One+Paragraph+research+rubric

RUBRIC for 1-paragraph research assignment
 * || Grade (2-5) || Comments ||
 * Clear thesis sentence ||  ||   ||
 * Overall organization ||  ||   ||
 * Sentence structure ||  ||   ||
 * Style and word usage ||  ||   ||
 * Coverage of main ideas ||  ||   ||
 * Specific facts included ||  ||   ||
 * Sources noted ||  ||   ||
 * Connections made ||  ||   ||
 * Conclusion ||  ||   ||
 * Add 5 to total and double ||  || (this converts to our normal scale) ||
 * + Creativity points ||  ||   ||
 * Overall Grade ||  ||   ||
 * Overall Grade ||  ||   ||


 * __Ideas for topics:__**
 * 1) Maroons
 * 2) Maya
 * 3) Pan-American Highway
 * 4) Inca
 * 5) Taino
 * 6) Olmec
 * 7) Conquistadores
 * 8) Arawak
 * 9) Tenochtitlan
 * 10) Hispaniola
 * 11) Aztec
 * 12) Coca
 * 13) Hernan Cortes
 * 14) Francisco Pizarro
 * 15) Mestizo
 * 16) Gaia hypothesis
 * 17) Caribbean Plate
 * 18) Amazon River
 * 19) Machu Picchu
 * 20) Bernardo O’Higgins
 * 21) Ernesto Guevarra
 * 22) Fidel Castro
 * 23) Simon Bolivar
 * 24) Liberation Theology
 * 25) Charles Darwin
 * 26) Gaucho
 * 27) Panama Canal
 * 28) Galapagos Islands