DESIGNING AND SHOWCASING TRADITIONAL POWWOW COSTUME GRADING RUBRICS

Model’s Name: _____________________________ Group: ________

Class: _____________________
CRITERIA EXCELLENT VERY SATISFACTORY SATISFACTORY ADEQUATE UNSATISFACTORY SCORE
5 4 3 2 1
COSTUME The costume wholly The costume well represents The costume relatively The costume fairly The costume
(how the attire resembles the represents the Native the Native Americans. represents the Native represents the Native inadequately represents
culture of Native Americans) Americans Americans. Americans the Native Americans
RESOURCEFULNESS Recycled Recycled materials/props Recycled Recycled Recycled materials/props
(how much recycled materials/props have have been used/created materials/props have materials/props have have not been
materials used) been innovatively been sparingly been sufficiently used/created
used/created used/created used/created
ORIGINALITY The costume is The costume is original and The costume quite The costume is The costume lacks in
(how real the costume look) unique and presentable. original and conventional and originality and
imaginative. presentable. similar to others. imagination.
CREATIVITY Costume is well- Costume is designed good Costume is average Costume is poor and Very little effort put into
(how the design materials designed with clever and good materials are used. but complete. materials are not the costume and
work to copy the original ideas. utilised well. materials are not utilised
costume)
FUNCTIONALITY Costume moves Costume moves well on the Costume moves okay Costume moves Costume inhibits the
(how wearable and extremely well on the model. Movement is smooth on the model. Model poorly on the model. model from moving well.
moveable the costume is) model. Movement is with a 1-2 exceptions. has some difficulty Model is struggling to Model seems to really
easy and fluid. with movement. walk and move. struggle with the
costume.
COMPLEXITY Costume looks really Costume looks complex yet Costume looks Costume looks poorly Costume effort looks
(how complicated the complicated yet very challenging. average but it could made and attention minimal and too simple.
designs are used to build) impressive. have been better could have been
designed made.

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