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Assignment: a video advertisement for a modern day invention compared to

something equally important from the Industrial Revolution. (Group Project –
High School)
Presentation Poor (0-4pts) Fair (5-7 pts) Good (8-11 pts) Excellent Your
Content (12-15 pts) score
Adequate Video lacks Video lacks Video includes all Video includes all
Coverage required required required required information,
information and information and information, with with ample examples
has no has only a few only a few details and details
examples and examples and and examples throughout
details details
Historical Video has many Video has several Video contains 1-2 Video is factually
Accuracy factual errors factual errors and factual errors, but correct and is
a small amount of contains supporting supported by facts
factual support facts or visuals and visuals
Organization Poor video Video is scripted Video shows the Video presents the
of information organization illogically and/or information in an advertisement in a
makes it is difficult for a advertisement logical and
impossible to viewer or which an audience interesting way that
learn about the audience to or viewer can follow can be watched over
inventions follow. to learn and and over to see more
compared. NO understand each time.
apparent
organization.
Multimedia Video used no Video had a few Video had multiple Video used extensive
images, music, images, music, or images, music, or images, music,
or sounds sounds, but they sounds that and/or sounds that
beyond a do not logically connected directly supported the
talking head(s) relate to the text to and supported information and
or other the information enhanced the
information. understanding of the
inventions depicted
Research/ Poor (0-3 pts) Fair (4-6 pts) Good (7-8 pts) Excellent Your
Reference (9-10 pts) score
Skills
Bibliography Video does not Video includes a Video includes a Video includes a
include a bibliography in bibliography in bibliography in
bibliography in partially correct correct format with correct format with
the required format or with the required the more than the
format or only some of the sources required sources, all
include far required sources clearly used in
© 2010 by The Source for Learning, Inc. This rubric created from a template offered by TeachersFirst.com as part of
Dimensions of Creativity (http://www.teachersfirst.com/istecre8). Modification and duplication by teachers for single
classroom use is permitted as long as this footer remains.
All other rights reserved.
 fewer than the creating the video.
required
sources
Media Credits No credit given Few media Most media include All media used
for media used include credit credit information includes a credit to
information accompany EACH
image or sound from
other sources
Creativity No evidence Working on it Good (2-3 pts) Excellent Your
Skills yet (0) (1 pt) (4-5 pts) score
(FFOE)
Fluency The video The video shows The video 3 The video shows 4 or
shows 1 aspect 2 aspects of the aspects of the more aspects of the
of the inventions to be inventions to be inventions to be
inventions to be compared and compared and compared and
compared and contrasted contrasted contrasted
contrasted
Flexibility The video shows Video shows both Video shows the
the invention from inventions from the inventions from many
the perspective of point of view of points of view:
only one user/ more than one time different users,
time period period and user different time periods,
different social
stations, etc. Video
inspires deep
questions and
thoughts by its
perspective.
Originality Video is There is a Some aspects of Video presents the
predictable or glimpse of an the video are inventions through a
parallels unusual idea (but unexpected or unique and
examples very accurate) highly unusual, unexpected lens
closely approach the while still accurate while still accurate.
video, but it is not
carried through
Elaboration Video lacks Some information Most of the All media and
creative detail includes creative information/media information include
of any sort details. includes creative creative details in rich
details that is support of the
unified with the advertisement
advertisement message
message
Total score

© 2010 by The Source for Learning, Inc. This rubric created from a template offered by TeachersFirst.com as part of
Dimensions of Creativity (http://www.teachersfirst.com/istecre8). Modification and duplication by teachers for single
classroom use is permitted as long as this footer remains.
All other rights reserved.