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Thesis Rubric

World War II Inquiry Project

Student will create their own thesis statement and support it with three sources of evidence.

Rubric Code: KAWX59

By bloc2000

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Subject: History

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Thesis
	Exceeds Expectations 20 pts	Meets Expectations 17 pts	Below Expectations 14 pts	Missed Expectations 10 pts
Thesis and Introduction This is a statement about your topic that is controversial, persuasive, and decisive. (4 sentences)	Exceeds Expectations Student's thesis statement is engaging, exciting, and intriguing. It is clear, has a point of view on a historical event, person, or term. Briefly describes their supporting evidence smoothly and masterfully.	Meets Expectations Student's thesis statement is clear, has a point of view on a historical event, person, or term. Briefly describes their supporting evidence.	Below Expectations Students' thesis statement is unclear in some of the following ways: point of view on a historical event, person, or term, briefly describing their supporting evidence.	Missed Expectations Students' thesis statement in unclear in all ways or does not have a point of view and/or does not briefly describe their supporting evidence.
Supporting Evidence#1 Always try to prove and support your thesis statement! Use Box and Bullets to organize your thoughts and include a source! (4-6 sentences)	Exceeds Expectations Student supports their thesis with sources for evidence connecting to their topics and questions. The evidence is outstanding and explicit to their point. They do an exemplary job at explaining the purpose and reasoning of their source as evidence.	Meets Expectations Student supports their thesis with sources for evidence connecting to their topic, questions, and sources.	Below Expectations Student supports their thesis with a questionable source for evidence connecting to their topic, questions, and sources, OR student evidence lacks connections.	Missed Expectations Student does not have evidence with connections to support their thesis.
Supporting Evidence #2 Always try to prove and support your thesis statement! Use Box and Bullets to organize your thoughts and include a source! (4-6 sentences)	Exceeds Expectations Student supports their thesis with sources for evidence connecting to their topics and questions. The evidence is outstanding and explicit to their point. They do an exemplary job at explaining the purpose and reasoning of their source as evidence.	Meets Expectations Student supports their thesis with sources for evidence connecting to their topic, questions, and sources.	Below Expectations Student supports their thesis with a questionable source for evidence connecting to their topic, questions, and sources, OR student evidence lacks connections.	Missed Expectations Student does not have evidence with connections to support their thesis.
Supporting Evidence #3 Always try to prove and support your thesis statement! Use Box and Bullets to organize your thoughts and include a source! (4-6 sentences)	Exceeds Expectations Student supports their thesis with sources for evidence connecting to their topics and questions. The evidence is outstanding and explicit to their point. They do an exemplary job at explaining the purpose and reasoning of their source as evidence.	Meets Expectations Student supports their thesis with sources for evidence connecting to their topic, questions, and sources.	Below Expectations Student supports their thesis with a questionable source for evidence connecting to their topic, questions, and sources, OR student evidence lacks connections.	Missed Expectations Student does not have evidence with connections to support their thesis.
Conclusion This is where you wrap up and bring an end to the paper. What will be your final point to really drive home your thesis? (4-6 sentences)	Exceeds Expectations Student has a final statement ready to bring their inquiry full circle, to have a final say on their research and what it represents. They restate their thesis and masterfully wrap-up their thoughts on the topic.	Meets Expectations Student concludes their thesis by restating their thesis and having a final point to make to wrap-up their thoughts.	Below Expectations Student concludes their thesis be restating their thesis.	Missed Expectations Student does not have a conclusion or their conclusion is missing their thesis statement.
Annotated Bibliography
	Exceeds 10 pts	Meets 8 pts	Below 5 pts	Missing 0 pts
Citation Use either easybib.com or bibme.org	Exceeds Student has successfully cited their source according the MLA Style and tailored to the type of source it is.	Meets Student has cited their source according the MLA Style and tailored to the type of source it is. It does have some errors.	Below Student has cited their source according the MLA Style and tailored to the type of source it is. It does have multiple errors.	Missing Student has not cited their source according to MLA style or has done the wrong format for their type of source. OR The citation is completely missing.
Annotation 1-2 sentences briefly explaining what the source is and what you used it for.	Exceeds The annotation perfectly summarizes the source and the reasoning for it's use in the students' inquiry.	Meets The annotation is a great summary of the source and includes an explanation of its use in the students' inquiry.	Below The annotation is a good summary of the source and/or could be missing an explanation of its use in the students' inquiry.	Missing The annotation is a poor summary of the source missing the explanation of its use or is missing entirely.

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History

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