Judging Rubric for Local History

Rubric

Just what we are looking for
  • Category Alignment
    • The story is strongly tied to a particular place.
  • Originality and Historical Significance
    • The work demonstrates the significance of a place and its connection to an event, people, or group in Latter-day Saint history.
    • The work exhibits creativity and resourcefulness, using a variety of primary sources to provide multiple perspectives. (Optional, but not required: The work may cite secondary sources.)
    • The work gives appropriate local historical, cultural, and/or linguistic context that helps readers from other cultures understand the story.
  • Stylistic and Technical Merit
    • Language is clear and engaging.
    • The work reflects the authentic experiences of real people in an actual place. The details of the story can be verified by consulting people or records. (Optional, but not required: A bibliography is supplied, with references that are cited in a style consistent with local academic standards.)
    • Technical presentation allows the story to be easily heard, viewed, or read.
Nearly what we are looking for
  • Category Alignment
    • The story is somewhat tied to a particular place.
  • Originality and Historical Significance
    • The work somewhat demonstrates the significance of a place and its connection to an event, people, or group in Latter-day Saint history.
    • The work uses one or two primary sources.
    • The work provides some local context that helps readers from other cultures understand the story.
  • Stylistic and Technical Merit
    • The language is somewhat clear.
    • The work is not consistently based in the authentic experiences of real people in an actual place. The details of the story may be hard to verify by consulting people or records.
    • Technical presentation has some limitations making the story somewhat difficult to hear, view, or read.
Not what we are looking for
  • Category Alignment
    • The story is not strongly tied to a particular place.
  • Originality and Historical Significance
    • The work does not demonstrate the significance of a place or its connection to an event, people, or group in Latter-day Saint history.
    • The work does not use any primary sources.
    • The work lacks context that helps readers from other cultures understand the story.
  • Stylistic and Technical Merit
    • Language is confusing.
    • The work is not based in the authentic experiences of real people in an actual place. The details of the story cannot be verified by consulting people or records.
    • The technical presentation has problems which make the story hard to hear, view, or read.