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Title Slide

More than one requirement was not completely met.

One requirement was not completely met.

All requirements are met, including title, author(s), date, and class..

All requirements are not only met but exceeded, including title, author(s), date, and class.

Origins

Not present or less than two elements exist in this category.

Three elements present but not fully explained.

Three elements present; proof of basic research and explanations present.

At least three countries and origins clearly researched and explained.

Personalities

Not present or less than two elements exist in this category.

Three elements present but not fully explained.

Three elements present; proof of basic research and explanations present.

At least three personalities clearly researched and explained.

Symbols

Not present or less than two elements exist in this category.

Three elements present but not fully explained.

Three elements present; proof of basic research and explanations present.

At least three symbols and origins clearly researched and explained.

Organization

There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.

Content is logically organized for the most part.

Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed.

Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.

Originality

Uses other people's ideas, but does not give them credit.

Uses other people's ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking.

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

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

Appearance

Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentation content.

Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content.

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

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

Mechanics

More than four errors in spelling or grammar.

Four misspellings and/or grammatical errors.

Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors.

No misspellings or grammatical errors.

Presentation

Delivery not smooth and audience attention often lost.

Delivery not smooth, but able to maintain interest of the audience most of the time.

Rehearsed with fairly smooth delivery that holds audience attention most of the time.

Well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention.

Works Cited

No Works Cited page and/or no MLA format used

Too few sources; incorrectly cited; incorrect MLA format

Sources are present; some incorrectly cited; errors in MLA format

Sufficient sources present (at least three); correctly cited; few or no errors in MLA format

Source Document (Microsoft Word)

No Word document exists or existing document is incomplete.

Word document includes some information from sites researched as well as page title and web address. Information has been paraphrased to some extent. Document can be followed with some difficulty, and sites can generally be found. Problems may exist with some sites/references.

Word document includes complete information from sites researched as well as page title and web address. Information has been paraphrased. Document is easy to follow overall and sites can be found with some enhancement.

Word document includes complete information from sites researched as well as page title and web address. Information has been clearly paraphrased. The document is easy to follow and sites can be easily found.