LA Renaissance Developments

Select
communication
forms
(4.3.1, 4.3.3)

Utilize effective
design to
enhance final
presentation to
achieve purpose
(4.1.7, 4.3.2)
Use effective
note-taking
strategies to
research content
(2.1.5)

Excellent
(4)
Creates an
effective,
precisely
appropriate and
engaging
communication
form for each
audience.
Final presentation
is captivating and
memorable and
helps
communicate its
purpose

Proficient
(3)
Creates a relevant,
sufficiently
appropriate and
appealing
communication form
for each audience.

Adequate
(2)
Creates an
inconsistently ,
but believable
communication
form for each
audience.

Limited
(1)
Creates a rarely
appropriate
communication
form that lacks
appeal for each
audience.

Final presentation is
substantially
engaging and
interesting and
helps communicate
its purpose

Final presentation
is ineffective and
unappealing and
helps
communicate its
purpose

Takes pertinent
notes to
comprehensively
research content
to support your
position.

Takes relevant
notes to clearly
research content to
support your
position

Final presentation
is appropriate
and partially
engaging and
helps
communicate its
purpose
Takes general
notes to
simplistically
research content
to support your
position

Takes trivial notes

to partially
research content
to support your
position

Socials Rubric
Develop and
support position
(8.S.7.2, 8.S.7.5,
8.S.7.13)

Connect
historical events
(8.S.2, 8.S.2.1,
8.S.2.3, 8.2.4.2)

Communicate
information
(8.S.8.1)

Selects
Information
(8.S.7.1, 8.2.1.1)
Describe factors
that shaped
worldview
(8.2.4.2, 8.2.4.5)

Combines
information to
develop a
perceptive position
supported by
significant
evidence.
Expresses a
compelling
connection between
cause and effect and
provides clear
analysis of historical
context
Communicates
information in a
compelling manner
to engage the
audience.
Selects insightful
information which
examines the
Renaissance
worldview
Provides a
comprehensive
description of the
factors that shaped
worldview.

Combines
information to
develop a
convincing position
supported by
relevant evidence.

Combines
information to
develop a
simplistic position
supported by
general evidence.

Combines
information to
develop a vague
position supported
by weak evidence.

Expresses a
convincing
connection between
cause and effect
and provides
mostly clear
analysis of historical
context.
Communicates
information in a
purposeful manner
to interest the
audience.

Expresses a
simplistic
connection between
cause and effect
and provides vague
analysis of historical
context.

Expresses a
inconclusive
connection between
cause and effect
and provides weak
analysis of historical
context.

Communicates
information in a
straight-forward
manner that
generally holds
the attention of the
audience.
Selects
appropriate
information which
Renaissance
worldview
Provides a
rudimentary
description of the
factors that shaped
worldview.

Communicates
information in an
ineffective manner
that does little to
sustain attention of
the audience.

Selects meaningful
information which
Renaissance
worldview
Provides a
substantial
description of the
factors that shaped
worldview.

Selects superficial
information which
examines
Renaissance
worldview
Provides a
undeveloped
description of the
factors that shaped
worldview.

1. Finish Jigsaw
2. Humanism lecture (how do we see humanism in the
developments in what we looked at yesterday?)
3. Humanism mind map
4. Introduce presentations
5. Groupings (who wants to be in a group? can be alone On a
sticky note write two people you want to be with. You are not
garaunteed you will be with this person. I will make the final
decision so when you write your choices make them good so that
it will help your learning.