Contemporary American Indian History

Category

Exemplary

Proficient

Partially Proficient

Unsatisfactory

Points

Research Paper

Wrote a thoughtful, creative, well-worded 1page research paper that was relevant to the assigned topic. Was written in the students’ own words.

Wrote a well-worded 1 page research paper that was relevant to the assigned topic. There was an absence of creative thought. Was written in the students’ own words.

Wrote a 1 page research paper which lacked focus, was poorly organized, and was not entirely relevant to the assigned topic. Some components were copied directly from the original source.

Wrote a 1 page research paper which lacked a specific focus, was poorly stated, and was not relevant to the assigned topic

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Selection of Sources

Identified highly appropriate sources in a variety of formats (books, journals, electronic sources, podcasts, etc.)

Identified mostly appropriate sources in a variety of formats (books, journals, electronic sources, podcasts, etc.)

Identified a few appropriate sources, but made little attempt to balance format types.

Identified no appropriate sources in any format.

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Note-taking & Notecards

Notecards were properly formatted. Extracted relevant information from sources. Wrote notes including succinct key facts, which directly provided source material for the research paper and media production. Were written in the students’ own words.

Notecards were mostly properly formatted. Extracted mostly relevant information. Wrote notes that included key facts that were mostly helpful in the production of the research paper and media source. Were written in the students’ own words

Notecards were largely improperly formatted. Extracted a lot of information which wasn’t relevant. Wrote notes which included irrelevant facts to their assigned topic. Some notes were copied directly from the original source.

Notecards were improperly formatted. Extracted irrelevant information. Wrote notes which included a majority of facts which did not answer the research questions. Most or all notes were copied word-for-word from the original source.

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Organization & Synthesis

Presented content clearly and concisely with a logical progression of ideas and effective supporting evidence

Presented most of the content with a logical progression of ideas and supporting evidence.

Presented content which failed to maintain a consistent focus, showed minimal effort and organization, and lacked an adequate amount of supporting evidence.

Presented content which was unfocused, poorly organized, showed little thought or effort and lacked supporting evidence

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Citations/ Documentation

Cited all sources of information accurately. Used information ethically all of the time.

Cited most sources of information in proper format and documented sources. Used information ethically most of the time.

Cited most sources of information improperly and provided little or no supporting documentation to check accuracy. Failed to use information ethically some of the time.

Created citations which were incomplete or inaccurate. Provided little to no way to check the validity of the information gathered. Failed to use the information ethically.

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