Microsoft Word Rubric Packet Jan06. doc

3. Respect for Diverse People and Cultures:
 
Students will interact respectfully in 
groups whose membership includes such diverse human traits as language, culture, and 
physical ability. 
 
Beginner
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Identifies and describes the aspects of a number of cultures, including their own.
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Can work in diverse groups when given the opportunity.
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Appreciates the variety of U.S. residents.
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Is familiar with the historical struggle for equality and justice in the U.S.
Developed 
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Identifies many cultural and linguistic backgrounds and reflects upon cultural and 
linguistic prejudice.
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Understands cultural, linguistic and physical differences.
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Interacts respectfully with others in the classroom, including his/her instructor.
Accomplished 
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Strives to be understanding and respectful, when working in groups with people who 
have diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and different physical abilities.
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Proactively and compassionately influences others to respect diverse people and cultures.

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Rubrics - 27
University of South Carolina 
General Education Assessment Criteria—Humanities/Cultural
http://ipr.sc.edu/effectiveness/assessment/criteria/humcultl.htm
 
Goal 1
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the historical development of culture over 
time and its relation to the present.
 
Objective A. Students will demonstrate understanding of the construction of history and 
how history is written.
4 OUTSTANDING
Understands the existence of various perspectives on any historical event, the processes that 
contribute to inclusions or exclusion of those perspectives on written histories, and articulates the 
relationship of "official" histories to subsequent historical developments and to historical 
understanding.
3 EFFECTIVE
Understands the existence of more than one perspective on any historical event, the processes 
that contribute to inclusions or exclusion of those perspectives on written histories, and the 
relationship of "official" histories to subsequent developments.
2 ADEQUATE
Understands the existence of more than one perspective on any historical event and the processes 
that contribute to inclusion or exclusion of perspectives.