Rubric for World War II Graphic Organizer Assignment

Total Points possible: 25

Amazing Great Adequate Poor Points
Question Student provides all Student provides Student discusses Students only lists
1 the main reasons for most of the reasons some reasons for participants of the
why Nazi Germany for why the war was why the war was war or provides
started the war and started and why the started, but does no information at
why the other belligerents of the not provide any all.
belligerents joined the war joined the war thorough
war on either the Axis on either the Axis or explanation.
or Allied side. Allied side.
Question Student thoroughly Student explains Student describes Student lists
2 explains the what the Hitler’s demands Hitler’s demands,
appeasement of Hitler appeasement of and states the but provides no
at the Munich Hitler was, what his outcome of explanation as to
Conference of 1938, demands were, and appeasement. why they were
including Hitler’s what happened as a met.
demands, and result of the
discusses what appeasement.
Hitler’s reaction was
to the appeasement.
Question Student explains with Student explains Student explains Student describes
3 great detail how the how the location of how the location the location of
geographic location of each of the Axis and geography of each of the major
each of the Axis Powers and Allied each of the Axis countries in the
Powers and Allied Powers affected their Powers and Allied war.
Powers contributed to roles in the war and Powers affected
their usefulness in the impacted their their roles in the
war and impacted combat abilities; war.
their overall abilities somewhat explains
during the war; also how geography
explains how the affected the
individual geographies outcomes of major
of the countries battles.
affected the war.
Question Student lists all major Student lists most of Students lists some Student lists only
4 political leaders who the major political of the political and the political or
were involved in the and military (air military leaders of military leaders of
war and writes their force, navy, army) the war and the war and does
proper titles. Student leaders of the war, as provides most of not write their
also lists all major well as their titles. their titles. titles.
army, air force, and
navy military leaders
of the Axis Powers
and Allied Powers and
writes their formal
titles.
Question Student gives ample Student gives Student explains Student somewhat
5a information on when plentiful information the tactics used by describes the
 Nazi attacks against on the tactics used the Nazi Party to tactics used by the
Jews began and the by the Nazi Party to attack Jews and Nazi Party against
tactics Nazis used to attack Jews and how they began. Jews and states
attack Jewish people. explain when and Student describes what the Final
Student thoroughly how these attacks how the attacks Solution was.
explains how Nazi started. Student eventually turned
attacks against Jews describes the into the Final
escalated to Jews treatment Jews faced Solution.
being deported to at the concentration
concentration camps; camps.
describes at least one
method of killing that
was used during the
Final Solution.

Question Student explains how Student explains the Student describes Student only
5b the Allied Powers reactions of the the active or writes that the
reacted to the news of Allied Powers to inactive state of the Allied Powers
Jews dying in death hearing about the Allied Powers knew about the
camps in Central systematic murder of toward discovering systematic murder
Europe and critically Jews and describes the murder of Jews of Jews.
analyzes how their how their reactions by Nazi Germany.
reactions affected the affected the end
outcome of the Final result of the Final
Solution. Solution.

Question Student accurately Student lists the Student only gives Student puts
6 lists the casualties of casualties for number of random numbers
the war in civilian and civilian and/or casualties for one or nothing at all.
military costs for all military losses of the side of the war
major parties war; lists the human
involved; lists how costs of the
many Jews were killed Holocaust.
by the Final Solution.