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Snowmen Around the World Paper Dolls Students will select a country and research traditional children's dress from that country. They are to use materials such as beads, cloth, sequins, rope, yarn, etc. to decorate a 3-dimensional snowman to accurately reflect the dress of the chosen country. Rubric Code: D385CW By tharpem Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Social Sciences Type: Project Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

Snowmen Around the World
	Excellent 5 pts	Satisfactory 3 pts	Needs Improvement 1 pts
Neatness	Excellent Snowman - is clean - is colorful - all edges are neat and trimmed, smooth -overall appearance gives a finished, sharp look -sturdy and able to stand up on its own	Satisfactory Snowman -is mostly clean and colorful -has smooth, finished edges - has been made sturdy -it is obvious that student has worked on snowman and appearance is clean	Needs Improvement Snowman -has jagged edges -has "mess up" places -does not look as though the student took his or her time to work on -appearance is dirty -effort has not been made to keep snowman from being flimsy
Likeness to Character	Excellent Snowman -is attired in a way that accurately reflects the dress of the chosen country.	Satisfactory Snowman -is attired in a way that may or may not accurately reflect the dress of the chosen country	Needs Improvement Snowman -is not attired in a way that reflects the dress of the chosen country
Use of materials	Excellent Snowman -makes excellent use of a variety of materials -is not colored with markers or pencils other than for detail	Satisfactory Snowman -makes good use of a variety of materials -has a significant amount of marker or pencil work	Needs Improvement Snowman -shows little creativity with use of materials -has marker or pencil for the majority of the project
Name of Country Displayed	Excellent Snowman -creatively displays the name of chosen country	Satisfactory Snowman -displays name of country but not in a creative or imaginative way	Needs Improvement Snowman -does not display name of chosen country
Written Report	Excellent Report explains the traditional dress of chosen country and includes "extras" related to Christmas in chosen country. There are no spelling and/ or grammatical errors.	Satisfactory Report makes reference to some traditional dress from chosen country. There are minor spelling and/or grammatical errors.	Needs Improvement Report does not make reference to traditional ways of dressing in the chosen country. There are numerous spelling and/or grammatical errors.