HOWISLAYEREDCURRICULUM

GRADED?
Alllayeredcurriculumassignmentshaveapointvalueassignedtothem.Pointsrange
from530points/assignment.Howmanyofthosepointsyoureceiveisdeterminedby
thefollowingcriteria:

Didyoucompletetheassignment?Iftheassignmentisnot
completeyouwillnotreceivefullcredit.
Didyoufollowtheassignmentdirections?Unlessyou
receivedpermissionfromtheteachertoaltertheassignmentif
youdidnotfollowdirectionsyouwilllosepoint.
Doesyourworkreflectyourunderstandingofthesubject
matterwearestudying?Ifyourfinishedproductdoesnot
reflectspecificknowledgeofthetimeperiodwearestudying
youwillnotreceivefullcredit.

o Example1:TheHolocaustwasareallysadtimeperiod.
Lotsofpeopledied.
Thisresponsewouldnotreceivefullcreditbecauseyou
couldswapoutthewordHolocaustwithmanyother
historicaleventsandthesentencewouldstillbecorrect.
Toreceivefullcredittheresponsewouldhavetobe
muchmorespecific.Thisresponseshowsno
understandingofthehistoricalevent.
o Example2:TheHolocaustwasagenocideoccurredfrom
1939to1945.ItwasatimeperiodinEuropewhenpeople
weresystematicallykilledbytheNazisforhaving
characteristicsthatwereconsideredundesirable.
Thisresponsewouldreceivefullcreditbecauseitis
clear,specific,anddemonstratesanunderstandingofthe
subject.

 Isyourworkaccurate/correct?Ifyourfactsorinformationare
incorrectyouwillnotreceivefullcredit.
Didyouputeffortintoyourassignment?Ifyouassignment
issloppy,difficulttoread,orotherwisenotwellpreparedyouwill
notreceivefullcredit.
Canyouexplainwhatyourworkandhowitconnectstothe
subject(s)wearestudying?Ifyouareaskedtoexplainyour
work(ex:Explaintomewhatthispoliticalcartoonshowsabout
theEnlightenmenttimeperiod)andyouarenotabletodoso
and/ormakeconnectionstowhatwearestudyinginclassyou
willnotreceivefullcreditforyourwork.

Category

FullCredit

PartialCredit

LittleorNo
Credit

Completion

Allworkis
Workisatleast Workisless
100%complete 75%complete than75%
completeornot
completedatall

Directions

Alldirections
werefollowed

Some
Littleorno
directionswere directionswere
follows
followed

Accuracy

Allworkis
historicallyand
factually
accurate.

Thereareafew
mistakesin
historical
accuracy.

Therearemany
mistakesand
workisnot
historically
accurate.

Effort,
Workisneat,
Organization& organizedand
Neatness
hasnospelling
orgrammar
errors.

Workismostly
neatand
organized,but
hassome
spellingand
grammar
errors.

Workissloppy,
hardtoread,
clearlyrushed,
andhasmany
spellingand
grammar
errors.

Understanding Studentcan
answerall
questions
askedabout
thework,and
demonstratesa
clear
understanding
ofthematerial

Studentcan
answermostof
thequestions
askedabout
thework,and
demonstratesa
general
understandof
thematerial

Studentcant
answermanyof
thequestions
aboutthework,
andshows
limitedorno
knowledgeof
theconnection
tohistoryand

andhistorical
content.

andhistorical
content.

historical
content.