High graphic quality, readable font sizes, intuitive layouts, and compelling design standard. Needs to look professional.
Is the final deliverable relatable, engaging, and practically applicable for middle school students and freshmen?
Review the pathway-specific rubrics today to align your design.
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| TikTok & Justification |
| Highly persuasive video beautifully presenting all 3 posters. Seamlessly integrates accurate research to justify visual design choices. |
| Clear short-form video that displays posters and details campaign benefits with supporting research. |
| Video fails to showcase posters clearly, lacks a cohesive flow, or omits research justification entirely. |
Note: Specific Standards replace Part 2 depending on your selected project pathway.
Evaluation System
Evaluation standards for Pathways B & C
Specific Standards 30 Points Each
| Criteria | Excellent (10 pts) | Proficient (8-7 pts) | Developing (6-1 pts) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scenario Realism | Crossroads scenarios capture genuine middle school dilemmas (peer exclusion, rumor control, digital chats) with high nuance. | Scenarios are highly realistic and recognizable for middle schoolers, offering logical outcome branches. | Scenarios are cartoonish, oversimplified, or do not reflect actual middle school social dynamics. |
| Flowchart Branching | Highly sophisticated flow architecture. At least 5 distinct ending node cards with organic branching. | Clear, working branching structure. Elements link together logically to clear endings. | Flowchart has broken paths, dead ends, or leads immediately to the same outcome. |
| Research Presentation | Exemplary speech or slides presentation. Clearly and persuasively articulates the relational science or communication theories behind scenario paths. | Well-structured presentation or speech explaining basic research grounding for scenario pathways. | Presentation is unstructured, lacks solid research, or is poorly presented. |
| Criteria | Excellent (10 pts) | Proficient (8-7 pts) | Developing (6-1 pts) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Categorization | Exemplary deconstruction of emotional, digital, physical, and cognitive boundaries in distinct, styled pages. | Accurately represents at least 3 major boundary fields with clear descriptions and layouts. | Categories are conflated, missing, or lack distinct structural separations in the zine. |
| Zine Craftsmanship | Exceptional regular-sized booklet or zine formatting. Beautiful diagrams, organized pages, and completely printable. | Clean, functional regular-sized zine design with high legibility throughout. | Folds or visual components are poorly calculated. Content gets cut off or is unreadable. |
| Research Presentation | Exemplary speech or slides presentation. Seamlessly explains the psychological or SEL research justifying boundary-setting visual designs. | Clear presentation or speech that outlines the basic research justifying their boundary guide choices. | Presentation is missing, unconvincing, or lacks any supporting research justification. |
Final Score = Core Standard Score (out of 20) + Selected Pathway Score (out of 30) Total Max Score: 50 Points
