Evaluation

Evaluation

You will be evaluated on an individual and group basis. You will have two scores; one for your individual work and one for your group work. Therefore, one of your grades may be higher than the other. Your final grade will be determined by averaging your individual and group scores.

Individual Evaluation

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4
Independent Work	Student does not use time wisely and disrupts other students.	Student inconsistently uses time effectively.	Student is focused on task and completes work quietly.	Student works diligently and efficiently on task.
Quality of Research	Student does not use links provided and does not complete graphic organizer.	Student does not use all of the links provided to answer questions leading to incomplete conclusions.	Student uses all of the links provided to gather information and completes graphic organizer.	Student uses all of the links provided, completes graphic organizer and applies that knowledge to synthesize connections.
Paragraphs	Paragraphs do not meet length requirement, thoughts are unorganized, with several grammatical errors.	Paragraphs are somewhat organized, central idea is present but not obvious and contains a few grammatical errors.	Paragraphs are complete, good organization of central idea with no more than one or two grammatical errors.	Paragraphs are thorough, well organized, central idea is obvious, and contains no grammatical errors.

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Score

Independent Work

Student does not use time wisely and disrupts other students.

Student inconsistently uses time effectively.

Student is focused on task and completes work quietly.

Student works diligently and efficiently on task.

Quality of Research

Student does not use links provided and does not complete graphic organizer.

Student does not use all of the links provided to answer questions leading to incomplete conclusions.

Student uses all of the links provided to gather information and completes graphic organizer.

Student uses all of the links provided, completes graphic organizer and applies that knowledge to synthesize connections.

Paragraphs

Paragraphs do not meet length requirement, thoughts are unorganized, with several grammatical errors.

Paragraphs are somewhat organized, central idea is present but not obvious and contains a few grammatical errors.

Paragraphs are complete, good organization of central idea with no more than one or two grammatical errors.

Paragraphs are thorough, well organized, central idea is obvious, and contains no grammatical errors.

Group Evaluation

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4
Group Work	Group does not work together as a team and lacks communication.	Group inconsistently works together and has trouble compromising.	Group works cooperatively to achieve end product and teamwrok is evident.	Group works cooperatively and diligently to complete task and teamwork is obvious in end product.
Discussion	Group discussion is not organized, thoughts are not expressed well, and a conclusion on which items to include cannot be met.	Group discusses material in an unorganized manner, but are able to reach a conclusion on the items to include.	Group guietly discusses the material and reachers a conclusion on the items to include.	Group quietly and diligently discusses the material to reach a conclusion on the items to include in an effecient manner.
Presentation	Presentation lacks preparation, requirements for time capsule are not not met, and importance to the time period is not explained.	Presentation completed with little preparation, connection of time capsule items and time period is not thoroughly explained.	Presentation shows prepartion, requirements for time capsule are met and relevance to time period is explained.	Presentation shows prepartion and organization, time capsule items and relevance is thorough and appealing to the audience.

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Developing

Accomplished

Exemplary

Score

Group Work

Group does not work together as a team and lacks communication.

Group inconsistently works together and has trouble compromising.

Group works cooperatively to achieve end product and teamwrok is evident.

Group works cooperatively and diligently to complete task and teamwork is obvious in end product.

Discussion

Group discussion is not organized, thoughts are not expressed well, and a conclusion on which items to include cannot be met.

Group discusses material in an unorganized manner, but are able to reach a conclusion on the items to include.

Group guietly discusses the material and reachers a conclusion on the items to include.

Group quietly and diligently discusses the material to reach a conclusion on the items to include in an effecient manner.

Presentation

Presentation lacks preparation, requirements for time capsule are not not met, and importance to the time period is not explained.

Presentation completed with little preparation, connection of time capsule items and time period is not thoroughly explained.

Presentation shows prepartion, requirements for time capsule are met and relevance to time period is explained.

Presentation shows prepartion and organization, time capsule items and relevance is thorough and appealing to the audience.