Senior History Extension Blogsphere

20 – 25

• Comprehensive, coherent, historical investigation, involving analysis, synthesis and evaluation of information from historical sources of differing perspectives and historical approaches. (E2.1)
• Outstanding, detailed, well structured text to explain, argue, discuss, analyze and evaluate historical issues.  (E2.2)
• Constructs a sophisticated historical position about a historical inquiry and discusses and challenges other positions. (E2.3)

14 – 19

• A detailed, coherent historical investigation, involving analysis, synthesis and evaluation of information from historical sources of differing perspectives and historical approaches (E2.1)
• Detailed, well structured text to explain, argue, discuss, analyse and evaluate historical issues. (E2.2)
• Constructs a thorough historical position about a historical inquiry and discusses and challenges other positions. (E.2.3)

8 – 13

• Contains key features of a historical investigation, involving some analysis, synthesis and evaluation of information from historical sources of differing perspectives and historical approaches (E2.1).
• Uses some appropriate structure and language features of a text to explain, argue, discuss, analyze and evaluate historical issue.
  (E.2.2)
• Displays some evidence of constructing a historical position about a historical inquiry and makes an attempt to discuss and challenge other positions. (E2.3)

0 – 7

• Contains some elements of a historical investigation. (E2.1)
• Uses some aspects of structure of a text to explain. (E.2.2)
• Displays little evidence of constructing a historical position about a historical inquiry.  (E.2.3)

9 – 10

• Comprehensive analysis and evaluation of sources. (E1.1)
• A sophisticated correlation of sources in bibliography to sources used essay. (E2.1)

6 – 8

• Presents a detailed analysis and evaluation of sources. (E1.1)
• Thorough correlation of sources in bibliography to sources uses in essay. (E.2.1)

3 – 5

• Displays some analysis and evaluation of sources. (E.1.1)
• Sound correlation of sources in bibliography to sources used in essay. (E2.1)

0 – 2

• Displays little uses of analysis and/or evaluation of sources. (E.1.1)
• Some correlation of sources in bibliography to sources used essays. (E.2.1)