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Biography Project

Students will research a famous historical figure, report on the events that surround his or her life, report on the actions of that person which inlfuenced history.

Rubric Code: K95C92

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Subject: History

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

BIOGRAPHY: Historical Figure Must have died >100 years ago, neverlived in North America, real person
	Poor Student has trouble meeting requirements of criteria. 1 pts	Fair Student has met most of the criteria's requirements. 2 pts	Good Student has met all of the criteria's requirements. 3 pts
FORMAT Biography must contain all elements of a written biography paper (e.g. Title Page, Bibliography, etc)	Poor Biography is less than four paragraphs and/or is missing several key elements (e.g. bibliography, title page, etc.).	Fair Biography contains most of the key elements and is at least five paragraphs in length.	Good Biography contains all necessary elements including title page, image of the subject, and a bibliography. Biography is also a minimum of five paragraphs in length.
RESEARCH Students will conduct research on the historical figure using a minimum of three resources of varying types (e.g. books, encyclopedias, internet, etc...).	Poor Student does minimal research, using only one or two source materials.	Fair Student uses a minimum of three sources of material for research, but does not vary source material.	Good Student uses a minimum of three sources of material for research from varying source materials, which must include the use of the internet as well as publications.
SPELLING & GRAMMAR Project must make proper use of spelling and grammar.	Poor Student has many errors in spelling and/or grammar that impact the readers understanding of the writing.	Fair Students makes various errors in grammar and/or spelling, but the reader has a clear understanding of the author's intent.	Good Student has few or no errors in spelling and/or grammar.
BIBLIOGRAPHY Students will properly cite research material using a bibliography.	Poor Student does not use a bibliography and/or does not properly cite source material.	Fair Student uses a bibliography but has made some mistakes in properly formatting citation of source material.	Good Student properly cites a minimum of three sources of material in their bibliography.
SEQUENCING Students will put events in a chronological time order: birth, life events, death.	Poor Biography does not follow a chronological time order and is confusing to reader the timeline of events.	Fair Biography generally follows a chronological time line, but may have one or two events out of order.	Good Biography follows a chronological time line.
INFORMATION Biography must include the historical figure's: family information, his or her life events, historical choices, effects of his or her life in history.	Poor Student includes sparse information about the person's life and importance of his or her place in history.	Fair Student has some missing information on person's life and/or does not explain relevance of their place n history.	Good Student includes ALL required information on person's life and describes the importance of their place in history.

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Biography, history.

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