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History Through Music
Evaluation and Grading Rubrics
A well done assignment will demonstrate your understanding of the project, your understanding of the events and time period related to the song you have chosen, and your ability to critically think about the concepts, language, and inferences made in the song you chose. You will be graded on three total aspects of this assignment. The first is your paper. This will be worth a total of 10 points. The second is your presentation. This will also be worth 10 points. Finally you will also be graded on your presentation board itself. This will be worth 5 points. The whole assignment will be worth a total of 25 points. Please see the rubric below for how to achieve a passing score.
Rubric
| # | Excellent 10 Points | Good 8 Points | Does Not Meet All Requirements 5 Points | Incomplete 2 Points | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay/Written Paper | The paper effectively and clearly addresses three aspects of a particular time period based directly on the song or songs the student has chosen. The paper makes direct connections between the lyrics of the song the student chose and the aspects of the time period their paper is addressing. Conclusions are strong and supported with cited information. There are little to no spelling and grammatical errors. | The paper attempts to address three aspects of a particular time period based directly on the song or songs the student has chosen. The paper makes direct connections between the lyrics of the song the student chose and the aspects of the time period their paper is addressing. Conclusions are good but not all are supported with cited information. There are some spelling and grammatical errors. | The paper only addresses one or two aspects of a particular time period based directly on the song the student has chosen. The paper attempts to make connections between the lyrics of the song chosen and the time period but the connections and conclusions are unclear and not supported with cited information. There are many spelling and grammatical mistakes. | The paper fails to make connections between the song the student has chosen and the time period related to that song. The paper does not specifically address aspects of the time period and the conclusions are weak or non existent. Conclusions are not supported and/or no information is cited. There are excessive spelling and grammatical errors throughout the paper. | 10 |
| Presentation | The student effectively and clearly addresses three aspects of a particular time period based directly on the song or songs the student has chosen. Their presentation makes direct connections between the lyrics of the song the student has chosen and the aspects of the time period the student is choosing to address. The presentation is an excellent verbal representation of their paper. | The student addresses three aspects of a particular time period based directly on the song or songs the student has chosen. Their presentation makes direct connection between the lyrics of the song the student has chosen and the aspects of the time period the student is choosing to address. The presentation is a good verbal representation of their paper but strays slightly from the conclusions made in the paper. | The presentation strays often from their written paper. The connections made between the song the student has chosen and the aspects of the time period are unclear and do not necessarily make direct connections to the lyrics of the song. | The presentation does not relate to the written assignment and is a poor verbal representation of the conclusions made in the paper. The student does not make connections between the lyrics of the song they have chosen and aspects of the appropriate time period related. | 10 |
| Presentation Board | The students presentation board clearly and in a visually interestingly way shows both the title, artist, release date, and lyrics of the song they have chosen and the three aspects of the time period related. Specific lyrics are highlighted and it is clear which lyrics are addressing which aspects. | The students presentation board clearly and in a visually interestingly way shows both the lyrics of the song they have chosen and the three aspects of the time period related though any one of the following is missing: title, artist, or release date. Specific lyrics are highlighted and it is clear which lyrics are addressing which aspects. | Several elements of the presentation board are missing including more than one of any of the following: Title, artist, release date, lyrics, three aspects of the time period that the student is addressing in the presentation. The presentation board does not present the information a visually stimulating or interesting way. | The presentation board is lacking any creativity or visually stimulating information. The board is missing several required elements and it is unclear what connections if any are being made between the lyrics of the song and the aspects of the appropriate time period. | 5 |
Total Score: 25 |
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