Creating an Overview of Ancient Egypt or Feudal Japan

Class / Activities / Weight / Excellent / Average / Needs Improvement
Social Studies
(50%) / Fact Sheet / 15% / Wrote down the required number of correct facts
(15) / Did not write down all of the required number of facts or some facts were wrong
(10) / Less than half of the facts were written and/or were not correct
(5)
Storyboard / 15% / Used all
of the facts and the story had a beginning, middle,
and end
(15) / Used most of the facts and the story made sense
(10) / Used less than half the facts and/or the story did not make sense
(5)
Map / 15% / The map was accurate
(15) / The map had minor mistakes
(10) / The map had major mistakes
(5)
Effort / 5% / All pre-work items were turned in on time
(5) / 2 out of 3 pre-work items were turned in on time
(3) / 2 or more pre-work items were late or not turned in
(1)
Class / Activities / Weight / Excellent / Average / Needs Improvement
Computer
(35%) / Opening credits- title and name / 5% / Title and student name on movie
(5) / Title or name missing
(3) / No title and no name
(1)
Map as billboard / 5% / Map is used as billboard
(5) / Map is not used as billboard
(1)
Animation
technical / 5% / Very cool effects! Other students are impressed
(5) / Effects meet the story needs
(4) / Only used word bubbles. No animation.
(2)
Word bubble duration / 5% / Everyone is able to read the dialogue
(5) / Most of the dialogue may be read
(3) / Dialogue is too fast. It can not be read.
(1)
Facts / 5% / All facts are used
(5) / Many facts are used
(3) / Few facts are used
(1)
Creativity / 5% / Story is engaging. Students like it.
(5) / Story only covers the facts
(3) / Story is not coherent or does not cover the facts.
(1)
Peer evaluation / 3% / Movie was rated excellent by peers
(3) / Movie was rated average by peers
(2) / Movie was rated needs improvement by peers
(1)
Citation
(if music or Internet map is used) / 2% / Citations are correct
(2) / Citations are missing or not correct
(1)
Class / Activities / Weight / Excellent / Average / Needs Improvement
Language Arts
(15%) / Spelling / 5% / All words are spelled correctly
(5) / Most words are spelled correctly
(3) / A majority of words are not spelled correctly
(1)
Grammar / 2% / Grammar is correct
(2) / Many grammar mistakes
(1)
Punctuation / 5% / Punctuation is correct
(5) / Punctuation is mostly correct
(3) / Punctuation is not correct
(1)
Capitalization / 3% / Capitalization is correct
(3) / Capitalizationis mostly correct
(2) / Capitalization is not correct
(1)
Final Grade / 100%

To obtain the Final Grade add the students individual scores.
Scale is based on 100%

Weights can be redistributed based on Social Studies teacher's preference.

Within the Technology scoring, pure technical skills are only weighted at 20%

to compensate for at risk students or average students who do not understand programming.