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The Industrial Revolution Newspaper Project 
Research project to create 19th century newspaper articles.
Rubric Code: M94W4A
By nakamun
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Subject: Social Sciences  
Type: Assignment  
Grade Levels: 6-8

Powered by iRubric The Industrial Revolution
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Fair

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Excellent

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Problem Article

Very Poor Effort

Article is not included.
Poor

Article was confusing or incomplete.
Fair

Organization is generally consistent, however there are ineffective transitions. Adequate detail provided, but does not necessarily support arguments. Minimal support for topic.
Good

Organized fact based article. Development is adequate, but may lack depth/details. May not be consistently insightful or thought provoking.
Excellent

Well organized fact based article. Is highly effective for the purpose of supporting central focus. Is compelling and offers relevant and concrete support for arguments. Insightful and thought provoking.
Solution Article

Very Poor Effort

Article is not included.
Poor

Article was confusing or incomplete.
Fair

Organization is generally consistent, however there are ineffective transitions. Adequate detail provided, but does not necessarily support arguments. Minimal support for topic.
Good

Organized fact based article. Development is adequate, but may lack depth/details. May not be consistently insightful or thought provoking.
Excellent

Well organized fact based article. Is highly effective for the purpose of supporting central focus. Is compelling and offers relevant and concrete support for arguments. Insightful and thought provoking.
Letters to the Editor

Very Poor Effort

Letters are not included.
Poor

Letters were confusing or incomplete.
Fair

Articles were opinion based, but were not very relevant for the time period.
Good

Both letters were opinion based, and were interesting and/or amusing. Relevant to the time period.
Excellent
Advertisement

Very Poor Effort

Advertisement is not included.
Poor

Advertisement did not seem authentic for the time period, and/or was missing picture.
Fair

Advertisement was authentic for the time period, and included a picture.
Good

Original choice for advertisement. Very authentic for the period, and picture suited the ad perfectly.
Excellent
Display Aesthetics

Very Poor Effort

Is not set up like an old newspaper.
Poor

Looked like a newspaper.
Fair

Looked like an original newspaper from the 19th century.
Good
Excellent
Mechanics

Very Poor Effort

Serious errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation. Incomplete sentences.
Poor

Fair number of grammar, spelling, punctuation, paragraph errors, and/or poor word choice used.
Fair

Fairly precise and compelling word choice used. Proper paragraph use. No more than two grammar, spelling, punctuation errors.
Good

Precise and compelling word choice used, and correct grammar, spelling and punctuation used throughout.
Excellent
Sources

Very Poor Effort

No sources are cited.
Poor

Cited sources, but not according to instructions in agenda.
Fair

Cited sources correctly.
Good
Excellent
Presentation

Very Poor Effort

Project was not presented.
Poor

Poor presentation. Audience could not hear or understand much of the presentation. Did not convince audience of a good understanding of topic.
Fair

Did a fair job of presenting, but at times could not be heard and/or eye contact was not made with audience. Seemed to understand some of the topic.
Good

Did a good job of presenting. Eye contact, spoke loudly and clearly, expressed and understanding of the topic for MOST of the presentation.
Excellent

Did an excellent job presenting project. Eye contact, spoke loudly and clearly, expressed and understanding of the topic.





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