Social Studies
6th Grade
Name: ___________________
Class: ______ Date: ________
Ancient Egypt Research Project – Due Tuesday, Nov.
30th
Directions: Gather information to answer your short-answer and researchable
questions and present your findings in the appropriate manner. Make sure to
review the rubric.
Required Elements: Group AB

Note Cards
o Minimum of 4 (minimum of 2 from each source: 2 from primary, 2
from secondary)
o Bullet points on cards are summaries and
paraphrases
o Written in proper note card format

Bibliography (list of my sources)
o 1 primary and 1 secondary source
o Must be in proper MLA format
o Bibliography can be typed or written

Format of Project
o 5-sentence summary of my research
o Summary must be written in complete sentences
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Assigned Topic: Mummies
What are the possible researchable questions for your topic?
How: ___________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Why: ___________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
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So, what do I have to turn in?
Note Cards
Bibliography
-Minimum of 4 cards
-2 Primary
-2 Secondary
-List of my sources
-1 primary source
-1 secondary source
-Must be MLA format
Summary of
Findings
-5-sentences
-Complete sentences
-Must answer my
researchable
question
Social Studies
6th Grade
Name: ___________________
Class: ______ Date: ________
Ancient Egypt Research Project: RUBRIC
Research
Questions
Organization
and
Synthesis
Note Cards
Note-Taking
Annotated
Bibliography
(list of
sources)
Exemplary (8)
Proficient (6)
Partially Proficient (4)
Incomplete (2)
Wrote thoughtful,
creative, wellworded specific
questions that were
relevant to the
assigned topic.
Wrote wellworded, specific
questions that were
relevant to the
assigned topic.
Wrote questions that
lacked focus, were
poorly stated, and
were not entirely
relevant to the
assigned topic.
Wrote questions
that lacked a
specific focus, were
poorly stated, and
not relevant to the
assigned topic.
Presented
information with
clearly effective
supporting evidence
and details, great
focus, and superior
effort.
Presented most
content with
logical progression
of ideas and
supporting
evidence, focused,
solid supporting
evidence.
Presented inconsistent
information, not much
focus, showed
minimal organization
and effort, and lacked
an adequate amount
of supporting
evidence.
Presented content
which was
unfocused, poorly
organized, showed
little thought or
effort and lacked
supporting
evidence.
Minimum of 4 (2
for primary sources
and 2 for secondary
sources)
Only 3 note cards
used (missing
either primary or
secondary)
Only 2 note cards
used (missing either 2
primary, 2 secondary
or 2 of both)
Only 1 note card
used (missing 3)
Extracted
information
relevant to assigned
topic; summarized
and paraphrased
information.
Extracted
information mostly
relevant to
assigned topic;
summarized and
paraphrased
information.
Extracted a lot of
information that
wasn’t relevant to
assigned topic;
summarized and
paraphrased most of
information.
Extracted irrelevant
information;
summarized and
paraphrased most of
information.
Cited all sources of
information
accurately in MLA
format to
demonstrate the
credibility of the
information.
Cited most sources
of information in
proper MLA
format and
documented
sources to enable
checking accuracy.
Cited most sources of
information
improperly and
provided little or no
supporting
documentation to
check accuracy.
Created citations
that were
incomplete or
inaccurate, and
provided no way to
check the validity of
the information.
4
3
2
1
40-36
35-32
31-28
27-24
Total Points: ____
Grade: ____
0
23-below
Social Studies
6th Grade
Comments:
Name: ___________________
Class: ______ Date: ________