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Social Studies Research Paper 
Students learn to write research paper with proper format and citations.
Rubric Code: UX4628A
By lindaaustin
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Subject: History  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 6-8

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  Poor

1 pts

Fair

3 pts

Good

5 pts

Heading Format

Poor

Two or more of the following errors:

Title is not at top of page or not centered.
Title is not between 12-16 font.
Name is not centered directly under title.
Fair

Title is not at top of page or not centered.
or
Title is not between 12-16 font.
or
Name is not centered directly under title.
Good

Title is centered at top of page.

Title is between 12-16 font.

Name is centered directly under title.
Page Format

Poor

Two or more of the following errors:

Paper is not double spaced.
Font is not 12 and plain as in Times or Arial.
Paragraphs are not indented 5 spaces.
Fair

Paper is not double spaced.
or
Font is not 12 and plain as in Times or Arial.
or
Paragraphs are not indented 5 spaces.
Good

Paper is double spaced

Font is 12 and plain as in Times New Roman, Arial

Paragraphs are indented 5 spaces.
Paper Length

Poor

Paper exceeds or is short of one page in length by more than five words.
Fair

Paper exceeds or is short of one page in length by no more than five words.
Good

Paper is exactly one page in length.
Picture Format

Poor

Two or more of the following errors:
Picture does not reflect topic of paper
Picture is larger than 1/9 of page.
Text does not wrap around picture.
Fair

Picture does not reflect topic of paper
or
Picture is larger than 1/9 of page.
or
Text does not wrap around picture.
Good

Picture reflects the topic of paper and is no larger than 1/9 of page.

Text should wrap around picture.
Citation Format

Poor

Citation(s) is/are not located at bottom of page.
and
Citation(s) is/are not in correct MLA format.
Fair

Citation(s) is/are not located at bottom of page.
or
Citation(s) is/are not in correct MLA format.
Good

Citation(s) is/are located at the bottom of page.

Citation(s) is/are in correct MLA format.
Content

Poor

Two or more apply:

Content is somewhat descriptive of the title.
Content could be better organized.
Content could be more informative.
Fair

Content is somewhat descriptive of the title.
or
Content could be better organized.
or
Content could be more informative.
Good

Content is descriptive of the title and succinctly informative.
Spelling

Poor

There are more than three spelling errors found in paper.
Fair

There are between one and three spelling errors found in paper.
Good

There are no spelling errors found in paper.
Grammar

Poor

There are more than three grammatical errors.
Fair

There are between two and three grammatical errors.
Good

There are no grammatical errors.
Plagiarism

Poor

The paper has one or more instances of plagiarism.
Fair
Good

The paper has no instances of plagiarism.



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