History
Part 1
you have to watch the movie and write 2 pages reflection paper and what does it interest you the most about the movie. It has to be zero plagiarism.
https://archive.org/details/LawrenceOfArabiaOldFilm
Reflection Paper Rubric
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Course Content
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Exceptional 4 90-100% |
Good 3 80-89% |
Fair/Adequate 2 70-79% |
Limited 1 60-69% |
Poor/Unacceptable 0 0-59% |
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Attention to instructions and assignment |
Follows and exceeds expectations noted in instructions |
Follows instructions |
Follows some but not all instructions |
Gestures towards instructions but demonstrates little comprehension or competency |
Disregards instructions |
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Creative Thought/ Problem-Solving
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Demonstrates a high degree of originality, insight, and/or problem-solving skill |
Shows some originality, insight, and/or problem-solving skill |
Shows minimally acceptable originality, insight, and/or problem-solving skill |
Demonstrates very little creative thought or insight; consists mostly of second-hand ideas |
Shows no original thought; all second-hand ideas |
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Thesis statement
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Thesis statement is specific, significant, arguable, and easy to find. |
Thesis statement arguable and easy to find. |
Thesis statement minimally acceptable but somewhat general or obvious |
Thesis statement simplistic or incomprehensible |
No thesis statement. |
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Development and Support |
Thoroughly and insightfully explores, explains, and supports each idea |
Develops and supports key points |
Inconsistently develops and supports ideas |
Inadequately or ineffectively explains and defends ideas |
Does not make a meaningful attempt to explain or support ideas |
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Clarity
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Difficult material is made clear and presented in academic language |
Most ideas are presented clearly, but sometimes too simplistically |
Wordy; some points require rereading to understand fully |
Unclear and difficult to understand |
Largely incomprehensible |
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Writing Skills |
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Exceptional 4 90-100% |
Good 3 80-89% |
Fair/Adequate 2 70-79% |
Limited 1 60-69% |
Poor/Unacceptable 0 0-59% |
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Structure/Organization
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Well organized from introduction to conclusion; paragraphs and ideas flow coherently |
Easy to follow, but would benefit from some restructuring and/or stronger transitions between ideas |
Readable, but order of ideas and/or transitions between ideas need work |
Paper is difficult to follow |
Ideas are presented randomly with no clear logic governing their order or transitions between them |
10 |
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Formal/professional language |
Highly articulate academic tone |
Clear and appropriate language |
Acceptable language use overall, but some informal language |
Some acceptable language use, but overall tone is informal |
Lack of respect shown to subject through use of slang and/or overly casual or colloquial language |
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Grammar (sentence structure, subject/verb agreement, pronoun/antecedent agreement, etc.) |
No grammatical errors |
Occasional errors in grammar (one or two per page) |
Several minor errors per page |
Grammatical errors make it necessary to reread sentences and/or sections to discern meaning |
Coherence of overall meaning unclear due to grammar |
10 |
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Punctuation, capitalization, & spelling/word choice
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Punctuation, capitalization, and spelling are all correct. |
No more than one error of this type per page |
Approx. two or three errors of this type per page |
Approx. four or five errors of this type per page |
Paper requires extensive editing/proofreading in this area |
10 |
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Total points earned/grade:
Part 2
Write a two to three page paper about the Hussein/McMahon Correspondence. the Sykes/Picot Agreement and the Balfour Declaration. Give a brief description of each of these documents then explain how these are the root causes of the current situation between the Arab world and the Israelis. State your own opinion.
Both works are in sprit papers.