RubricforAssessingaTimelineHENRYFORD

Grading
Excellent5pts Acceptable4pts Minimal3pts. Unacceptable2pts.
Criteria

Greatcaretakeninselection
oftimelineentries;most Selectionsmeet Doesnotinclude
significantevents,suchas assignmentcriteria; Includesrequirednumberof requirednumberof
EntryChoice relevantentries;some
thosethatshowhistorical nosignificant entries;contains
patternorcauseandeffect inaccuracies. inaccuracies. seriousinaccuracies.
relationship,selected.

Scaleconsistentand
Scalemostly Scaleroughlydrawn; Noapparentscale;
accurate;increments
accurate;increments incrementsmarkedwithsome incrementsnot
Content marked;allentriesin
marked;entriesin degreeofaccuracy;some marked;manyentries
sequenceandplacedwith
sequence. entriesoutofsequence. outofsequence.
care.

Fewmechanical Someerrorsinspellingand Manyerrorsinspelling

Mechanics Flawless.
errors. dates. anddates.

Visuallystriking;very
Clearand
VisualAppeal effectiveincommunicating Legible. Illegibleandmessy.
uncluttered.
historicalinformation.
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