Marks’ description

Criteria
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• The work does not • Does not • Does not • Demonstrates • Demonstrates • Demonstrates • Demonstrates
demonstrate any demonstrates demonstrates relevant historical relevant historical relevant and accurate sufficient, detailed,
evidence of historial understandig of understandig of knowledge, but rarely knowledge, historical knowledge, relevant and accurate
knowledge related to historical knowledge, historical knowledge, establishes establishing some establishing some historical knowledge,
the assesment. and does not and rarely connections with connections with connections with establishing
• The work does not establish connections establishes historical concepts historical concepts. historical concepts connections with
demonstrate any with historical connections with and/or contexts. • Comprehends and contexts. historical concepts
Knowledge and comprehension of the concepts and/or historical concepts • Comprehends ideas and concepts • Comprehends the and contexts.
understanding intentions, ideas and contexts. and/or contexts. vaguely some ideas of different historical intentions, ideas, and • Comprehends
concepts of any • Does not • Comprehends few and concepts of sources. concepts of different widely the intentions,
historical source. comprehend ideas ideas and concepts historical sources. historical sources. ideas, and concepts
and concepts of of historical sources. of different historical
historical sources. sources.

• The work does not • Does not Identifies • Vaguely Identifies • Identifies and • Identifies and • Identifies and • Identifies and
demonstrate any and selects historical and selects historical selects historical selects appropriate selects appropriate selects appropriate
evidence of seaching, sources sources, and sources sources, and sources sources, but and relevant sources, and relevant sources, and relevant sources,
analysis and there is vague and there is not a clear there is not an and there is not a and there is a clear and there is a clear
applications sources not clear explanation explanation of the explanation of the sufficient explanation explanation of the and sufficient
skills of the importance of importance of the importance of the of the importance of importance of the explanation of the
the sources. sources. sources. the sources. sources, based on importance of the
• Does not devolopes • Rarely devolopes • Devolopes some • Devolopes historical knowledge. sources, based on
coherent arguments coherent arguments coherent arguments coherent arguments • Devolopes clear historical knowledge.
Application and analysis based on some based on some based on some based on some and coherent • Devolopes clear,
historical knowledge historical knowledge historical knowledge historical knowledge arguments based on consistent and
and sources, and it and sources, and not and sources, but not and sources, but not some historical coherent arguments
isnot sufficiently sufficiently depth. sufficiently depth. sufficiently clear. knowledge and based on historical
depth. sources. knowledge and
sources.
 • The work does not • References are not • References are
demonstrate any made to sources, and vaguely made to
evidence synthesis these references are sources, and these
and evaluation skills. not used as evidence references are not
to support the used as evidence to
analysis. support the analysis.
• Does not evaluates • Evaluates vaguely
sources as historical some sources as
evidence, and does historical evidence,
not recognize their but does not
value and limitations. recognize their value
• Does not and limitations.
synthesizes the • Does not
Synthesis and evaluation
information from a synthesizes with
selection of sources. detail and clearity the
information from a
selection of sources.
• References are • Clear references
made to some are made to some
sources, but these sources, and some of
references are not these references are
clearly used as used as evidence to
evidence to support support the analysis,
the analysis. integrating in the
• Evaluates vaguely response some
some sources as different perspectives
historical evidence, on historical issues
recognizing vaguely and events.
their value and • Evaluates sources
limitations. as historical
• Synthesizes part of evidence, recognizing
the information from vaguely their value
a scarced selection of and limitations.
sources. • Synthesizes
information from a
limited selection of
sources.
• Clear and varied • Clear, varied and
references are made sufficient references
to the sources, and are made to the
these references are sources, and these
used effectively as references are used
evidence to support effectively as
the analysis, evidence to support
integrating in the the analysis,
response some integrating in the
different perspectives response different
on historical issues perspectives on
and events. historical issues and
• Evaluates sources events.
as historical • Evaluates sources
evidence, recognizing as historical
their value and evidence, recognizing
limitations. sufficiently their value
• Synthesizes and limitations.
information from a • Synthesizes
selection of sources. information from a
selection of relevant
sources.
 • The work does not • Does not structure • Structures and • Structures and • Structures and • Structures and • Structures and
demonstrate any or develop develops poor and develops productions develops focused, develops focused, develops focused,
evidence of use and productions that unclear productions but do not respond clear and coherent clear and coherent clear, coherent and
application of respond to the that do not respond entirely to the productions but do productions that effectively organized
appropriate skills. demands of a entirely to the demands of a not clearly respond respond effectively to productions that
question. demands of a question. to the demands of a the demands of a respond effectively to
• Does not question. • Demonstrates question. question. the demands of a
demonstrate • Rarely vague awareness of • Demonstrates • Demonstrates question.
awareness of the demonstrates the challenges facing awareness of some awareness of • Demonstrates clear
challenges facing the awareness of the the of the challenges challenges facing the awareness of
historian and/or challenges facing the historian and/or facing the historian and/or challenges facing the
limitations of the historian and/or limitations of the historian and/or limitations of the historian and/or
Use and application of methods used by the limitations of the methods used by the limitations of the methods used by the limitations of the
appropriate skills historian. methods used by the historian. methods used by the historian. methods used by the
• Does not historian. • Demonstrates historian. • Demonstrates some historian.
demonstrate • Demonstrates a evidence of basic and • Demonstrates evidence of research • Demonstrates
research skills, lack of research scarced research vague evidence of skills, organization, evidence of research
organization, skills, organization, skills, organization, research skills, referencing and skills, organization,
referencing and referencing and referencing and organization, selection of referencing and
selection of selection of selection of referencing and appropriate sources. selection of
appropriate sources. appropriate sources. appropriate sources. selection of appropriate sources.
appropriate sources.