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History, Essay History, Essay This essay describes the requirements that students are to meet in order to gain full points for history essay. Rubric Code: L2XAW4B By JAlbow93 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Assessment Grade Levels: 9-12

History This rubric describes the requirements that students are to meet in order to gain full points for history essay or reaction essay.
	Excellent 10 pts	Good 7 pts	Average 5 pts	Poor 3 pts
Introduction	Excellent Contains a strong thesis that clearly explains the student's opinion and what the paper will be about. Introduces what will be discussed throughout the paper.	Good Thesis is present. May not be as strong as one in a 10 paper. OR Does not not clearly preview the paper.	Average Thesis is present but is weak. OR preview is present but weak.	Poor No thesis OR No Preview.
Body (at least 4 paragraphs)	Excellent Main idea that follows what has been stated in the thesis. Uses numerous, specific examples in order to reinforce main idea.	Good Main idea that follows what has been stated in the thesis. Uses some specific examples but not as many or as strong as needed.	Average Main idea is not as strong as could be. Uses less specific examples.	Poor Main idea is weak. Examples are few and general.
Conclusion	Excellent Summarizes paper and restates the strong thesis that is present in the introduction and throughout the paper. Leaves the reader with a desire to learn more.	Good Restates thesis, but paper is not summarized completely. Ends in a creative but not necessary efficient way.	Average Thesis is not restated. Summary is present but weak.	Poor Thesis is not restated. Summary is not present.
Bibliography	Excellent A wide range of sources are used which are highly relevant to the topic. All references are properly included using the MLA format.	Good Number of sources is sufficient to support the opinion presented. Most sources are properly included and follow the MLA format.	Average Insufficient number of sources are presented or are not relevant to the topic. Not all sources are properly included and show difficulty using the MLA format.	Poor Sources are lacking and irrelevant to topic. Sources are not included following the MLA format.
Use of Language: Spelling, grammar and punctuation are are used accordingly.	Excellent No mistakes.	Good 2-5 Mistakes	Average 5-8 Mistakes	Poor More than 8 mistakes.