History Research Project Term 3

The Woollahra & Alice Springs Council

Due: Wednesday 21 September 2016
Overview
This unit provides opportunities for students to explore ways in which environments and social systems
and structures in local areas meet peoples needs, influence the lifestyles of people and contribute to
community identity. The unit focuses on the opportunities people have to participate in the community
and their willingness to do so. Students are to investigate the main functions that the council does for
its community and summaries what they do and how they manage it. To extend their research skills,
students on this rubric will be asked to compare Woollahra Council and Alice Springs.
Success Criteria
Below is a list of standards that we will be grading you on. Read through them carefully and make sure
you are aiming for your full potential. Remember, use the teachers as a support unit but first make sure
you have had a go before seeking assistance. We want to workshop errors and will not provide you with
answers as that is too easy and not positive learning.

CATEGORY

Organization

Information is extremely
Information is organised
organised with well-constructed with well-constructed
paragraphs and subheadings.
paragraphs but has several
spelling errors.

Amount of
Information

All topics are addressed and all

questions answered with at least
2 or more factual sentences
about each.

All topics are addressed and All topics are addressed, and
most questions answered
most questions answered with
with at least 2 sentences
1 sentence about each.
about each.

Quality of
Information

Information clearly relates to the

main topic. It includes several
supporting details and/or
examples.

Information clearly relates to Information clearly relates to

the main topic. It provides 1- the main topic. No details
2 supporting details and/or and/or examples are given.
examples.

Paragraph
Construction

All paragraphs include

introductory sentence,
explanations or details, and
concluding sentence.

Most paragraphs include

Paragraphs included related
introductory sentence,
information but were typically
explanations but not a great not constructed well.
deal of detail..

Sources

All sources of information and

graphics are accurately detailed
with several different sources
and documented in the desired
format.

All sources of information

No sources of information or
and graphics are accurately graphics are not documented.
documented but contain few
references

Diagrams &
Illustrations

Diagrams and illustrations are

detailed, neat and accurate and
add to the reader\'s
understanding of the topic.

Diagrams and illustrations

are accurate but limited to
add to the reader\'s
understanding of the topic.

Comment:

Information is organised, but

paragraphs are not wellconstructed and have spelling
and grammatical errors

Diagrams and illustrations are

not present to add to the
reader\'s understanding of the
topic.