Rubric for the Spring Break Project

Hello everyone!

Since we are getting a lot of views on the example, Miss Blake and I have decided to show you all the rubric.  This is how we will be grading you!

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE MEAN PLEASE ASK US!!  I (Ms. A) will be at work from 3-10 pm Sunday night, I will not respond during that time.  I will respond to questions for the next hour (11 pm) and then will stop.  Please take note, and gather your finishing questions.

	Exemplary 10-9	Advanced 8-7	Proficient 6-5	Developing 4-3	Needs Improvement 2-1
Research ____/ 10	-Information is accurate -Information from credible sources	-Information is accurate, but unclear -Information from mostly credible sources	-Information is inaccurate - Information from mostly credible sources	- Information inaccurate -Information from inaccurate sources	-Information is inaccurate -Information from disputed source
Poster _____/10	-Poster is creative and makes sense -Poster is complete	-Poster makes sense -Poster is complete	-Poster is clumsy looking -Poster is almost complete	-Poster is messy -Poster is halfway finished	-Poster is messy -Poster is very incomplete
Mechanics ____/10	-Citations are correct -No grammar/ spelling mistakes	-Citations are correct -Few grammar/spelling mistakes	-Citations need improvement -Some grammar/spelling mistakes	-Citations need improvement -Many grammar/spelling mistakes	-No citations -Many grammar/spelling mistakes
Significance _____/10	-Able to show the significance the leader held in the Civil Rights movement, and the lasting impact.	-Able to show the significance the leader held in the Civil Rights movement	- Shows how the leader was involved in the Civil Rights movement, but does not discuss why it was significant	-Discussion of leader in the Civil Rights is incomplete	-Does not show how the leader was involved, or affected the Civil Rights movement

EXAMPLE FOR THE SPRING BREAK PROJECT

Hello darling students!

Hope you are enjoying your spring break, and are doing something grand and exciting (besides your project).

AT THIS POINT: You should be finished with your research and have a rough draft of what you want on your poster.

Here is a finished example of what Miss Blake and I expect CONTENT-WISE come Monday.  Our example is super boring, because I (Ms. A) have yet to figure out to format fanciness on this blog.  We did our example on Viola Liuzzo.    (Don't worry none of you chose her, so we are not helping anyone out)

                         Viola Liuzzo

Born on April 11, 1925 in California, Pennsylvania, Viola Gregg was born to a World War I veteran and a part-time teacher.  Her father was injured when working at the coal-mines, and her family was forced to depend on her mother's inconsistent income.  Soon her family had to move to Tennessee, and she was able to experience first-hand the segregated life in the South.  Her family lived in extreme poverty and lived in similar conditions that African American citizens would live under, yet still experienced more privileges due to the Jim Crow laws.  After dropping out of high school, and going through her first of three marriages, her family moved to Detroit for job opportunities to help with the war effort.  Her years here turned her into the Civil Rights activist we know today (Stanton, 1998).

            She returned back to school, and worked with the NAACP and SCLC to help with their movements.  After witnessing news broadcasts on "Bloody Sunday" Liuzzo traveled to Selma to help Martin Luther King and the other marchers with their cause.  She worked with SCLC's transportation units, and was seen in a car with Leroy Morton, a 19-year-old African American activist, by KKK members.  The initial goal of the Klansmen were to get an opportunity to kill MLK, but decided that they needed to make an example out of Liuzzo. They quickly engaged Liuzzo in a high-speed chase, and about 20 miles outside of Selma shot and killed Liuzzo.  Morton escaped with his life by pretending to be dead.  Scandal quickly surrounded her death because an undercover FBI agent was thought be linked with her death, and even caused President Johnson to start investigating the KKK and petitioned to quickly move the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to ensure no more innocent lives were lost.  Liuzzo is the only white woman to be killed during the Civil Rights Movement (Stanton, 1998).

Source:

Stanton, Mary. From Selma To Sorrow: The Life and Death of Viola Liuzzo. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1998.

SEE?! Not that bad!  You all got this!  See you Monday!

Spring Break Project!

Hello students!

So for those of you who want to get started, here are the instructions for the Spring Break project.  We will give out a hard copy for those of us who need it, and the instructions should also be on SchoolLoop.

Civil Rights Spring Break Assignment

You and a partner will choose a person from the list below and make a poster on that person. The poster will include the facts about who, what, when, where, and why. The why part will include the person's significance and be written in one to two paragraphs. In this poster, explain the person's role in Civil Rights the person's  effect on the Civil Rights movement. You must include a visual/picture in the poster. (Please cite your sources).

African American Rights            Bernice Fisher                        James Farmer                        Shirley Chisholm             Medgar Evers    Thurgood Marshall                         Stokely Carmichael             John Lewis                         Ella Baker                         Viola Liuzzo            

Fannie Lou Hamer                         Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale

Native American Rights            Vernon Bellecourt            Reuben Snake                        Leonard Peltier           

Lehman Brightman             Winona LaDuke

Hispanic Rights            Dolores Huerta            Hector P. Garcia             Linda Chavez-Thompson      Sylvia Mendez

Bert Corona                        Ruben Salazar

Asian Americans Rights Yuri Kochiyama            Harry Wu                        Dalip Singh Saund            Philip Vera Cruz Norman Mineta

Women's Rights            Betty Friedan                        Geraldine Ferraro            Eunice Kennedy Shriver     Angela Davis

Gloria Steinem            Sandra Day O'Connor                       

Gay Rights                        Harvey Milk                         Elaine Noble                         Barbara Gittings            Harry Hay

Del Martin& Phyllis Lyon