Judging Rubric for Rising Generation History Project

Just what we are looking for
  • Category Alignment
    • The work tells a compelling story that is strongly tied to a person, place, or specific subject.
  • Originality and Historical Significance
    • The work demonstrates the significance of the story and its connection to 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 use and 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 person, place, or topic.
  • Originality and Historical Significance
    • The work somewhat demonstrates the significance of the story and its connection to Latter-day Saint history.
    • The work may use a primary source but needs more to tell the story in an authentic and credible way.
    • 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 person, place, or topic.
  • Originality and Historical Significance
    • The work does not demonstrate the significance of the story or its connection to 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.