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Newspaper Project Newspaper Project The student will make a newspaper including 5 articles and other features to share a chosen historical topic from the list provided. Rubric Code: NC7W8B By dwittenborn Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Overall newspaper
	Poor 3 pts	Fair 7 pts	Good 10 pts
Illustrations/photos	Poor No illustration/photo was included.	Fair At least one illustration/photo related to an article was included.	Good Two illustrations/photos were included that were related to an article.
Creativity	Poor The newspaper shows little creativity.	Fair The newspaper shows some creativity.	Good The newspaper shows a lot of creativity.
Article Length	Poor The articles have only one paragraph.	Fair The articles were two or three paragraphs long, but contained spelling/grammar errors.	Good The articles have at least four paragraphs more and/or have two or fewer spelling/grammar errors.
Article Content	Poor The article was not historically accurate and/or did not answer the 5W questions.	Fair The article contained some historically accurate facts and answered most of the 5W questions.	Good The article was historically accurate, but did not answer most of the 5W questions.
Advertisements	Poor No advertisements were included.	Fair One advertisement was included which was relevant.	Good Two advertisements were included which were relevant.
Editorial	Poor No editorial included	Fair The information was inaccurate and/or misleading or it was not clear why it was included in the newspaper	Good Information was accurate and there was a clear reason for including the editorial in the newspaper
Headlines and Bylines	Poor No headlines and/or bylines were included	Fair Some headlines and/or bylines were included that related to the accompanying article	Good Each article was accompanied by an headline, byline and photo credit and caption.
Photo Credits/Captions	Poor No photo credits and/or captions were included	Fair Some photo credits and/or captions were included that related to the accompanying article	Good Photo credits and captions were included that related to the accompanying article
Neatness	Poor Newspaper appears thrown together and/or not layed out logically with white spaces that articles, etc. could fit into	Fair Newspaper has all articles, photos, headlines and bylines, with NO white spaces, but has articles, etc. crooked and/or edges sticking up	Good Newspaper is neatly laid out with articles, photos, headlines, and bylines aligned properly with NO white spaces and all edges glued down
"Dear Abby"	Poor Does not include an advice column	Fair Includes an advice column, but the advice would not be relevant of the time period	Good Includes an advice column that reflects advice that would be given during the time period chosen