CBA1 – The Past in My Place – Success Criteria

Historical Consciousness
Content: Text
Criteria Exceptional Above In line with Yet to meet
expectations expectations expectations
Is the Detailed Very good Background Little or no
background to background background information that background
the CBA fully information given information, introduces the information,
explained? that is all relevant clearly explains topic clearly does not put
to the topic and the important the topic in its
clearly links in with information historical
later sections and needed to context
places the topic in understand the
its historical topic
context

Main account: Detailed, well Detailed Account that Lacks detail in

how well does written, clear account of the covers all the several places,
the written text account of the topic, making main aspects of poorly written
cover the topic? topic that covers all good use of the topic but
aspects of the topic information lacks detail in
in an interesting places
and engaging way

Presentation: Very well laid out Well laid out Headings and Poorly laid out,
Is the CBA well and structured; and structured paragraphs used with few or no
laid out, easy to text is easy to to break up the headings
follow and well follow, with text
presented headings, sub-
headings, use of
coloured text
Content: Images
Exceptional Above In line with Yet to meet
expectations expectations expectations
Number and type of A lot of images, A lot of images, Several Only one or
images of various of various images, largely two images
different types different types photographs

Captions on images All images All images Only some No captions

clearly labelled clearly labelled images
with labelled
information to
explain their
importance to
the topic

Relation to the topic Images are well All images help Images are Images add
integrated into deepen the well used little to the
the CBA, their understanding understanding
importance of the topic of the topic
clear and
central
Working with Evidence
Sources and evidence
Exceptional Above In line with Yet to meet
expectations expectations expectations
How many sources More than Three Two One
used? three

All sources listed at the Yes, with all Yes, with all Yes No
end? relevant relevant
information information

Are the sources References References A few No

mentioned/referenced integrated into given at the end references to
in the text? the text of each sources in the
paragraph or text
section

Are the sources Multiple Several A few No

quoted directly in the quotations used quotations quotations in
text? throughout the the text
text, properly
referenced
The Big Picture
Exceptional Above In line with Yet to meet
expectations expectations expectations
Is the topic Connection is Connection is Some attempt No attempt to
connected into the explained well explained made make the
wider history of your throughout the in separate historical
local area, Ireland or CBA section in the connection
CBA
the rest of the world?

Is the topic Explanation of Detailed Brief No attempt to

historically why each aspect explanation that explanation explain the
important? of the topic is puts the topic historical
important into the wider importance
historical
context

Student Reflection Task

Exceptional Above In line with Yet to meet
expectations expectations expectations
How well were the Evidence of real Detailed Some attempt Answers were
questions on the reflection, answers to made to show very short, did
reflection answered? detailed questions, what the not really
answers, examples from student reflect on the
examples from the CBA used learned from process
the CBA, the process
analysis of
historical
methods