Criteria   Present ​ ✔+  Somewhat Present ​✔  Not Present ​✔- 

Use of unit information  All category themes, key terms, and unit  Only a fraction of the terms and themes are  There is little to mention of specific terms and 
and French Revolution  themes are clearly expressed, defined, and  mentioned in the broadcast. Specificity,  themes. Historical detail and accuracy is 
Phase theme’s and  documented in news broadcast and broadcast  definition, and explanation are superficial.  lacking. No central thesis or message.  
terms  transcript. There is a clearly defined  Central thesis/ message is not consistent 
thesis/message throughout your broadcast  throughout.  

Presentation   News broadcast is authentic in presentation,  Video sometimes resembles a formal news  Video is incomplete according to expectations 
commitment to character, style, and general  broadcast both in presentation and  listed on the assignment sheet. Video is 
presentation. Filming is clear and concise with  commitment to character. Script and  disorganized with no clearly defined roles for 
each role clearly defined, including interviews.  interviews are occasionally disorganized and  each news anchor and interview. Overall the 
Writing is also clear and direct.    only some of the roles are clearly defined for  presentation does not reflect the expectations 
the audience.  of the assignment.  

Accuracy and  Project appropriately reflects and exceeds  Project sometimes reflects the expectations  Project does not meet expectation outlined on 
commitment to  expectations as outlined in the project  and guidelines on the assignment. Interviews  the assignment. Interviews are inaccurate and 
assignment   assignment. Interviews are authentic and  are sometimes disorganized and questions do  disorganized, and the final product does not 
factually correct in terms character portrayal  not appropriately address the themes of the  resemble a news broadcast. Script is brief and 
and interview questions. The final outcome  assigned phase. Final product only loosely  non-specific, and does not reference the unit 
accurately resembles a news broadcast and is  resembles a news broadcast.   information 
comprehensive in terms time, historical facts, 
presentation, and information.  

Mechanics and  Broadcast script and interview questions are  Broadcast script and interview questions are  Broadcast script is riddled with typos and 
Structure  organized and clearly defined by speaker.  sometimes disorganized and difficult to follow.  formatting errors. Research is not cited 
Each group member also has their own clearly  Speaking roles are not always clearly defined  correctly and both the structure of the video 
defined role in the broadcast. All outside  and there are a number of unscholarly sources  and the script indicate superficial effort at best.  
research is appropriately cited in a  in bibliography. In addition, script contains 
bibliography. Video and sound quality are  periodic spelling and grammatical errors.  
clear. In addition, script is proofread for 
grammar and spelling 

Humor, creativity, and  Members of the group take intellectual and  Group occasionally takes intellectual and  Final project lacks commitment to creative 
original thought  creative risks throughout their news broadcast  creative risks. Final product meets expectations  thinking and original expression. Both script 
and script in the form of costumes, historical  of the assignment in regards to content, but  and video lack humor, creative expression, and 
humor, and expression. Final product reflects  there is only a superficial commitment to  overall out of the box thinking.  
the unique contributions of each group  original humor and unique expression.  
member.