Rubric

Group Names: ___________________________________________________________

Rubric

A. Constitution

	5	3	1
Include your utopian society’s name, location, and motto.	Includes utopian society’s name, location, and motto.	Include almost all of the following: utopian society’s name, location, and motto.	Incomplete.
Religion—freedoms and restrictions	A complete paragraph that meets requirement.	A paragraph that meets most requirements.	Incomplete paragraph.
Economic System—welfare, businesses, taxes, property rights	A complete paragraph that meets requirement.	A paragraph that meets most requirements.	Incomplete paragraph.
Educational System—requirements, opportunities, tracking	A complete paragraph that meets requirement.	A paragraph that meets most requirements.	Incomplete paragraph.
Government—voting, elections, representatives, laws	A complete paragraph that meets requirement.	A paragraph that meets most requirements.	Incomplete paragraph.
Justice System—courts, trials, punishments, prisons	A complete paragraph that meets requirement.	A paragraph that meets most requirements.	Incomplete paragraph.
Format	Uses headings to distinguish each section. Clear text and paragraph structure that’s easy to follow.	Somewhat uses a clear text and paragraph structure.	No text structure or organization.
Clarity/Focus	Each paragraph is focused on the section that the reader can clearly understand.	Each paragraph is somewhat focused on the section.	Paragraphs are unclear to the reader.
Visual Appeal/Neatness	Typed in a legible font.	-----	Handwritten.
Grammar	Writing is understandable with no grammar mistakes.	Writing is understandable even with a few grammar mistakes.	Grammar mistakes are distracting from the writing that makes it hard to understand.
Total: _______/50

B. Map:

	10		1
Organization	Finished, organized, thought-out map that promotes your society that includes a legend/key, compass rose, and is to scale.	Somewhat organized, includes most of the following: a legend/key, compass rose, and scale.	Disorganized that does not include: a legend/key, compass rose, and scale.
Content	Includes important city features:  roads, government buildings, recreational areas, education centers, entertainment centers, water features, agricultural centers, and power centers.	Includes most city features (see previous list)	Includes only a few city features.
Quality	The map is colored, thought-out, and high quality. 8 ½ x 11 or larger	The map is black and white and mediocre.	The map is poor quality and incomplete. Not 8 ½ x 11 or larger
Total: _______/30

C. Pamphlet:

	5	3	1
Ideas	Considers audience in the sales pitch by appropriate tone and approach.	Somewhat considers audience in the sales pitch by tone and approach.	Does not consider audience in the sales pitch.
Organization	Uses appropriate text features to organize the information (headings, bullets, images).	Somewhat uses appropriate text features to organize the information.	Does not use text features to organize information.
Appeal	Successfully uses advertising techniques to keep the viewer interested that promotes your society.	Attempts to use advertising techniques to keep the viewer interested that promotes your society.	Does not keep the attention of the viewer to promote your society.
Neatness	Finished, organized, thought-out pamphlet that promotes your society.	Somewhat organized, thought-out pamphlet that promotes your society.	Incomplete pamphlet.
Total: _______/20