WWI: Final Test Rubric – High School

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Content: Focus

My essay integrates answers to all parts of the question and discusses them thoroughly and completely without wandering off the subject.

My essay answers all parts of the question without wandering off the subject.

My essay attempts to answer all parts of the question but is rather incomplete and often wanders off the subject.

My essay does not answer several parts of the question and includes irrelevant comments and information.

Content: Support

I support my conclusions with accurate references to numerous historical ideas, trends, people, events, and places, during WWI and during other time periods.

I support my conclusions with accurate references to people, events, and places during WWI and other time periods.

I support my conclusions with a few references to people, events, and places during WWI and other time periods, but they may not be appropriate or accurate.

I do not support my conclusions with accurate references to people, events, and places during WWI and other time periods.

Content: Multiple Perspectives

I discuss the variety of reasons that many different countries had for entering and not entering the War.

I discuss some reasons that a few countries had for entering and not entering the war.

I discuss a few reasons that more than one country had for entering and not entering the war.

I only discuss the reasons that one country had for entering the war.

Content: Connections

I draw several, unique and logical conclusions based on valid and reasonable connections between WWI, other historical periods, and my personal experiences.

I draw reasonable conclusions based on connections between WWI, other historical periods, and my personal experiences.

I draw some predictable conclusions, but some of the connections I make are not logical.

I do not make connections between WWI and other time periods, or the connections I make are not logical.

Writing: Style and Conventions

My writing is clear and easy to read and understand with no errors in spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, capitalization, or Standard English that detract from what I am saying.

My writing is generally easy to read and understand with very few errors in spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, capitalization, or Standard English that detract from meaning.

My writing is sometimes difficult to read or understand, with several errors in spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, capitalization, or Standard English that detract from meaning.

My writing is very difficult to read or understand, and I have many errors in spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, capitalization, or Standard English that detract from meaning.