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Rubric Assessment 1: The Spread of the Black Death

Assessment 1
A B C D
8 marks 6 marks 4 marks 2 marks
Very Good Good Satisfactory Poor
Infographic Layout A B C D
10% Infographic is well Infographic is Infographic lacks Infographic lacks
structured and structured in a structure but all the structure and is
strategically coherent format but content is there. The missing sections. The
organised. Colour may not flow colour scheme is colour scheme may
scheme is smoothly. The colour lacking aesthetic not be appropriate
appropriate. Minimal scheme is adequate. value. There are for the brief. There
blank spaces, and all Minimal blank blank spaces, and are many blank
contents are scaled spaces, and all contents may not be spaces, and contents
well. contents are scaled scaled well. are inappropriately
well. scaled.
Content A B C D
40% There is a detailed There is a description There is a basic There is limited or no
description of what of what the Black description of what description of what
the Black Death was, Death was, where it the Black Death was, the Black Death was,
where it originated, originated, how it where it originated, where it originated,
how it originated, the originated, the how it originated, the how it originated, the
symptoms, the symptoms, the symptoms, the symptoms, the
spread, and the spread, and the spread, and the spread, and the
impact it had on impact it had on impact it had on impact it had on
society. society. society. society.
Diagrams A B C D
25% A detailed diagram of A diagram of both A basic diagram of A diagram of both
both Silk Road and Silk Road and the both Silk Road and Silk Road and the
the Spread of the Spread of the Black the Spread of the Spread of the Black
Black Death are Death are included. A Black Death are Death are either not
included. A detailed description of each included. Limited included, or are
description of each diagram is included. descriptions of each incomplete. There is
diagram is included. diagram included. no description of the
diagrams.
Literacy A B C D
10% Sentences are well Sentences are mostly Sentence structure Sentence structure is
structured. Spelling well structured. could be improved. poor. There are many
and grammar is Spelling and Spelling and spelling and
correct. grammar is mostly grammatical grammatical
correct. mistakes. mistakes.
Referencing A B C D
5% Information is Information is mostly Information is There is no
referenced correctly correctly referenced referenced, yet not referencing and no
using APA and a using APA and a correctly using APA, reference list
properly formatted reference list is and the reference list attached.
reference list is attached. is not correctly
attached formatted.

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