Rubric for Pearl Harbor Project
Name:
Assignment – Utilizing a laptop computer, complete the activities on http://pearlharborp7.wikispaces.com to answer the following DBQ:
How did Americans react to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
Criteria
Quality of
Response
Use of Evidence
Analysis of
Evidence
4
(95%)
 Writer responds effectively,
accurately and insightfully to
all parts of the question.
 Writer provides a clear,
articulate thesis statement
explaining how the Americans
reacted to the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor.
 Writer provides a brief
conclusion to connect the
response.
 Writer provides carefully
chosen, relevant evidence from
the five documents.
 Writer demonstrates
understanding of the documents
by effectively integrating
evidence into the text of the
response.
 Writer cites documents correctly.
 Writer insightfully analyzes
his/her evidence and
demonstrates its relevance to the
American response to the attack
on Pearl Harbor.
 Analyzes point of view or bias in
most of the documents.
Writer has control of conventions.
Conventions
Technology Critical
Thinking Skills
Technology
Communication
and
Collaboration
Student utilizes reviewing tools in
MSWord to accurately mark up
documents in order to identify and
analyze key evidence and facts.
 Student utilizes a student
response system (SRS) for
formative assessment of content
knowledge and thoroughly
shares/discusses the outcomes.
 Student accurately utilizes SRS
for final summative assessment.
3
(85%)
2
(75%)
1
(65%)
0
(50% or
below)
 Writer responds accurately to all
important components of the
question.
 Writer provides a clear thesis
statements explaining how the
Americans reacted to the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor.
 Writer provides a brief conclusion
to connect the response.
 Writer responds to some but not
all parts of the question.
 Writer may misunderstand some
parts of the question.
 Writer may not provide a thesis
statement explaining how the
Americans reacted to the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor
 Writer misunderstands most of
the question.
 Does not fully respond to the
prompt.
 Writer does not provide a thesis
statement.
No response or
response is
completely
incorrect.
 Writer provides relevant evidence
for his/her from the five
documents
 Writer integrates evidence.
 Writer cites documents
 Writer provides some evidence for
his/her response.
 Writer attempts to cite documents
 Writer does not provide
evidence or evidence is not
relevant to the prompt.
 Writer does not cite document
Writer does not
provide evidence
 Writer provides some analysis of
evidence and demonstrates its
relevance to the American
response to the attack on Pearl
Harbor.
 Analyzes point of view or bias in
some of the documents.
Writer may have some problems
with conventions.
 Writer attempts to connect
evidence to his/her response, but
evidence may not be relevant to
the American response to the
attack on Pearl Harbor.
 Attempts to analyze point of view
or bias in some of the documents.
Writer may have some problems
with conventions.
 Writer does not provide analysis
or explanation of his/her
evidence.
Writer does not
provide analysis of
evidence
Student utilizes reviewing tools in
MSWord to mark up documents in
order to identify and analyze key
evidence and facts.
 Student utilizes a student response
system (SRS) for formative
assessment of content knowledge
and shares/discusses the outcomes.
Student utilizes reviewing tools in
MSWord making some mark ups to
documents in order to identify and
analyze evidence and facts.
 Student utilizes a student response
system (SRS) for formative
assessment of content knowledge
with some sharing/discussion of
outcomes.
 Student has some difficulty
utilizing SRS for final summative
assessment.
Student utilizes reviewing tools in
MSWord making few mark ups to
documents in order to identify and
analyze evidence and facts.
 Student utilizes a student
response system (SRS) for
formative assessment of content
knowledge and rarely
shares/discusses the outcomes.
 Student has much difficulty
utilizing SRS for final
summative assessment.
 Student utilizes SRS for final
summative assessment.
 Does not analyze point of view
or bias in the documents.
Writer may have some problems
with conventions.
Writer has no
control of
conventions.
Student does not
mark up documents
Student does not
utilize a student
response system
Score: