IV. Top Contributors to the Problem A minimum of three causes that lead to your issue being a global problem V. Associated Costs What are the associated costs of your issue? Consider the following: Financial Environmental Human Any other costs that you can identify Choose 2-3 from the above and provide a statistic and a visual to accompany your examples Global Issue Infographic Rubric A B C Inc/Redo Content 60% Infographic fully addresses all required information from the 5 topics: __Definition __People Affected __Prevalence __Top Contributors __Associated costs Infographic adequately addresses all required information from the 5 topics: __Definition __People Affected __Prevalence __Top Contributors __Associated costs Infographic addresses all required information from the 5 topics: __Definition __People Affected __Prevalence __Top Contributors __Associated costs Infographic fails to address all required information from the 5 topics. Visual Representation 20% A wide variety of images and charts/graphs are used to increase the clarity of the information. A variety of images and charts/graphs are used to convey the information. Images and charts/graphs are used to convey the information. Images and charts are missing, repeated, or do not convey the information. Organization 10% Information and images are arranged in a way that is easy to follow and artfully presented. Information and images are logically and cleanly arranged. Information and images are present. Information and images lack any meaningful organization. Works Cited 10% All citations and parenthetical notations are No more than 2 MLA errors are present, and all citations and No more than 3 MLA errors are present, and all citations and 4 or more MLA formatting errors are present, or
Include parenthetical citations for all quotations and paraphrases. Every single citation must be referenced in your Works Cited. Global Issue Paper Rubric A B C Inc./Automatic Redo Format 10% Essay is: __5 pages minimum __in MLA format __Structured according to outline Essay is: 5 pages minimum structured according to outline. May have errors in MLA format. Essay is : Not a full 5 pages Contains many errors in MLA format Strays from outline. Essay does not meet required page length, has significant errors in MLA format and/or structure. Content 50% Global Issue causes, effects, and current solutions are thoroughly addressed using relevant evidence and academic language. Global Issue causes, effects, and current solutions are adequately addressed using relevant evidence and academic language. Global Issue causes, effects, and current solutions are addressed. Evidence and academic language are lacking. Global Issue causes, effects, and current solutions are not addressed. Writing Conventions 10% Virtually no errors in: __Spelling __Punctuation __Grammar __Sentence Clarity Minimal errors in: __Spelling __Punctuation __Grammar __Sentence Clarity Numerous errors in: __Spelling __Punctuation __Grammar __Sentence Clarity Significant errors in writing conventions hinder the clarity of the content. In-Text Citations 15% Parenthetical citations have no more than 1 error. Parenthetical citations have no more than 2 errors. Parenthetical citations have 3 or more errors. No parentheticals present, and/or sources do not match citations in works cited page. Works Cited 15% Minimum of 4 sources used, including: __ Website __ Database No more than 1 error in MLA format. Minimum of 4 sources used, including: __ Website __ Database No more than 2 errors in MLA format. Minimum of 4 sources used, including: __ Website __ Database No more than 3 errors in MLA format Less than 4 sources used, no works cited page present, and/or sources cited do not appear in the essay. 4 or more errors in MLA format. STEP #5: TED-Talk Presentation Goals: Each student develops a way to ‘tell a story’ or ‘highlight an idea’ or ‘pursue a question’ that s/he want to share with the world.