National History Day Documentary 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 documentary maintained throughout most of throughout the entire throughout most of the documentary documentary the documentary 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 major 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 is Presentation lacks Presentation lacks Presentation is exceptionally Balanced balance, presents only balance, gives little balanced, examines balanced, examines Presentation one point of view of attention to thoroughly other views and presents multiple the topic alternative views of of the topic points of view the topic of the topic The documentary The documentary’s The documentary’s The documentary is shows some organization is almost organization is always Documentary unorganized organization, but always logical and easy logical and easy to Organization those choices are not to follow follow always logical Documentary shows Documentary shows Documentary shows Documentary shows thesis in a very basic thesis in creative or thesis in creative and thesis in extremely way. Little thought is original ways. original ways. Choices original and creative given to how choices Choices of clear and of clear and coherent ways. Exceptional Presentation of clear and coherent coherent narration narration, text, media, choices of clear and Format narration and/or text, and/or text, media, audio and images help coherent narration, media, audio or images audio or images often convey the thesis and text, media, audio and might help convey the help convey the thesis the student’s images clearly convey thesis and the student’s conclusions the thesis and the conclusions student’s conclusions Violates a rule: 1. Time requirement Violates a rule Complies with all Compliance (10min) but clear methods of major rules but may No major or minor 2. Runs on its own correction are have a minor infraction infractions without technical available problems. Totals Comments Random Lake Social Studies Department, Revised 2008.
National History Day – Documentary Project Rubric Presentation Concept 1 2 3 4 Thesis Presence Thesis is not present in the documentary Thesis is present, but is not clearly maintained throughout most of the documentary Thesis is present and is clearly maintained throughout most of the documentary Thesis is present and clearly maintained throughout the entire documentary Historical Accuracy Historical accuracy is seriously flawed. Includes two or more major errors of fact or misinterpretations Historical accuracy is in question. Includes one major 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 lacks 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 topic Documentary Organization The documentary is unorganized The documentary shows some organization, but those choices are not always logical The documentary’s organization is almost always logical and easy to follow The documentary’s organization is always logical and easy to follow Presentation Format Documentary shows thesis in a very basic way. Little thought is given to how choices of clear and coherent narration and/or text, media, audio or images might help convey the thesis Documentary shows thesis in creative or original ways. Choices of clear and coherent narration and/or text, media, audio or images often help convey the thesis and the student’s conclusions Documentary shows thesis in creative and original ways. Choices of clear and coherent narration, text, media, audio and images help convey the thesis and the student’s conclusions Documentary shows thesis in extremely original and creative ways. Exceptional choices of clear and coherent narration, text, media, audio and images clearly convey the thesis and the student’s conclusions Compliance Violates a rule: 1. Time requirement (10min) 2. Runs on its own without technical problems. Violates a rule but clear methods of correction are available Complies with all major rules but may have a minor infraction No major or minor infractions Totals Comments Random Lake Social Studies Department, Revised 2008.
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