FINAL PROJECT RUBRIC Category Distinguished (100% Proficient (85% Emerging (70% Incomplete (50% credit) credit) credit) credit) Subject Demonstrates full Demonstrates Demonstrates Does not Knowledge knowledge (more than adequate minimal knowledge demonstrate required). knowledge (less than knowledge (far less 40 points Presentation of (minimum required). than required). information is very required). Presentation of Presentation lacks detailed, accurate, Presentation of information lack significant detail and contains no information is detail, and contains and/or contains inaccuracies. Shows detailed, mostly inaccuracies. Does significant clear evidence of accurate, and not show much inaccuracies. research and contains few evidence of Shows no evidence thoughtful inaccuracies. research and/or of research or consideration. Shows evidence of thought. thought. research and thought. Organization Project is in a logical, Project is in a Project is not easy There is no logical interesting sequence logical sequence, to follow and jumps sequence and is 10 points that is easy to follow. is easy to around. difficult to follow. follow. Graphics Contains extensive Contains graphics Contains some Contains no graphics that that relate to the graphics and/or graphics or images 20 points represent the information images do not have no relevance information accurately. represent the to the information. accurately AND are Graphics are information creatively used or go primarily images accurately. beyond simple images and/or (Gifs or embedded backgrounds. videos for example) Mechanics Contains NO spelling Contains minimal Contains some Contains extensive and/or grammatical spelling and/or spelling and/or spelling and/or 10 points errors. grammatical grammatical grammatical errors errors. errors. Historical Project illustrates Project shows some Project shows Project shows no Interpretation depth of historical historical thought minimal attempt at attempt at thought and analysis. and analysis. displaying displaying new 20 points Contains interesting Attempts to do historical thought historical thought and new look at something new and analysis. Does and analysis. historical thought. and/or different not attempt to do with historical something new information. and/or different with historical information.
FINAL PROJECT RUBRIC Category Distinguished (100% credit) Proficient (85% credit) Emerging (70% credit) Incomplete (50% credit) Subject Knowledge 40 points Demonstrates full knowledge (more than required). Presentation of information is very detailed, accurate, and contains no inaccuracies. Shows clear evidence of research and thoughtful consideration. Demonstrates adequate knowledge (minimum required). Presentation of information is detailed, mostly accurate, and contains few inaccuracies. Shows evidence of research and thought. Demonstrates minimal knowledge (less than required). Presentation of information lack detail, and contains inaccuracies. Does not show much evidence of research and/or thought. Does not demonstrate knowledge (far less than required). Presentation lacks significant detail and/or contains significant inaccuracies. Shows no evidence of research or thought. Organization 10 points Project is in a logical, interesting sequence that is easy to follow. Project is in a logical sequence, is easy to follow. Project is not easy to follow and jumps around. There is no logical sequence and is difficult to follow. Graphics 20 points Contains extensive graphics that represent the information accurately AND are creatively used or go beyond simple images (Gifs or embedded videos for example) Contains graphics that relate to the information accurately. Graphics are primarily images and/or backgrounds. Contains some graphics and/or images do not represent the information accurately. Contains no graphics or images have no relevance to the information. Mechanics 10 points Contains NO spelling and/or grammatical errors. Contains minimal spelling and/or grammatical errors. Contains some spelling and/or grammatical errors. Contains extensive spelling and/or grammatical errors Historical Interpretation 20 points Project illustrates depth of historical thought and analysis. Contains interesting and new look at historical thought. Project shows some historical thought and analysis. Attempts to do something new and/or different with historical information. Project shows minimal attempt at displaying historical thought and analysis. Does not attempt to do something new and/or different with historical information. Project shows no attempt at displaying new historical thought and analysis.
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