MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS POSTER RUBRIC
Create a poster on the major world religion you were assigned. Be sure to include the following:
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Founder (who started it)
Date founded (started)
Holy cities
Name of God
Name of Holy book or books
Language most associated with the religion
Is the religion Monotheistic, polytheistic or
atheist
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Name of followers and how many followers
are there in total:
Major Beliefs
Famous people from history.
Which country has the largest population of
followers
Rubric:
0 points
5 points
7 points
10 points
Founder and
Date Founded
Does not identify
the founder and
date founded.
Identifies the
founder OR date
founded
Identifies the founder and
date founded but one of
them is incorrect
Correctly identifies the
founder and date founded
Holy Cities
Does not list any
holy cities
Only lists some of the holy
cities for the religion
Correctly identifies all holy
cities for the religion
Name of God
and Holy
Book/Books
Monotheistic,
Polytheistic,
or Atheist
Language
most
associated
with the
religion
Followers—
Number
Worldwide,
Name of
Followers,
and Famous
Followers
from History
Does not list the
name of God or
the Holy Book
Does not list the
type of religion
Lists holy cities
but they are
incorrect
Identifies the
name of God OR
Holy Book
Incorrectly
identifies the type
of religion
Incorrectly
identifies the
language most
associated with the
religion
Includes the
number, name of
followers or
famous followers
from history
Identifies a name of God
and a Holy Book but one or
both are incorrect
NA
Correctly identifies the Name
of God and Holy Book
Correctly identifies the
language most associated
with the religion
Correctly identifies the
language most associated with
the religion and explains why
that language is most
associated with the religion.
Includes the number of
followers worldwide, name of
followers, and famous
followers from history
Major Beliefs
Includes no major
beliefs
Country with the
largest population
of followers is not
present
Country with
the largest
population of
followers
Does not list a
language
Does not include
the number of
followers, name of
followers, or
famous followers
from history
Illustrations/
Images
No
illustration/Image
s present.
Presentation/
Attractiveness
Project lacks
effort and/or is
not colorful and
attractive.
Includes 1 or 2
major beliefs
Country with the
largest population
of followers is
present but
incorrect
Illustrations/Imag
es do not make
sense for the
assigned religion
Project has some
attractive
elements.
Includes the number, name
of followers, and famous
followers from history but
one or more are incorrect
OR
only has 2 of the following:
number of followers, name
of followers, famous
followers from history
Includes major beliefs but
they are incorrect
NA
Correctly identifies the type of
religion
Includes 3 or more major
beliefs
Country with the largest
population of followers is
present
Illustrations/Images
somewhat make sense for
the assigned religion
Illustrations/Images clearly
represent the group being
presented
Project is attractive,
colorful, and somewhat
organized.
Project is very attractive and
includes color. All information
is readily available and clearly
labeled for easy access.