American Dream Creative Project
Content Grammar/Spelling/Punctuation
Product realistically portrays its
subjects perception of the
American Dream (has a clear goal
related to lesson)
Work provides a mixture of
historical fact and created narrative
4 (much like historical fiction)
Reflects significant critical thinking
and effort
Is pulled from a variety of sources
(3+) and utilizes reliable research
Product realistically portrays its
subjects perception of the
American Dream fairly consistently
Provides a fair mix of historical fact
3 an created narrative
Reflects a good amount of critical
thinking and effort
Is pulled from (3+) sources but all
are not reliable
Product is a realistic portrayal of the
American Dream through the
perception of your subject at times
but not consistently.
Product lacks either historical facts
2 or narrative creativity
Reflects small amount of critical
thinking and effort
1-2 sources are utilized and are
reliable
Product fails to give a
realistic/accurate perception of the
American Dream through their
subject
Product lacks historical facts and
0-1
lacks narrative creativity
Does not reflect critical thinking and
effort
A variety of sources are not used
(1) and source is not reliable
Organization/Flow
Minimal (0-2) spelling,
grammatical, or punctuation
errors
High-level use of vocabulary and
word choice (significant and
relevant historical terms used)
Few (3 to 4) spelling,
grammatical, or punctuation
errors
Good use of vocabulary and word
choice
Medium amount (5-6) of spelling,
grammatical, or punctuation
errors
Low-level use of vocabulary and
word choice
Significant amount (6) of spelling,
grammatical, or punctuation
errors
Poor use of vocabulary and word
choice
Presentation
Information is clearly focused in an
organized and thoughtful manner
Data/information flows smoothly and
is easily interpreted or read
Project is focused and organized in
almost all aspects (I will specify
where your product may waiver if I
give you this score)
Data/information flows fairly
smoothly and is interpreted fairly
easily
Project has a focus but might stray
from it at times
Data/Information flows at times but
is not consistent throughout your
products entirety
Product is fairly challenging to
interpret
Content is unfocused and
unorganized
Data/information rarely flows or
shows consistency
Product is very challenging to
interpret
Presentation lasts 5-7 minutes
Multiple visual aids (2+) that are
relevant to your project/goal
Presentation captures and holds
audience attention
Presentation is organized and well
laid out
Presentation lasts 5-7 minutes
At least one visual aid is used and is
relevant or multiple aids are used but
not all are relevant
Presentation captures audience
attention
Presentation is organized
Presentation does not fall within the
5-7 minute range
At least one visual aid is used but is
not very relevant
Presentation captures audience
attention occasionally but not
consistently
Presentation is loosely organized
Presentation does not meet time
requirements
No visual aids are used
Presentation fails to capture audience
attention
Presentation has no clear
organization
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