| CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Research | Students will use a minimum of 4 resources to find information specific to their instrument. Students also create a minimum of 20 note cards with information relating to their African instrument | Students use 3 resources to find information specific to their instrument. Students create 15 note cards or less with information relating to their African instrument | Students use 2 or resources to find information specific to their instrument. Students create 10 note cards or less with information relating to their African instrument | Students use 1 or less resources to find information specific to their instrument. Students create 5 note cards or less with information relating to their African instrument |
| Content | Covers assigned African isntrument in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent. | Includes essential knowledge about the assigned African instrument. Subject knowledge appears to be good. | Includes essential information about the assigned African instrument but there are 1-2 factual errors. | Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors. |
| Attractiveness | Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. | Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation. | Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content. | Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentaion content. |
| Originality | Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive. Students use slides other than the default slide and rearranges text. | Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights. Students use a few different slides other than the default and rearranges some text. | Uses other people's ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking. Students use only a couple different slides and doesn't rearrange text placement. | Uses other people's ideas, but does not give them credit. Students use only default slides and text placement. |
| Length | Students create at least 20 slides. | Students create 15 slides. | Students create 10 slides. | Students create 5 or less slides. |
| Presentation | Well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention. All students involved participate in presentation and time is divided evenly. | Rehearsed with fairly smooth delivery that holds audience attention most of the time. All students involved present but time is not divided evenly. | Delivery not smooth, but able to maintain interest of the audience most of the time. Only 2 students participate in presentation and time in not divided evenly. | Delivery not smooth and audience attention often lost. Only 1 student participates in presentation. |
| Workload | The workload is divided and shared equally by all team members. | The workload is divided and shared fairly by all team members, though workloads may vary from person to person. | The workload was divided, but one person in the group is viewed as not doing his/her fair share of the work. | The workload was not divided OR several people in the group are viewed as not doing their fair share of the work. |
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