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Newspaper Project Newspaper Project United States Becomes a World Power: Alaska, Hawaii, expansionism, imperialism, Spanish-American War, etc. Rubric Code: S955XX By MrsWest Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Requirements
	No Evidence 0 pts	Enter Title (N/A)	Bridging 2 pts	Fair 7 pts	Proficient 4 pts	Advanced 5 pts
Reporting 1 pts Historical facts	No Evidence Most articles do not show 2 or more of: ___who ___where ___when ___why ___what	Enter Title The newspaper shows little creativity.	Bridging All articles show 3 of ___who ___where ___when ___why ___what	Fair The newspaper shows some creativity.	Proficient All articles show: ___who ___where ___when ___why ___what	Advanced very creative and historically accurate.
Article Content 1 pts 4 articles with facts about 4 different events of the period.	No Evidence Less than 3 events were included in articles	Enter Title Less than 4 events were included in articles.	Bridging 4 events were concluded, but 2 or more were not historically accurate.	Fair The articles were not historically accurate.	Proficient All articles contained some historically accurate facts.	Advanced All articles were historically accurate.
Advertisements 1 pts minimum of 2 simple advertisements for historically appropriate products	No Evidence No advertisements were included.	Enter Title 1 advertisement was included, but was not historically accurate	Bridging 1 advertisement was included that was historically accurate.	Fair 2 advertisements were included, but were not historically accurate.	Proficient 2 advertisements were included, but 1 was not historically accurate and creative.	Advanced 2+ creative advertisements were included which were appropriate for the period and historically accurate.
Headlines 1 pts 1 Main headline and 4 smaller headlines to go with the 4 articles.	No Evidence No headlines were included	Enter Title Either Main headline or smaller headlines were missing.	Bridging All headlines were included, but were not historically accurate or did not match article.	Fair Main headline was historically accurate. Not every article was accompanied by an historically accurate headline	Proficient Main headline was historically appropriate. Each of the 4 articles were accompanied by an appropriate headline.	Advanced Headlines were based on research of the wording of real newspaper headlines.
Photo/Illustration with Captions 1 pts 3 graphics (can be a political cartoon, photo or drawing) with a caption to explain.	No Evidence No photos or illustrations were included.	Enter Title 1 photo or illustration was included.	Bridging 3 graphics were included, but 1 or more were missing captions.	Fair more than 1 photo had caption included but did not contain relevant captions.	Proficient Each illustration or photo had a caption.	Advanced All photos or illustrations were included and contained relevant captions.
Neatness and Presentation 1 pts Layout to follow the layout of a real newspaper	No Evidence No effort made for neatness	Enter Title Newspaper appears thrown together and/or not laid out logically	Bridging Newspaper appears neat, but does not include all elements.	Fair Newspaper has all articles, photos, headlines but has crooked entries, edges sticking up, or hanging off the page.	Proficient Newspaper has all articles photos, headlines and laid out neatly in newspaper format.	Advanced Newspaper is neatly laid out with articles, photos, headlines aligned properly.
Conventions 1 pts Spelling, grammar	No Evidence Many spelling or grammatical errors were found in the newspaper making it hard to read.	Enter Title A moderate amount of spelling or grammatical errors were found in the newspaper but they did not take away from its readability.	Bridging Student edited with teacher to find errors	Fair Student corrected either all spelling or all grammatical errors, but did not correct the other.	Proficient Student incorporated changes from edit with teacher to find errors.	Advanced Student incorporated all editing in final copy.

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