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Narrative/historical understanding	Narrative is clear and coherent/narrative is original/narrative shows clear understanding of historical topics while utilizing fictional or fantastic elements	Narrative is clear and coherent for the most part/narrative demonstrates understanding of historical events but some historical discrepancies while utilizing fictional or fantastic elements	Overall there is clarity, but much confusion which detracts from the narrative/some historically accurate points but there is also much confusion over historical facts while utilizing fictional or fantastic elements	There is no clarity in the narrative/there is little historical understanding
Use of comics medium	Use of the comics medium (e.g., panels, encapsulation, sequence, nonlinear considerations, multilinearity, multidirectionality, SVS, etc.) helps communicate ideas and information	Use of the comics medium (e.g., panels, encapsulation, sequence, nonlinear considerations, multilinearity, multidirectionality, SVS, etc.) for the most part, communicate ideas but there are some instances of confusion	Use of the comics medium (e.g., panels, encapsulation, sequence, nonlinear considerations, multilinearity, multidirectionality, SVS, etc.) does communicate ideas, but is lacking in certain instances	Use of the comics medium (e.g., panels, encapsulation, sequence, nonlinear considerations, multilinearity, multidirectionality, SVS, etc.) lacks design and does not communicate any messages
Interanimation of words and images (if applicable)	Words and images are not redundant, both convey appropriate meaning	Words and images, for the most part, are not redundant	Some redundancy between words and images	Images are redundant, text does all the work
Images	Images are powerful and help to convey political/historical meaning. Strong symbolism and imagery is used to convey ideas	Images are powerful and help to convey political/historical meaning for the most part/For the most part, strong symbolism and imagery is used to convey ideas	Images are clear and help to convey some political or historical meaning, but some of the images are confusing or need explanation	The images do not properly convey any meaning, there is confusion about what they convey