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Civil War Newscast Civil War Mini-Documentary Students will create a newscast about the Civil War. The will write a script of the newscast,, create posters depicting the scene and present the newscast to the class.The newscast will contain events about the causes of the war, battles, life on the home front and life of a soldier. They will include use of technology as well. Rubric Code: CXX2A34 By MrsCKees Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8

Civil War Newscast Enter rubric description
	Does Not Meet 1 pts	somewhat meets 2 pts	Meets 3 pts	Exceeds 4 pts
Organization Enter description	Does Not Meet The newscast is not very organized	somewhat meets There are some elements of organization that help the audience follow the topic	Meets The newscast is effectively organized and allows the audience to follow the newscast	Exceeds The newscast flows smoothly demonstrating superior organization of content and visuals
Images Enter description	Does Not Meet There are a few images but they are not especially relevant to the topic	somewhat meets There are some images that are present and relevant to the topic	Meets There are many images included in the project that effectively go with the topic	Exceeds Numerous powerful images are present that draw interest from the audience
Clarity of information Enter description	Does Not Meet The presentation is not clearly understood	somewhat meets The newscast can be understood	Meets The audience can follow the presentation but background information by the audience is needed	Exceeds The main ideas are thoroughly and clearly expressed in the newscast
Delivery	Does Not Meet Student did not show appropriate knowledge about the subject of the newscast.	somewhat meets Student showed some knowledge about the subject of the newscast.	Meets Student showed much knowledge about the subject of the newscast.	Exceeds Student showed excellent knowledge of about the subject of the newscast.
Information	Does Not Meet The newscast includes a minimal amount of information on the topic	somewhat meets Most key pieces of information on the subject are present in the newscast	Meets The newscast successfully includes important information on the topic	Exceeds Student knowledge on the topic is thorough and easily transmitted to audience
Group/Classwork	Does Not Meet Student does not use class time appropriately and work was not divided equally.	somewhat meets Students use some class time appropriately. Work was divided but not equally.	Meets Students worked in class. Work load was divided but not equally.	Exceeds Students took full advantage of class time to work and work load was divided equally.
Newscaster/Reporter	Does Not Meet Students voice was barely audible, he/she did not speak at a decent speed or use expression. They did not take their role seriously.	somewhat meets Students voice was sometimes audible, he/she sometimes spoke at a decent speed and used expression, and sometimes to their job seriously.	Meets Students voice was mostly audible, he/she spoke at a decent speed with expression and mostly took the job seriously	Exceeds Student always spoke in
Art (maps and illustrations)	Does Not Meet Students created one visual for the newscast that was not their best work, was not appropriate for the newscast, and spelling/punctuation was not correct.	somewhat meets Students created one visual for the newscast that was somewhat attractive, somewhat appropriate for the subject of the newscast, and some spelling/punctuation was correct.	Meets Students created two visuals for the newscast that were mostly attractive, mostly appropriate for the subject of the newscast, and most spelling/punctuation was correct.	Exceeds Students created two visuals for the newscast that were visually attractive, appropriate for the subject of the newscast and all spelling/punctuation was correct.
Script	Does Not Meet Key concpets and conclusions are absent from the script and/or the information is not accurate.	somewhat meets Few key concepts and conclusions are expressed and some information is accurate.	Meets Most key concepts and conclusions are expressed, and most information is accurate.	Exceeds Key concepts and conclusions are clearly expressed, and information is accurate.
Technology	Does Not Meet Technology was used but did not aid in the newscast.	somewhat meets Technology was used and was somewhat helpful in the newscast.	Meets Technology was used and was mostly useful in the newscast.	Exceeds Technology was used and greatly assisted the newscast.

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