iRubric: Oregon Trail Rubric

Guidebook does NOT address topic, information from the Instructional Unit has not been retained at all by student.

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No Work Submitted

Guidebook attempts to address topic, but fails. Some information retained from the Instructional Unit, but does not demonstrate full comprehension of the subject or cannot clearly convey it to others.

Guidebook competently addresses topic, but does not add much new insight into the subject. It is clear that the author has learned a great deal during the Project and is able to communicate this knowledge to others.

Guidebook directly addresses topic, and offers new insight or perspective to the subject. The author retained nearly all of the knowledge presented in the Instructional Unit Overview. Student is able to synthesize this knowledge in new ways that demonstrates critical thinking on the topic.

Little thought or analysis on the topic is demonstrated. The Guidebook includes too few facts or examples.

OR

No Work Submitted

The student has not thought fully on the topic or issues facing families and children on the Oregon Trail. The guide lacks detail and critical thinking.

The student has considered many of the issues that faced families on the Oregon Trail, but has left out a few points. The Guide demonstrates some critical thinking on the topic and illustrates many aspects of the experience, including most of the challenges and opportunities for families migrating westward on the Trail.

The student has fully considered the issues that families faced on the Oregon Trail and presented them in a creative way. The student has thought critically about the topic and illustrated most aspects of the experience, including both the challenges and opportunities for families. The guidebook demonstrates creativity and is not just a list of facts learned from the Instructional Unit.

VoiceThread does NOT address topic, information is lacking critical items. No information been retained by student. Relies on personal experience and opinion only. Does not support objects with facts and/or reasons why they are important to traveling children.

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No Work Submitted

VoiceThread attempts to address item importance, but fails. Some information retained from the Instructional Unit, but does not demonstrate full comprehension of the items selected and cannot accurately describe their importance.

VoiceThread competently addresses items selected by student, but does not add importance of item to migrating children. It is clear that the author has learned a great deal about the objects and he/she is able to communicate this knowledge to others.

VoiceThread directly addresses items selected by student, and offers new insight or perspective to the items selected. The author retained nearly all of the knowledge presented in the Instructional Unit Overview. Student is able to synthesize this knowledge in new ways that demonstrates critical thinking on the topic by demonstrating importance of objects to children on the Oregon Trail.

No direct quotes or examples from sources. Incorrect facts and/or citations.

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No Work Submitted

Some facts are accurate and relate back to the item presented. However, there are more opinion based statements than facts overall.

All facts are accurate and relate back to the item presented. Not all facts were correctly cited within VoiceThread, only providing less than 75% of citations.

All facts are accurate and relate back to the item presented. Excellent use of examples and facts from the sources with every single fact being cited within VoiceThread.