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Features
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Beginning - 1
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Developing - 2
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Accomplished - 3
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Exemplary - 4
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Score
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Title Slide
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Many requirements not completely met.
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Some requirements not completely met.
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Most requirements are met, including title, author(s), date, and class; one or two may be missing.
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All requirements are not only met but exceeded, including title, author(s), date, and class. Also includes president, dates of birth and death, and number in succession as well as a picture.
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Organization
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No clear or logical organizational structure
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Content is sometimes organized, but the process is unclear
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Overall solid organization of topics; sometimes does not make sense
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Content is well organized and follows a logical story or pattern
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Timeline
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No timeline, or inadequate listing of 1-3 dates
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Incomplete or inaccurate time line containing four to seven events
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Timeline containing at least eight to ten events and adequate descriptions
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Complete timeline of at least eleven events and includes complete descriptions of events
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Biography:
Early Life
Location of birth / parents
Nickname (s)
Education
Religion
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Few elements present:
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Some elements present:
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Most elements present:
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All elements present:
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Biography: Pre-Presidential
Places of Residence
Marriage / Children
Careers
Political Party / Early Career
Presidential Campaign(s)
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Few elements present:
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Some elements present:
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Most elements present:
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All elements present:
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Biography:
Presidential Career
Major issues / World Events During Presidency
Rationales and Causes and Effects of Presidential Decisions or Policies
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Few elements present:
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Some elements present:
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Most elements present:
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All elements present:
Complete description of major issues / world events during presidency including rationales and cause and effect of presidential decisions or policies
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Biography:
Post-Presidential Career
(If applicable, or detail of death in office)
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Few elements present:
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Some elements present:
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Most elements present:
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All elements present:
Life after presidency
Detail of death in office
Writings
Location of grave/picture
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Quality of Animation, Sounds
(Must run itself in 2nd and 3rd presentations)
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The sounds, and/or animations are unrelated to the content or distract from the content; just flips from one picture to another; no animation used
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Some of the sounds, and/or animations seem unrelated to the topic/theme and do not enhance the overall concepts; animations are not smooth and are very jerky when going from one movement and/or scene to another.
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The sound/and or animation visually depict material and assist the audience in understanding the flow of information or content; fairly smooth animation; some jerkiness in how the animation progresses, but the majority is smooth.
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The sound and/or animation assist in presenting an overall theme and make visual connections that enhance understanding of concept, ideas and relationships; Smooth, flowing animation. The whole project flows effortlessly from one movement and / or scene to another.
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Assessment of Presidency
(Rating on 1-10 scale)
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No assessment
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Some assessment by student of presidency
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Assessment present; existence of explanation of rating; includes reasons for rating
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Through assessment of presidency and complete explanation including logical and valid reasons for rating
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Appearance
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Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc., but distract from the presentation content.
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Some use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc.; these may detract from the presentation content; some not appropriate
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Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation; a few may not be appropriate
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Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation; al appropriate to the presentation.
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Originality
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Does not show any personal creativity on the project--just an PPT
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Shows some individuality in project creations, but the project is much like everyone else’s
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Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights; some duplication of others‘ work
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Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative, original, and totally belong to the project creator
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Time Management
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Student was off-task the majority of the time during the project
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Student was off-task much of the time during the project, doing little work in the allotted time
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Student was off-task occasionally during the project, but worked steadily most of the time.
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Student was engaged in the project and was on-task the majority of the time.
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Narration
(only in 2nd and 3rd presentations)
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Presentation has no audio narration
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Presentation has little or inadequate audio narration
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Presentation has adequate audio narration
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Presentation has extensive audio narration
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Plagiarism Issues / Use of Word Document for sources
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All text is copied outright from sources used. No Word document of information exists.
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Most text is copied directly from sources used; very little information in Word document.
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Most text has been reworded and is evident on Word document of sources; includes most title and web references
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All text has been reworded and is evident along with original source on the Word document. Word document also includes title and web address for each entry.
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Use of Internet Resources
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No evidence of usage of provided web sites and materials; little or no evidence of independent research
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Evidence of limited usage of provided web sites and materials; little evidence of independent research
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Evidence of usage of provided websites and materials; also evidence of some independent research
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Extensive evidence of usage of provided websites and materials
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Works Cited
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No Works Cited and/or no MLA format used
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Too few sources
Incorrectly cited
Incorrect MLA format
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Sources are present
Some incorrectly cited
Some errors in MLA format
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Sufficient sources present (3+)
Correctly cited
Few or no errors in MLA format
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Mechanics
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More than six errors in spelling or grammar; extensive proofreading needed.
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Four or five misspellings and/or grammatical errors; further proofreading needed.
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Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors; some proofreading needed.
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No misspellings or grammatical errors; well proofread.
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