African American History _ Week 3

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Introduction to African American Studies

Week 3 Discussion

In your topic area -- Reconstruction, Education, Terror and Lynching, or Black Culture -- write about three ways where events, ideas, laws, or social practices of the past are still significant in 2020. In what way has the 40-year time period after the Civil War shaped the lives that black Americans experience today?

** should be 250 words in length, which is equal to about 1 page of double-spaced writing in Arial, Calibri, or Times New Roman 12 point font in a Word document.

Please make sure to follow the scoring rubric.

Here is the Rubric that will be used for the Student Essay and Responses in the Weekly Discussions.

Initial Post – 30 points weekly, 10 criteria worth 3 points each:

Criteria	3 points	2 points	1 point
Answered question by the deadline with required 250-word minimum
Cited required readings at least 3 times using correct MLA-style method including a Works Cited List
Included no factual errors or misreading of the course materials
Used quotations only for effect and comprised less than 20% of the post
Included an explicit thesis statement
Explained main points from the readings cited
Provided 3 detailed examples to support his/her answer
Provided 3 insights that furthered knowledge of the discussion topic
Communicated the post clearly with good paragraph organization and no grammatical or spelling errors
Clearly described and expressed his/her own conclusions