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Every Story Matters 
Using survivor testimony from the IWitness project, students will select a holocaust survivor whose story they want to tell. Using only survivor testimony, supplemental news footage, graphics, and other eyewitness testimony, students will create video essays of holocaust survivors' stories.
Rubric Code: MX5954B
By senor_oro
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Subject: History  
Type: Project  
Grade Levels: 9-12

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  Exceptional

4 pts

Good

3 pts

Fair

2 pts

Poor

1 pts

Use of Testimony

Exceptional

•Selection of survivor testimony is used in a distinctive and sophisticated way to tell a powerful and meaningful story of strength and survival.
Good

•Selection of survivor testimony is used effectively to tell survivor's story in a way that is gripping and respectful.
Fair

•Selection of survivor testimony is adequate and tells a survivor's story honestly if somewhat vaguely or incompletely.
Poor

•Selection of survivor testimony fails to tell the survivor's story either because the selections are inappropriate, unclear or used in a way that is disrespectful to the survivor's story.
Narrative Structure

Exceptional

•Video essay includes a number of events from the survivor's life that provide character development over time and enrich their story by including meaningful events from before, during and after the war.
•All story elements are used effectively to tell a compelling story(setting,
character, plot,
exposition, conflict,
climax, resolution)
Good

•Video essay includes an adequate number of events from before, during and after the war to provide adequate character development of their survivor's testimony to tell their story in a gripping and respectful way.

•Most story
elements (setting,
character, plot,
exposition, conflict,
climax, resolution) are evident and used to tell a compelling story
Fair

•Video essay includes at least one event from before, during and after the war to tell a complete survivor's story.

•Some story elements (setting,
character, plot,
exposition, conflict,
climax, resolution) are used to tell the survivor's story
Poor

•Video essay fails to include at least one event from before, during and after the war.

•Few story elements (setting,
character, plot,
exposition, conflict,
climax, resolution)are
present and do not
support a coherent,
compelling story.
Supplemental Testimony/Materials

Exceptional

•Use of other eyewitness testimony, historical news reel footage, photographs or other documentary footage is used to enhance and give depth to the survivor's story.
Good

•Video essay uses supplemental testimony of other eyewitnesses, historical newsreel footage and photographs to support or enrich survivor's testimony
Fair

•Video essay includes at least one of the following elements to enhance story depth:eyewitness testimony, historical news reel footage, photographs or other documentary footage.
Poor

•Video essay does not include any of the following supplemental elements: eyewitness testimony, historical news reel footage, photographs or other documentary footage.
Technical Aspects

Exceptional

•Video essay includes a compelling title, credits and a theme that enhances video essay

•All video edits are clean and transitions are used effectively to enhance video.

•Sound is clear and easy to understand.
Good

•Video essay includes a title, credits and may or may not include a theme. If theme is used, it must enhance video

•Most video edits are clean and transitions are used effectively.

•Sound is clear.
Fair

•Video essay includes a title.

•Video edits are mostly clean, but their maybe some choppiness in video editing. Transitions are not used.

•Sound is adequate
Poor

•Video essay does not include a title, credits or theme.

•Edits are poorly done and interfere with viewers understanding and enjoyment of video.

•Sound is unclear or garbled




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