Native American Poster Project – DUE: Monday, Aug 31st
Students will research a Native American tribe and create a poster explaining/representing the following
components:
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Origins
Culture
Politics
Territory
Technology
Famous Leaders
Identifying if the tribe was Sedentary or
Nomadic
The poster must contain at least 5 pictures and a paragraph for each aspect of the tribe the student is
responsible for researching.
100%
90%
60%
30%
Focus &
Facts
Poster is clear,
focused, and logical
and provides
necessary facts and
examples.
Poster is mostly
clear, focused, and
somewhat logical
providing necessary
facts and examples.
Title
Poster has an
attention grabbing
title that clearly
represents the tribe
being researched.
Poster has a focused
title that represents
the tribe being
researched.
Poster has a simple
title.
Poster has an
irrelevant title.
No title.
Grammar
Poster follows the
rules of spelling,
punctuation,
grammar along with
proper paragraph
usage.
Poster often follows
the rules of spelling,
punctuation,
grammar along with
proper paragraph
usage.
Poster sometimes
follows the rules of
spelling,
punctuation,
grammar & proper
paragraph usage.
Poster rarely follows
the rules of spelling,
punctuation,
grammar along with
proper paragraph
usage.
Spelling,
punctuation, and
grammar make the
poster
difficult/impossible
to understand.
Pictures
Poster contains 5
pictures of high
quality with
captions.
Poster contains 4
pictures of high
quality with
captions.
Poster contains 3
pictures with
captions.
Poster contains 1-2
pictures with
captions.
No pictures.
Quality of
Research
Poster contains
paragraphs with
depth of research
and quality.
Poster contains
paragraphs showing
quality research.
Poster contains a
few paragraphs with
depth of research,
the rest are surface
level.
Poster contains only
surface level
answers in
paragraphs.
Paragraphs do not
show evidence of
research.
Creativity
Poster is uniquely
neat and creative.
Poster is neat and
creative.
Poster is neat.
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Poster has
stains/tears on it.
Citations
All sources are cited
in MLA format.
All sources are cited
with MLA format,
some citations are
flawed.
All sources are cited,
but not in MLA
format.
Not all sources are
cited.
No citations,
information that has
been plagiarized will
result in an
automatic 0.
Poster is somewhat Poster is rarely clear
clear, occasionally
and focused, is
focused, and
confusing, and does
sometimes logical
not provide relevant
providing some facts &
facts/examples.
examples.
0%
No facts or examples
are provided.
Native American Tribes:
Crow
Cree
Crow
Cree
Mandan
Modoc
Mandan
Modoc
Shoshone
Ottawa
Shoshone
Ottawa
Zuni
Hidatsa
Zuni
Hidatsa
Navajo
Blackfoot
Navajo
Blackfoot
Wyandot
Aztec
Wyandot
Aztec
Cherokee
Inca
Cherokee
Inca
Apache
Mayan
Apache
Mayan
Lakota Sioux
Comanche
Lakota Sioux
Comanche
Duwamish
Nez Perce
Duwamish
Nez Perce
Sauk
Seminole
Sauk
Seminole
Pawnee
Cheyenne
Pawnee
Cheyenne
Ute
Seneca
Ute
Seneca
Omaha
Mohawk
Omaha
Mohawk
Osage
Osage