Explorer’s Facebook Project and Rubric
Due on Friday, October 3, 2014

Students will create an attractive, fake Facebook Page about an arctic explorer from 1909-1913.  Students will use the Google Template provided by the teacher.  Students will research biographical information to create a profile page.  Students will include status and wall posts. Students will create appropriate comments by other historical explorers from that time era. Additional information on the Facebook page should include: personal information, character trait, or qualities of the explorer, events and activities completed by that explorer, famous quotes from the person and historical contributions made to the world. These required elements will be graded based upon the rubric below.

Open the link below to access the Facebook template. Make a copy of the document.  Include your name in the title of the document.
  https://docs.google.com/a/students.susd12.org/presentation/d/1Vj1MdC6LQgRE0cf9waE-PkO4U3Ti8s_9XbzVVkU_h8A/edit#slide=id.i0

RUBRIC
	Exceeds	Meets	Approaches	Falls Below	
Profile	Description of the person is analyzed in-depth; includes at least 3 events, 3 activities, and 3 quotes that are historically related to the person.	Description includes some analysis of the person and the characteristic traits; includes 2 events, 2 activities, and 2 quotes that are historically related to the person.
   	Description includes a little analysis of the person and the characteristic traits; includes 1 event, 1 activity, and 1 quote that is historically related to the person.
	Description is limited to basic analysis	
Wall Posts and Comments	Relevant and appropriate comments and status updates; provides insight into 3 or more of the person’s personalities, thoughts, hopes or actions 	Describes person briefly and accurately; provides insight into 2 of the person’s personalities, thoughts, hopes or actions  	Describes person with examples; only provides insight into 1 of the person’s personalities, thoughts, hopes or actions   	Not clear or accurate; few or no examples into the person’s personalities, thoughts, hopes or actions    	
Creativity and Language	The page is very attractive and informative; reflects the person very well through posts;  and imitated their tone, mood and word choice used.	The page is attractive and informative; somewhat reflects the person through posts; and slightly imitated their tone, mood and word choice used.	The page lacks attractiveness and information is limited; their tone, mood and word choice was not accurately reflected	The page is not attractive and it does not reflect the tone, mood and word choice of the person 	
Completeness	Assignment contains all required elements; information is very accurate, easy to understand and creatively presented	Assignment contains most of the required elements; information is accurate, easy to understand and creatively presented
	Assignment contains some of the required elements; information is lacking and difficult to understand and creatively presented
	Assignment contains few of the required elements; information is incomplete and/or inaccurate
	
Technology Support	Efficiently integrates technology to support research	Integrates technology to support research	May use technology, but it does not support  the research	Does not use technology or use of technology is off task	
Appropriate Information	Applies the most useful information with evidence	Applies useful information with evidence	Information selected, but its not supported by evidence	Information is not  included