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History Project History Project Rubric to be used for grading history projects/presentations Rubric Code: U246CWB By Kristinlane Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8

History Presentation
	Excellent It would be hard to improve this element in any significant way. 5 pts	Proficient This element is completely acceptable and it's clear that the student worked hard on it. 4 pts	Need More Work This element needs some improvement. 3 pts	Unsatisfactory This element is not acceptable at all. 1 pts
Historical Events	Excellent Main historical event is studied and discussed. It's obvious the student understood what the important events was, why it was important, and was thorough.	Proficient Historical events studied/discussed are included and explained clearly.	Need More Work Mentioned at least one historical event, but needs to provide better explanation and be more thorough about covering all the main events.	Unsatisfactory Historical events are entirely or inaccurate. No description or explanation is given.
Interesting Facts or Ideas	Excellent Clearly states what they feel were the most important or interesting facts or ideas that they discovered in the chapter, and why they feel these are important. The student has been thorough and can provide a good argument for why those facts/ideas should be considered important.	Proficient Clearly states several important facts or ideas in a way that is informative to the reader.	Need More Work Facts or ideas are included but should be marked more clearly and explanations need to be given.	Unsatisfactory There are no important facts or ideas mentioned.
Geography * inclusion of at least one relevant map	Excellent The student has highlighted at least one important geography concept studied. They've provided a clear explanation, illustration, diagram, or other way of presenting the concept.	Proficient The student has included at least one geography concept and provided some explanation of that concept. Map was used effectively.	Need More Work The student has included a geography concept that either is inaccurate, hard to understand, or was not part of topic or map was not used.	Unsatisfactory There is no geography concept presented. No map is present.
Research	Excellent Research is consistently accurate, relevant, and supports the learning objective with a variety of concrete, factual information.	Proficient Research is mostly accurate and relevant. Research supports the learning objective with basic factual information.	Need More Work Research is more general than specific. It includes some evidence, but it contains errors, or does not support learning objective. Cut and pasting is evident.	Unsatisfactory Research does not support the learning objective or produce relevant evidence. Large sections of content are cut and paste.
Illustrations and Photos 2-3 of these	Excellent Illustrations relate well to the information and help the reader understand it better. Each one is framed neatly and has a neat and easy-to-read title or caption. It is easy to understand why that photo or illustration was placed there. They are either printed out from another source or--if hand drawn--are easy to identify and understand. Cut outs have an equal margin around all sides and are smooth and straight.	Proficient Each one is clearly related to the content and has captions or titles. They are neat and easy to identify, whether printed or hand drawn.	Need More Work Illustrations are hard to identify or understand and may not appear to be related to the content. Many are not labeled or captioned. Cut outs are messy.	Unsatisfactory If there are any illustrations, they are mostly unrelated to the content, or are difficult to identify, messy, and not titled or captioned.
Presentation:	Excellent Spectacular. Excited about topic, great eye contact; very confident	Proficient Passion in voice some of the time, good eye contact, confident and competent,	Need More Work Normal voice tone, some eye contact, some confidence and competence, unclear,	Unsatisfactory Soft voice, hard to understand, weak, poor confidence and competence, poor eye contact, unclear.
Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Pro	Excellent All the content is spelled correctly, and proper grammar and punctuation has been used, ALL words are pronounciated correctly.	Proficient Most of the content is spelled correctly--maybe one or two errors. Grammar is correct, and most of the punctuation is correct--maybe 3-5 errors. Most words are pronounciated correctly.	Need More Work There are 6-10 spelling errors and 11-15 punctuation errors. There are 3-5 grammar errors. 2 mispronounced words.	Unsatisfactory More than 10 spelling errors, more than 15 punctuation errors, or more than 6 grammar errors. 3+ mis-pronounced words.

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