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Heritage Album Rubric

Criteria	1	2	3	4	Your Score
Literature Genre	No written connection to Literature	2 or 3 summaries of different Heritage stories	4 summaries of 4 different literature stories: 2 Literary stories are from students' Heritage 2 Literary stories are from another Heritage	Summaries explain why the main character is different or similar to student
Historical Events	No Historical Events	2 to 3 Historical Events in students' Heritage	4 Historical Events of students' Heritage	Historical Events are rich in depth and detail
First Peoples/Immigration	No Immigration	Does not explain where students came from	Explains history of where students' heritage is from	Immigration is rich in depth and detail
Traditions/Celebrations	No Traditions or Celebrations	Traditions do not reflect Heritage	Lists important traditions that represent students' heritage	Traditions are rich in depth and detail
Diversity	No Diversity	Diversity does not reflect Heritage	Explains difference among students' heritage	Differences explained in depth and detail
Changes That Occurred	No changes	Changes do not reflect past vs present	Changes reflect past vs present overtime of students' heritage	Changes covered in depth and detail
Lifestyles	No lifestyles	Lifestyles do not reflect the way people of students' heritage live	Lifestyles reflect students' heritage live: Ex: food, clothing, transportation, artifacts	Lifestyles are rich in depth and detail
Mother's Background	No Background	Does not describe mother's cultural background	Describes mother's cultural background	Background is rich in depth and detail
Father's Background	No Background	Does not describe father's cultural background	Describes father's cultural background	Background is rich in depth and detail
How Your Parents Met	No story of how students' parents met	Does not describe how parents met	Explains how parents met	Brings to life with depth and detail how parents met
How and why students have their names	No statement of how students have their names	Does not explain what student thinks of his/her name	Explains how and why students have their names: Includes "What do you think of your name?"	Elicits higher level thinking in answering "What do you think of your name?"