Critical Analysis of Public Historical Documents

Grading Rubric for the Revision of Critical Analysis of Public Document

(600 to 900 Minimum Word Assignment without the heading or works cited page)

You can earn up to 100 points for this assignment. Please work carefully on it. You must highlight in yellow what you have added, revised or changed

Overall, the essay

· provides a clear explanation of the selected historical incident without overwhelming readers with too much information.

· Very clearly demonstrates the missing gaps in the public history. Or, it clearly demonstrates the fairness of the public historical retelling.

· Presents MLA in text citations and the MLA works cited page in a very accurate way.

Meaning of the Public / Private Historical Project:

· You have carefully presented the deeper meaning of your historical investigation project; the reader does not have to struggle to figure out the broader meaning of your field research and traditional research.

Introduction and Conclusion:

· The opener to the essay completely satisfies; you immediately engage your reader.

· All in all, you have created a very engaging introduction and conclusion that satisfies the readers; these two may complement one another in a satisfying way.

Organizational Plan:

· You have chosen your very own particular organizational style.

· Readers are able to easily understand the connections between various parts of the essay because they flow very smoothly from one to the next. The essay is logically arranged.

Editing, Style and Formatting

· There were few or no errors in the writing, mechanics and citation. The writing is clear and the student has made sophisticated stylistic choices.

· The student carefully leads into the quotes and then comments on them .

Academic Effort

· Contributions were made in a timely way and displayed a high level of engagement .

· The student has obviously taken this assignment seriously.

· The student has gone above and beyond the requirements.

Problems that may arise

· The assignment is clearly plagiarized. The assignment will earn a grade of zero and all incidents of plagiarism, per Moraine Valley bylaws, must be reported to the dean.

· The ideas in the assignment are not the student’s own. They are presented as the student’s own, but they have been summarized from another source, which has not been given credit.

· You cannot copy three original words written consecutively from an outside source. If you do so, make sure you place quotes around the original.

· No attempt has been made to understand the lived experience of the family member.

· The student has merely patched up a collection of quotes uttered by the family member .

· There was little to no level of engagement .

· The student submitted the assignment after the due date.

· There were significant errors in writing, mechanics and citation that disrupted communication of ideas.

It is very clear after reading this that you are ready to critically analyze the public history for your own family research project.