Truth Booth Rubric

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Outcome Innovate Develop new and helpful ways of looking at opportunities, challenges and problems.

Exceeds ____ Truth booth provides a novel glimpse into the complexity of civilization by giving voice to people who are often overlooked in history ____ When all of the members truth booths are complete, students edit the footage on iMovie as a group in order to have one unified TRUTH BOOTH. ____ Films need to have a title, and opening OR closing credits ____ Presentation/format is exemplary ____ Films are entertaining/humorous

Meets ____ Truth booth provides a novel glimpse into the complexity of civilization by giving voice to people who are often overlooked in history ____ When all of the members truth booths are complete, students edit the footage on iMovie as a group in order to have one unified TRUTH BOOTH. ____ Films need to have a title, and opening OR closing credits

Not Yet

Argue Build a case for and defend conclusions reached, based in sound logic and valid evidence. Question and critique the arguments of others as warranted.

____ Each group member/ character from the river valley civilization needs to present an argument in the form of a thesis (debatable opinion+rationale) ____ Rationale needs to include 3 main points, one of them addressing and dismissing a counterclaim ____ Arguments demonstrate in depth understanding of civilization being studied

____ Each group member/character from the river valley civilization needs to present an argument in the form of a thesis (debatable opinion+rationale) ____ Rationale needs to include 3 main points, one of them addressing and dismissing a counterclaim

Communicate Make ideas and information understood, mindful of audience, purpose and setting. Listen and respond to what others communicate.

Make ideas and information understood, mindful of audience, purpose and setting. ____ Truth booth role is completed in character ____ Students articulately present argument from characters perspective

Make ideas and information understood, mindful of audience, purpose and setting. ____ Truth booth role is completed in character ____ Students makes argument from characters perspective

Be Precise Accurately represents solutions, ideas and language of content Word Wall:

___ Accurately represents solutions, ideas and language of content/ River Valley Civilization ___ Film accurately weaves all of the vocabulary from the Word Wall into film ___ Characters accurately represent social classes in River Valley Civliization ___ Painstaking detail goes into making Truth Booth as descriptive and analytical as possible. Final project demonstrates complexity

___ Accurately represents solutions, ideas and language of content/ River Valley Civilization ___ Film accurately weaves all of the vocabulary from the Word Wall into film ___ Characters representation of social classes in River Valley Civilization are mostly accurate

WORD WALL Ethnocentric Paleolithic Neolithic Revolution Hunter-Gatherer Primitive Communism Domestication Patriarchy Oppression

Truth Booth Rubric

Name______________________________ Period_______