Newman 9H
Of Mice and Men
The Great Depression Group Research Project
100 points
Due Date: Thursday, January 22, 2015
In groups, you will research an assigned aspect of the time period in which Of Mice and Men takes place. You
will then present your information to the class in a well-organized, smooth oral presentation via a PowerPoint or
Prezi presentation.
Your presentation should:
1. Include the following slides (at least) in your PowerPoint or Prezi:
a. Title slide
b. Who
c. What
d. Where
e. When
f. Why
g. How
h. At least three photos
i. Works Cited
i. You must use at least three sources, at least one of which is a book
2. Have complete, correct, and relevant information gained through reliable sources
3. Be free of grammatical or mechanical errors
4. Be easy and pleasing for your audience to see and read, and be visually appealing
5. Last between four and seven minutes
6. Include important speaking rules by all members of your group
After your presentation, you will grade yourself on the rubric and submit it to me so I can compare it to my own
notes.
See rubric below for grading criteria for this assignment.
Presentation
Quality
[30 pts]
Exceeds Standard
Meets Standard
Approaches
Standard
Does not meet
standard
Presentation is smooth,
well-organized, practiced,
includes important roles
by all group members,
and is overall engaging.
Presentation is wellorganized and includes all
group members, is
somewhat engaging.
Presentation is
disorganized, doesn’t
include all group
members, is not at all
engaging, or is off-task.
[30 pts]
[25 pts]
Presentation is between 4
and 7 minutes.
Presentation is somewhat
or slightly organized and
includes all group
members, though not to
equal degrees. May or
may not be engaging.
[22 pts]
Length
[5 pts]
Conventions Presentation is free of
grammatical and
[10 pts]
mechanical errors, and is
in MLA format.
[10 pts]
[5 pts]
Presentation has only a few
grammatical or mechanical
errors, and is in MLA
format.
[8 pts]
Presentation has quite a
few grammatical or
mechanical errors, and is
in MLA format but may
have slight issues with
that format.
[7 pts]
[18 pts]
Presentation is not
between 4 and 7
minutes.
[2 pts]
Presentation is riddled
with grammatical and
mechanical errors, or is
not in MLA format.
[5 pts]
Content
Accuracy
[30 pts]
Relevance /
Thoroughness
[25 pts]
Exceeds Standard
Meets Standard
Approaches
Standard
Does not meet
standard
Information included in
presentation accurate and
insightfully presented.
[30 pts]
Information included in
presentation is relevant,
thorough, and engaging.
Group effectively
imparts knowledge to
classmates.
Information included in
presentation is mostly
accurate.
[25 pts]
Information included in
presentation is mostly
relevant, somewhat
thorough, and somewhat
engaging. A good degree
of knowledge is
imparted to classmates.
[21 pts]
Information included in
presentation is
sometimes accurate.
[22 pts]
Information included in
presentation is
sometimes irrelevant,
and somewhat
incomplete. Some
knowledge is imparted to
classmates.
[18 pts]
Information included in
presentation is rarely
accurate, if ever.
[18 pts]
Information included in
presentation is inaccurate
and incomplete, and
classmates learn very
little from the
presentation.
[25 pts]
Self-Assessment Score:
/ 100
Teacher Score:
[15 pts]
/ 100
Group member 1: ___________________________ Grade: _________ Justification: _______________________________________
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Group member 2: ___________________________ Grade: _________ Justification: _______________________________________
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Group member 3: ___________________________ Grade: _________ Justification: _______________________________________
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Group member 4: ___________________________ Grade: _________ Justification: _______________________________________
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