Grade 6 Rubric for Social Studies

Inquiry/Skills
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Evaluating sources

Inquiry/Skills
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Evaluating sources
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EXCEEDING

MEETING

Generally able to:

Frequently able to:
- Use basic onsite and
- Use basic onsite and
online search strategies on
online search strategies on
easily accessible topics to
easily accessible topics to
locate and reference several
locate and reference
sources of information
several sources of
using a simple citation;
information using a simple
choosing the more relevant
citation; choosing the
sources.
more relevant sources.
Sample basic onsite and
online search strategies:
using simple search
parameters

Sample basic onsite and

online search strategies:
using simple search
parameters

APPROACHING

WORKING BELOW

At times, with support, able Rarely able, with support, (or not
to:
able) to:
- Use basic onsite and online - Use basic onsite and online
search strategies on easily search strategies on easily
accessible topics to locate
accessible topics to locate and
and reference several
reference several sources of
sources of information using information using a simple citation;
a simple citation; choosing choosing the more relevant
the more relevant sources. sources.
Sample basic onsite and
online search strategies:
using simple search
parameters

Sample basic onsite and online

search strategies: using simple
search parameters

Comments:

Inquiry/Skills

Research/asking
questions

EXCEEDING
Frequently able to:
- Formulate and revise
questions to gather
various kinds of
information and
respectfully challenge
ideas, including
development of main
questions and a few subquestions to guide basic
primary and secondary
research.
Sample secondary
research: library and
internet searches

Comments:

MEETING

APPROACHING

Generally able to:

At times, with support, able
- Formulate and revise
to:
questions to gather various - Formulate and revise
kinds of information and
questions to gather various
respectfully challenge ideas, kinds of information and
including development of
respectfully challenge ideas,
main questions and a few including development of
sub-questions to guide
main questions and a few
basic primary and
sub-questions to guide
secondary research.
basic primary and secondary
research.
Sample secondary research: Sample secondary research:
library and internet
library and internet searches
searches

WORKING BELOW
Rarely able, with support, (or not
able) to:
- Formulate and revise questions to
gather various kinds of information
and respectfully challenge ideas,
including development of main
questions and a few sub-questions
to guide basic primary and
secondary research.
Sample secondary research: library
and internet searches

Grade 6 Rubric for Social Studies

Inquiry/Skills
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Drawing conclusions

Inquiry/Skills
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Drawing conclusions
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EXCEEDING

Frequently able to:

Generally able to:
- Concisely paraphrase a
- Concisely paraphrase a
body of information, offer
body of information, offer
plausible interpretations,
plausible interpretations,
recognizing the obvious
recognizing the obvious
perspectives represented.
perspectives represented.
Identify basic comparative,
Identify basic comparative,
causal and chronological
causal and chronological
relationships.
relationships.
- When considering an
issue or decision
opportunity with multiple
feasible options, explore
in an open-minded way
the options and
supporting reasons. Rate
the main options in light
of agreed upon criteria
and choose a best option,
supported with several
plausible reasons.

Comments:

MEETING

APPROACHING
At times, with support, able
to:
- Concisely paraphrase a
body of information, offer
plausible interpretations,
recognizing the obvious
perspectives represented.
Identify basic comparative,
causal and chronological
relationships.

- When considering an issue

- When considering an issue
or decision opportunity with
or decision opportunity with
multiple feasible options,
multiple feasible options,
explore in an open-minded
explore in an open-minded
way the options and
way the options and
supporting reasons. Rate
supporting reasons. Rate
the main options in light of
the main options in light of
agreed upon criteria and
agreed upon criteria and
choose a best option,
choose a best option,
supported with several
supported with several
plausible reasons.
plausible reasons.

WORKING BELOW
Rarely able, with support, (or not
able) to:
- Concisely paraphrase a body of
information, offer plausible
interpretations, recognizing the
obvious perspectives represented.
Identify basic comparative, causal
and chronological relationships.
- When considering an issue or
decision opportunity with multiple
feasible options, explore in an
open-minded way the options and
supporting reasons. Rate the main
options in light of agreed upon
criteria and choose a best option,
supported with several plausible
reasons.