WORLD MUSIC PRESENTATION

Grading Rubric

Presenter:_________________________________________________________

Date:_____________               Topic:___________________________________

Students will: present a music genre or idiom Region of the World utilizing MS Powerpoint Presentation.  The student will be expected to provide the following information about the Country from which the music originates:

Demographics:

                        1).  Population

                        2).  Ethnicities

                        3).  Religions

                        4).  Land Mass (size)

                        5).  Geographical Influences

                        6).  Political, Socioeconomic, and Religious Influences 

    Music:

1).  Idiom (e.g. Folk Song, Dance):

2).  Specific Culture (e.g. Tribe, or Religious Group)

3).  Primary Instruments

I.                   Content (25%)

C   The Presenter has Met the Minimum Requirement of Information:

B    The Presenter has Met the Minimum Requirement of Information 

      With a good understanding of the material (facts are not memorized, but

learned and understood).

A.  The Presenter has Met the Minimum Requirement of Information with a  

      good understanding of the material and has gone above and beyond to  

       make it easier for the audience to learn in the presentation.

II.                Organization  (25 %)

C.  The presentation is organized in a method that shows some organizational

      skills.

B.  The presentation is organized in a method that shows organizational skills,

     and a deliberate method to having the information unfold in a systematic

     order.

A.  The presentation is organized in a method that a high level of

     organizational skills a deliberate method of having the information unfold

     systematically.  The information is organized in such a way that it is easily

     understood to the audience.

      III.             Media (25%)

                  C.  The presentation uses basic forms of media to present on MS Powerpoint,

including graphics, photos, and links.

                   B.  The presentation uses forms of music to present on MS Powerpoint,

including graphics, photos, link, graphs, charts, and maps. 

                   A.  The presentation uses forms of music to present on MS Powerpoint,

including graphics, photos, link, graphs, charts, maps, samples of music, and perhaps video of the music being performed. 

IV.                 Cited  (25%)

C.  The presentation includes no citations in the presentation, but does cite

resources at the end.

                  B.  The presentation includes citations in the presentation, and citations of the

resources at the end.

                   A.  The presentation includes citations in the presentation, and citations of the

                         resources at the end of the presentation, as well as the presented making  

                         reference to the citations during the presentation.

TOTAL PERCENTAGE:                     AVERAGE GRADE FROM EACH CATEGORY: