Term 3 Year 5 History: The Swan River Colony

Student name:
Teacher: Miss K Jacobsen
Task description: Students chose a significant event or development from WAs colonial period to research. They were then
required to present their collected information in a form of choice.
The overarching inquiry question that students were responding to was what impacts did this event/development have in the
Swan River Colony?

Criteria Excellent Good Satisfactory Developing

Inquiry The student has posed 3- The student has posed 3- The student has posed 3 The student has planned
questions 4 focus questions that 4 focus questions that focus questions that less than 3 focus
would effectively help were relevant to his/her related to their chosen questions, and/or the
him/her investigate the chosen event or event or developments questions may not have
impacts that their chosen development in the significance. been relevant to their
event or development Swan River Colony. research task.
had on the Swan River
Colony.
Sequence The student has The student has The student has The student has not
accurately sequenced a accurately sequenced a sequenced several key included key dates or
detailed number of key number of key dates and dates and facts, but may facts, and may have
dates and facts. facts. have made some minor incorrectly sequenced
errors. those that he or she does
have.
Significance The student has The student has The student has mostly The student has not
comprehensively responded to the responded to the adequately responded
responded to the overarching inquiry overarching inquiry to the overarching inquiry
overarching inquiry question of how the question of how the question of how the
question of how the event/development was event/development was event/development was
event/development was significant for the Swan significant for the Swan significant for the Swan
significant for the Swan River Colony. Different River Colony, but their River Colony.
River Colony. Different perspectives may have project may have lacked
perspectives are been considered. detail. At least one
considered. perspective is included.
Sources The student has The student has The student has used The student has not
(reference collected information collected information and referenced at least referenced any sources.
from a comprehensive from several credible 2 sources. The student The student has copy
page)
number of credible references. The student has mostly presented this and pasted information
references. The student has presented this information in his/her from the internet.
has presented this information in his/her own words.
information in his/her own words.
own words.
Presentation The student has The student has The student has The student has not
presented his/her work presented his/her work presented his/her work presented his/her work
effectively, along with well, along with the use neatly. There may be neatly or effectively.
the appropriate use of of historical terminology. several minor The student may have
historical terminology. There are 1-5 errors with punctuation, spelling or made too many spelling,
There are 0-2 minor errors spelling, punctuation or grammar errors. capitalisation,
with spelling, grammar. understanding and
punctuation or grammar. punctuation
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