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Biography Research Paper Biography of Famous American Rubric Code: GX59C24 By kcarbon2 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12

Biography of historical figure
	Excellent 20 pts	Good 15 pts	Needs Work 10 pts
Biographical Information	Excellent All important biographical information is presented. Bio includes three thoroughly researched subtopics. The reader is left with a full understanding of each subtopic.	Good Some or most biographical information is presented. Bio includes much information, but leaves the reader with more than two questions about one or more subtopics.	Needs Work Little or no biographical information is presented. Bio includes some basic information about the person, but doesn't go into detail about enough sub-topics. Reader is not left with enough information to understand the person's life.
Accomplishments	Excellent The content of the accomplishments in the biography is excellent. It includes many details of the contributions that the historical figure made .	Good The content of the biography is sufficient. It includes some details of the contributions that the historical figure made .	Needs Work There is little or no content to this biography (i.e. does not include the contributions the historical figure made .
Qualities	Excellent The student explains their understanding of what motivated the historical figure to accomplish what he/she did.	Good There is some mention of what were the beliefs or motivation for the historical figure's actions.	Needs Work There is little or no mention of what were the beliefs or motivation of the historical figure.
Grammar/Spelling/Biography	Excellent There are little or no grammatical errors and/or spelling mistakes (less than 3). All sentences are well thought out and easy to follow. Paragraphs contain correct citations and follow the formula "point, quote/fact, explain."	Good There are very few grammatical errors and/or spelling mistakes (less than 6) Most sentences are well thought out and mostly easy to follow. Paragraphs contain some correct citations and usually follow the formula "point, quote/fact, explain."	Needs Work There are many grammatical errors and/or spelling mistakes (More than 6). Little or none of the sentences are thought out or easy to follow. Citations either don't exist or are consistently incorrect.
Format	Excellent Paper contains correct MLA format: heading, page numbering, font, margins, indentation for paragraphs, and works cited page.	Good Paper contains some mistakes with MLA format: heading, page numbering, font, margins, indentation for paragraphs, and/or works cited page.	Needs Work Paper contains many errors with MLA format: heading, page numbering, font, margins, indentation for paragraphs, and/or works cited page.