National History Day Paper Project Rubric – Presentation 1 2 3 4 Concept Thesis is present, but Thesis is present and is Thesis is present and Thesis is not present in is not clearly clearly maintained clearly maintained Thesis Presence the paper maintained throughout most of throughout the entire throughout most of the paper paper the paper Historical accuracy is Historical accuracy is Historical accuracy is Historical accuracy is seriously flawed. in question. Includes strong. Contains no exceptionally strong. Historical Includes two or more one or four or major errors of fact or There are no evident Accuracy major errors of fact or more minor errors of misinterpretations errors of fact or misinterpretations fact or misinterpretations misinterpretation Presentation lacks Presentation is Presentation balance, gives little Presentation is exceptionally balanced, Balanced balance, presents only attention to balanced, examines examines and presents Presentation one point of view of alternative views of thoroughly other views multiple points of view the topic the topic of the topic of the The paper shows The paper’s The paper’s Paper The paper is some organization, organization is almost organization is always Organization unorganized but those choices are always logical and easy logical and easy to not always logical to follow follow Paper conveys the Paper conveys the Paper conveys the thesis in a very basic thesis in creative or conveys the thesis thesis in extremely way. The paper does original ways. The in creative and original original and creative not establish a unified paper begins to ways. The paper ways. The paper and fluent argument establish a unified and establishes a unified clearly establishes a Presentation but instead appears fluent argument and fluent argument unified and fluent Format segmented or although at times it and rarely appears argument. The disjointed. The may appear segmented or student’s voice is student’s voice is not segmented or disjointed. The strong and clear clear throughout the disjointed. The student’s voice is clear throughout the paper. paper. student’s voice is in the paper. present in the paper. Violates a rule: 1. Length (1500-2500 Violates a major rule Complies with all Rules Compliance words) 2. Attributes all but clear methods of rules but may have a No major or minor sources with in text correction are minor infraction infractions citation, footnotes, or available endnotes Totals Comments Random Lake Social Studies Department, Revised 2008.
National History Day – Paper Project Rubric Presentation Concept 1 2 3 4 Thesis Presence Thesis is not present in the paper Thesis is present, but is not clearly maintained throughout most of the paper Thesis is present and is clearly maintained throughout most of the paper Thesis is present and clearly maintained throughout the entire paper Historical Accuracy Historical accuracy is seriously flawed. Includes two or more major errors of fact or misinterpretations Historical accuracy is in question. Includes one or four or more minor errors of fact or misinterpretation Historical accuracy is strong. Contains no major errors of fact or misinterpretations Historical accuracy is exceptionally strong. There are no evident errors of fact or misinterpretations Balanced Presentation Presentation balance, presents only one point of view of the topic Presentation lacks balance, gives little attention to alternative views of the topic Presentation is balanced, examines thoroughly other views of the topic Presentation is exceptionally balanced, examines and presents multiple points of view of the Paper Organization The paper is unorganized The paper shows some organization, but those choices are not always logical The paper’s organization is almost always logical and easy to follow The paper’s organization is always logical and easy to follow Presentation Format Paper conveys the thesis in a very basic way. The paper does not establish a unified and fluent argument but instead appears segmented or disjointed. The student’s voice is not clear throughout the paper. Paper conveys the thesis in creative or original ways. The paper begins to establish a unified and fluent argument although at times it may appear segmented or disjointed. The student’s voice is present in the paper. conveys the thesis in creative and original ways. The paper establishes a unified and fluent argument and rarely appears segmented or disjointed. The student’s voice is clear in the paper. Paper conveys the thesis in extremely original and creative ways. The paper clearly establishes a unified and fluent argument. The student’s voice is strong and clear throughout the paper. Rules Compliance Violates a rule: 1. Length (1500-2500 words) 2. Attributes all sources with in text citation, footnotes, or endnotes Violates a major rule but clear methods of correction are available Complies with all rules but may have a minor infraction No major or minor infractions Totals Comments Random Lake Social Studies Department, Revised 2008.