How are Native Americans like us?

Journal entry is incomplete or missing important details.

Journal is not factual.

Entry is not edited, no paragraph structure, many misspelled words.

Journal entry mostly complete, some information missing.

Journal has mostly factual information.

Entry is edited and has mostly correct grammar, only a few spelling errors.

Journal entry is complete and has all required information.

Journal is factual.

Entry is edited and has no grammar errors and no spelling errors.

Student is able to locate important information only with significant help from someone else.

Student's notes are not organized or unrelated to topic.

Student is able to locate important information with little assistance.

Student's notes are on target and appropriately organized in most topic areas.

Students is able to locate important information without any assistance and is able to help others.

Student's notes are on target and appropriately organized in all topic areas.

Journal entry is incomplete or missing important details.

Journal is not factual.

Entry is not edited, no paragraph structure, many misspelled words.

Journal entry mostly complete, some information missing.

Journal has mostly factual information.

Entry is edited and has mostly correct grammar, only a few spelling errors.

Journal entry is complete and has all required information.

Journal is factual.

Entry is edited and has no grammar errors and no spelling errors.

Student's webs are not organized.

Student uses Inspiration software only with significant help from others.

Students does not have any pictures on their webs.

Student has some of the webs organized.

Student uses Inspiration software  according to teacher's direction with little assistance.

Student has a few images.

Student has webs very organized. 

Student uses Inspiration software according to teacher's direction with little assistance and is able to help others.

Student has many images.

 Working in teams to create Power Point, with each member of team doing their own slide.

Slide is not complete so team can not present.

Slide does not have any images.

Information not covered completely.

Slide is almost complete.

Slide has some images.

 Most information complete but still missing some.

Slide is complete.

Slide has many images.

The information is complete.

 Overall Participation

Student does not participate in any classroom discussion involving topic.

Student asks questions not related to tasks at hand.

Student participates in class discussion and show an appropriate understanding of the projection and connections to other activities in the unit of the study.

Student asks questions related to task at hand.

Student participates in class discussions and shows an appropriate understanding of the project and connects to other activities in the unit of study and beyond. 

 Student is able to make meaningful connections, draw conclusions, generate original ideas from information gathered.

 Totals