Terrain Project: Virtual Tour Presentation Rubric

CATEGORY

Attractiveness

Makes excellent
use of font, color,
graphics, effects,
etc. to enhance the
presentation.

Makes good use of

font, color,
graphics, effects,
etc. to enhance to
presentation.

Makes use of font,

color, graphics,
effects, etc. but
occasionally these
detract from the
presentation
content.

Use of font, color,

graphics, effects
etc. but these often
distract from the
presentaion
content.

Oral Presentation

Interesting, wellrehearsed with

smooth delivery
that holds audience
attention.

Relatively
interesting,
rehearsed with a
fairly smooth
delivery that
usually holds
audience attention.

Delivery not
smooth, but able to
hold audience
attention most of
the time.

Delivery not
smooth and
audience attention
lost.

Originality

Product shows a
large amount of
original thought.
Ideas are creative
and inventive.

Product shows
some original
thought. Work
shows new ideas
and insights.

Uses other people's Uses other people's

ideas (giving them ideas, but does not
credit), but there is give them credit.
little evidence of
original thinking.

Content

Covers topic inIncludes essential

depth with details. knowledge about
Covers at least 6 the topic. Covers at
insightful facts (*in least 5 insightful
each students'
facts (*in each
section) in their
students' section)
video. Subject
in their video.
knowledge is
Subject knowledge
excellent. *For
appears to be good.
example,
*For example,
Researcher One
Researcher One
has 6 facts about has 5 facts about
his/her topic.
his/her topic.
Researcher Two
Researcher Two
has 6 facts about has 5 facts about
his/her facts. Etc. his/her facts. Etc.

Includes essential Content is minimal

information about OR there are
the topic but there several factual
are 1-2 factual
errors, with 3 or
errors, with only 4 less facts (*in each
insightful facts (*in students section).
each students'
*For example,
section). *For
Researcher One
example,
has 3> facts about
Researcher One
his/her topic.
has 4 facts about Researcher Two
his/her topic.
has 3> facts about
Researcher Two
his/her facts. Etc.
has 4 facts about
his/her facts. Etc.

Delegation of
Responsibility

Each student in the

group can clearly
explain what
information is
needed by the
group, what

Each student in the

group can, with
minimal prompting
from peers, clearly
explain what
information s/he is

Each student in the

group can clearly
explain what
information s/he is
responsible for
locating.

One or more
students in the
group cannot
clearly explain
what information
they are

information s/he is
responsible for
locating, and when
the information is
needed.

responsible for
locating.

responsible for
locating.

Sources

Source information
collected for all
graphics, facts and
quotes. All
documented in
desired format.

Source information
collected for all
graphics, facts and
quotes. Most
documented in
desired format.

Source information Very little or no

collected for
source information
graphics, facts and was collected.
quotes, but not
documented in
desired format.

Workload

The workload is
divided and shared
equally by all team
members.

The workload is
divided and shared
fairly by all team
members, though
workloads may
vary from person
to person.

The workload was

divided, but one
person in the group
is viewed as not
doing his/her fair
share of the work.

The workload was

not divided OR
several people in
the group are
viewed as not
doing their fair
share of the work.

Mechanics (If text No misspellings or Three or fewer

Four misspellings More than 4 errors
is used in your
grammatical errors. misspellings and/or and/or grammatical in spelling or
virtual tour)
mechanical errors. errors.
grammar.

Plan for
Organizing
Information

Students have
developed a clear
plan for organizing
the information as
it is gathered and
in the final
research product.
All students can
independently
explain the planned
organization of the
research findings.

Students have
developed a clear
plan for organizing
the information in
the final research
product. All
students can
independently
explain this plan.

Students have
developed a clear
plan for organizing
the information as
it is gathered. All
students can
independently
explain most of
this plan.

Students have no
clear plan for
organizing the
information
AND/OR students
in the group cannot
explain their
organizational plan.

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Terrain Project: Family Roles/Traditions (Skit/Play) Rubric

CATEGORY

Role

Point-of-view,
Point-of-view,
Point-of-view,
Point-of-view,
ideas, and solutions ideas, and solutions ideas, and solutions ideas, and solutions
proposed were
proposed were
proposed were
proposed were
consistently in
often in characters. sometimes in
rarely in characters.
characters.
characters.

Knowledge Gained Can clearly explain

several ways in
which the "family"
saw, did, thought,
etc. things
differently than
other terrain
families and can
clearly explain
why.

Can clearly explain

several ways in
which the "family"
saw, did, thought,
etc. things
differently than
other terrain
families.

Can clearly explain

one way in which
the "family" saw,
did, thought, etc.
things differently
than other terrain
families.

Cannot explain one

way in which the
"family" saw, did,
thought, etc. things
differently than
other terrain
families.

Required Elements Student included Student included Student included Student included
more information all information that most information less information
than was required. was required.
that was required. than was required.

Props/Costume

Student uses
several props
(could include
costume) that
accurately fit the
period, show
considerable
work/creativity and
make the
presentation better.

Student uses 1-2

props that
accurately fit the
period, and make
the presentation
better.

Student uses 1-2

props which make
the presentation
better.

The student uses no

props OR the props
chosen detract
from the
presentation.

Length of Video

Video was 5-10

minutes long.

Video was 4:30 or Video was 4

10:30 minutes
minutes or 11
long.
minutes long.

Video was under 4

minutes or over 11
minutes long.

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