Reform Song Rubric

Reform Topic____________       Mod________     Group Members__________

Criteria	Poor-1 pt	Fair-2 pts.	Average-3 pts.	Good-4 pts.	Excellent-5 pts.
Quality of work	Product is poorly prepared and presented. Product is missing song title, lyrics, and cover sheet. Multiple spelling and mechanics errors are evident. There is little evidence of effort.	Product is poorly prepared and presented. Product is missing song title, lyrics, and / or cover sheet. Multiple spelling and mechanics errors are evident. There is minimal evidence of effort.	Product is adequately prepared and presented. Product may be missing one of the following: song title, lyrics, and cover sheet. There are a few spelling and mechanics errors. There is some evidence of effort.	Product is neatly prepared and presented. Product includes song title, lyrics, and cover sheet. There are 1-2 spelling and mechanics errors.  There is good evidence of effort.	Product is prepared and presented in a superior way.Product includes song title, lyrics, and cover sheet. All spelling and mechanics are correct. There is superior evidence of effort.
Content of song	Song does not reflect evidence of understanding of reform. The song does not express a clear opinion about a reform topic. The song does not include facts to support an opinion.	Song clearly reflects little evidence of understanding of reform. The song does not express an opinion about a reform topic. The song includes few facts to support the opinion.	Song reflects evidence of some understanding of reform. The song expresses an opinion about a reform topic. The song includes some facts to support the opinion.	Song clearly reflects evidence of understanding of reform. The song expresses an opinion about a reform topic. The song includes four facts to support the opinion..	Song clearly reflects evidence of understanding of reform.The song expresses a clear opinion about a reform topic. The song includes four strong facts to support the opinion.
Use of American Memory collections	Mind map is missing. Analysis of a reform song from the website is missing. An image is present but not from the website.	Mind map is not complete.Analysis of a reform song from the website is not done. An image from the website is not on the cover sheet.	Mind map is incomplete. Analysis of a reform song from the website is not completely done. An image from the website is on the cover sheet.	Mind map is incomplete. Analysis of a reform song from the website is complete. An image from the website is on the cover sheet.	Mind map is completely filled out.  Analysis of a reform song from the website is complete and the song from the website is attached.  An image from the American Memory website is on the cover sheet.
Group Work	There is no evidence that all members contributed to this project.	There is little evidence that all members contributed to this project.	There is minimal evidence that all members contributed to this project.	There is good evidence that all members contributed to this project.	There is superior evidence that all members contributed to this project.
Group Presentation	Group presentation is poor. All group members did not participate. Students did not make eye contact and lyrics could not be understood.	Group presentation is fair. Students did not make eye contact and words were hard to understand.	Group presentation is average. Students made limited eye contact and words were hard to understand.	Group presentation is good. Students faced audience and spoke clearly.	Group presentation is superior. Students faced the audience and sang the song clearly.

Grading Calculation

Category	# of Points	Percentile
Quality	x 2  =
Content	x 3 =
Use of American Memory Collection	x 3 =
Group Work	x 1 =
Presentation	x 1 =
	Final Grade Percentile

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