Project Rubric

Standard ( What the state of

Texas wants you to know)
US.7(A) identify reasons for U.S.
involvement in World War II, including
Italian, German, and Japanese dictatorships
and their aggression, especially the attack
on Pearl Harbor
US.7(D) analyze major issues of World
War II, including the Holocaust; the
internment of German, Italian, and Japanese
Americans and Executive Order 9066; and
the development of conventional and atomic
weapons

Progressing
____/ 50
final product mentions US
involvement in World War II

final product mentions the

Holocaust, Executive Order
9066 and development of
the atom bomb

Proficient
___/60

Advanced
___/70

final product identifies

reasons for US
involvement in World War
II and provides
comparison to
contemporary issues

final product makes connections

of past and present, makes
predictions of future events,
including reasons for US
involvement in world affairs and
aggression

final product analyzes

major issues of WWII and

final product analyzes

connections of past and present,
plus

US.7(G) explain the home front and how

American patriotism inspired exceptional
actions by citizens and military personnel,
including high levels of military enlistment;
volunteerism; the purchase of war bonds;
Victory Gardens; the bravery and
contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen, the
Flying Tigers, and the Navajo Code Talkers;
and opportunities and obstacles for women
and ethnic minorities

final product mentions

patriotism of citizens and
military, war bonds, Victory
Gardens and contributions
of ethnic groups and women
to the total war effort

Final product explains

how these actions helped
protect the U.S and
showed patriotism

Final product evaluates whether

these actions would be justified
today

US.17(A) describe the economic effects of

World War II on the home front such as the
end of the Great Depression, rationing, and
increased opportunity for women and
minority employment

Final product Identify (list)

the examples of actions
taken on the homefront;
rationing
mass employment

Final Product explains the

purpose (causes) of the
actions taken by the U.S
government on the
homefront

Explain whether the U.S was

justified (whether you agree or
disagree and why) in taking
these actions on the homefront
and whether this would be okay
today

Final Score:
____/ 210