GENERIC RUBRIC: APPLICABLE TO ALL HISTORY COURSES
STANDARDS
EXCELLENT GOOD FAIR POOR
CRITERIA
Knowledge of the Shows Shows solid Shows Lacks a
readings, lectures, comprehensive but not satisfactory but satisfactory grasp
and other materials grasp of comprehensive not solid grasp of materials and
materials and grasp of materials of materials and readings
readings and readings readings
Ability to analyze Is able to identify Is sometimes able Is seldom able Is unable to
and synthesize key themes and to identify key to identify key identify key
historical materials concepts and raise themes and concepts themes and concepts themes and
critically and valid questions and raise valid and raise valid concepts and raise
connect these to questions questions valid questions
more recent issues,
events, and trends
Ability to articulate Is able to articulate Is sometimes able to Is seldom able to Is unable to
a cohesive a cohesive articulate a cohesive articulate a cohesive articulate a
historical narrative historical narrative, historical narrative, historical narrative, cohesive historical
and explanation including not only including causation, almost never narrative
facts, but also yet generally does including causation
causation not extend a to extend a narrative
narrative beyond beyond the facts
the facts
Ability to Is able to Is able to Is able to Is unable to
contextualize and contextualize and contextualize and contextualize and contextualize and
interpret primary interpret sources interpret sources, interpret sources, interpret sources and secondary accurately, citing several citing a few accurately
sources effectively, and sources accurately sources accurately,
comprehensively and effectively, but neither
but not effectively, nor
comprehensively comprehensively
Ability to write Is able to write Is able to write Is able to write Is unable to write
English clearly, English clearly, English effectively, basic English, English clearly,
correctly, and correctly, and with few logical, but effectiveness is correctly, or
effectively to effectively, with grammatical, or limited by logical, effectively
convey historical very few, if any, syntactical errors grammatical, or
knowledge and logical, grammatical, syntactical errors
understanding or syntactical errors