DBE+Rubric

This page contains the assessment rubric used for the DBE. You can access it in three different ways. You will have a hard copy. Also, you can scroll down on this page to view the entire rubric. Third, there is a link below to the Word file. You can open that and toggle between it and your essay file if that is easier for you.

 || The author’s written narrative mentions several different historical sources and participants, but doesn’t attempt to e xplain the different viewpoints. The narrative mentions one or more ways the past differs from the present, but doesn’t attempt to fully explain those differences  || The author’s written narrative does not attempt to show more than one source or viewpoint. The author  sees all sources as either true or false / good or bad with no examination of anywhere in between. The author writes as though the past is just like the present.  ||  || The author’s written narrative uses l anguage that can be easily understood, but there are some errors that make the reader stop and start over in the reading. The writing is organized, but the writer does not use words that smoothly link one idea to another and there is not much variety in word choice. It is not clear that the author has proofread. The author doesn’t always tell where a source comes from. || The author’s written narrative is hard to read because it is filled with grammar, spelling, and sentence-structure errors. There is no evidence that the author tried to proofread their writing. The same words are used over again and the writing is not organized in a clear way . ||  5 FACETS OF HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING RUBRIC*  
 * **Facets of Historical Understanding** || <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">**5-Point Performance**  || <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">**3-Point Performance**  || <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">**1-Point Performance**  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 17pt; font-variant: small-caps; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">**Inquiry** || <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Author writes deep, meaningful questions that could lead to a greater understanding of people, groups, contexts, and events. Shows interest in differing viewpoints, details within the evidence, connections, and how events of the examined time period relate to other time periods. <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Author writes questions that could lead to a greater understanding of people, groups, contexts, and events. Questions, however, do not show interest in differing viewpoints and do not pay much attention to details found within the sources. || <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Author writes questions that can be answered with a yes/no or factual response. The questions require little or no explanation. They do not pay attention to the evidence and do not make connections with other time periods. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 17pt; font-variant: small-caps; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Perspective ** || <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif';">The author’s written narrative frequently seeks out and identifies the viewpoints of multiple historical sources and participants. It explains differences among sources and their opinions. It identifies and explains ways that the past differs from the present.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 17pt; font-variant: small-caps; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Explanation ** || <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The author’s written narrative is carefully reasoned, thorough, and informative. It is based on a correct time sequence. It makes a strong, convincing argument using alternative accounts. || <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The author’s written narrative <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">may be believable but is incomplete. It may contain incorrect time sequences. It attempts to make a convincing argument but overlooks important evidence. || <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The author’s written narrative <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">is incomplete, unclear or oversimplified. It’s time sequences contain errors. It does not attempt to make a convincing argument. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 17pt; font-variant: small-caps; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Interpretation ** || <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The author’s written narrative tells a meaningful and illuminating story of what is significant about complex situations and people. It examines details and summarizes findings that are supported by evidence from multiple sources. It explains historical background and gives reasons for things the author believes to be important. || <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The author’s written narrative <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">tells a story, but pays little attention to significance. It <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> e <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">xplains how and why, but relies on only a few details to do so. Connections are made, but with little evidence from only one or two sources. || <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The author’s written narrative is <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> at a recall level. It is difficult to follow because it is incomplete. It doesn’t pay any attention to the significance of the evidence and uses no evidence to support claims. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 17pt; font-variant: small-caps; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Presentation ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The author’s written narrative uses clear language and shares ideas that are believable, noting small differences or distinctions as well as more obvious ones. Errors are few and the writer pays attention to the audience being addressed. The writing is clearly organized and uses words that smoothly link one idea to another. Whenever a new source is used, <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> the writer tells where it comes from.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Name: ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Date: ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Work: ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Evaluator: ** ||

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Overall Rating <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">For each of the 5 criteria below, assess the work by: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">highlighting specific phrases that describe the work <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">writing comments on the attached comment sheet <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontsize: 16.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">entering a number score (0-5). <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Criteria ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Score ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">INQUIRY -- A <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">sks deep, meaningful questions that could lead to a greater understanding of people, groups, contexts, and events. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">2. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">PERSPECTIVE – Seeks out and identifies <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">multiple points of view. Identifies and makes sense of ways that the past truly differs from the present.  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">3. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">EXPLANATION – Written narrative is carefully reasoned, thorough, and informative.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">4. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">INTERPRETATION – Written narrative <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">tells a meaningful and illuminating story of what is significant about complex situations and people. <span style="font-family: 'Optima','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">5. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">PRESENTATION -- Makes an effective presentation that is well-organized, complete, and contains accurate information. Identifies sources and tells where they come from. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Total score **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> (25 possible)

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">*Three of the five facets included in this rubric (Explanation, Interpretation, & Perspective) are derived from Wiggins and McTighe’s //Understanding by Design// (ASCD, 2005). The format for this rubric, is modeled after CT Project's //Guide to Rating Integrative and Critical Thinking// (Washington State University). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[]. Retrieved 7.31.07.

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Criteria ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Comments ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">INQUIRY -- A <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">sks deep, meaningful questions that could lead to a greater understanding of people, groups, contexts, and events. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">2. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">PERSPECTIVE – Seeks out and identifies <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">multiple points of view. Identifies and makes sense of ways that the past truly differs from the present.  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">3. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">EXPLANATION – Written narrative is logical, carefully reasoned, thorough, and informative.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">4. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">INTERPRETATION – Written narrative <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">tells a meaningful and illuminating story of what is significant about complex situations and people.  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">5. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">PRESENTATION -- Makes an effective presentation that is well-organized, complete, and contains accurate information. Identifies sources and tells where they come from. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ||