Thursday, May 12, 2011

Rubric!

Project Rubric

Design and Layout (20%)

o Overall attractive appearance

o Title

o Introduction in side bar

o Has 3 posts (5 for honors) with analytical paragraphs and images of art

o No typos

o Appears professional

/20

Coherence (20%)

o Theme is powerful and works of art are clearly connected to it

o 1 sidebar link (2 for honors) to classmates’ galleries with strong explanation of how thematically connected (1 paragraph for all students, 2 for honors)

/20

Analysis (50%)

Introduction is powerful, explains theme, and compels the reader to engage with it

/11

/10 (honors)

Artwork #1

o Background and historical/social context explained

o Strong close-reading

o Connection to theme

/13

/8 (honors)

Artwork #2

o Background and historical/social context explained

o Strong close-reading

o Connection to theme

/13

/8 (honors)

Artwork #3

o Background and historical/social context explained

o Strong close-reading

o Connection to theme

/13

/8 (honors)

Artwork #4 (Honors only)

o Background and historical/social context explained

o Strong close-reading

o Connection to theme

/8 (honors)

Artwork #5 (Honors only)

o Background and historical/social context explained

o Strong close-reading

o Connection to theme

/8 (honors)

Analysis Total

/50

Grammar/Mechanics/Word Choice (10%)

Writing is professional and mechanically sound.

/10

Additional honors component - Comments:

Honors credit?

Yes / No

PROJECT GRADE

/100

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

What is this project?

This is an interdisciplinary humanities project that all Webb sophomores are undertaking. Students are exploring central themes of the human experience that occur in a variety of different historical contexts by analyzing how these themes express themselves through art. They have each created and curated a digital museum gallery as a blog. The artworks they have chosen (paintings, photography, poems, music, film, etc.) represent at least three different historical contexts, time periods, and places.