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RE2002: Western Religions – Explain key tenets of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Rubric Criteria Does Not Meet Expectations Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
Module 1: Judaism
Explain why Judaism has elements of universalism. Learning Objective 1.1 — Explain the universalism elements of Judaism.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the universalism elements of Judaism.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the universalism elements of Judaism.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the universalism elements of Judaism.
Explain the key themes of the Exodus story central to Judaism. Learning Objective 1.2 — Explain key themes of Exodus central to Judaism.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the key themes of Exodus central to Judaism.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the key themes of Exodus central to Judaism.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the key themes of Exodus central to Judaism.
Explain the importance of theodicy to Judaism. Learning Objective 1.3 — Explain the importance of theodicy to Judaism.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the importance of theodicy to Judaism.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the importance of theodicy to Judaism.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the importance of theodicy to Judaism.
Identify the key rituals of Judaism and explain how each reflects a specific Jewish belief. Learning Objective 1.4 — Explain the relationship between Jewish rituals and beliefs.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the relationship between Jewish rituals and beliefs.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the relationship between Jewish rituals and beliefs.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the relationship between Jewish rituals and beliefs.
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Module 2: Christianity
Explain why Christianity emphasizes belief over ritual. Learning Objective 2.1 — Explain why Christianity emphasizes belief over ritual.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of why Christianity emphasizes belief over ritual.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of why Christianity emphasizes belief over ritual.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of why Christianity emphasizes belief over ritual.
Explain the key characteristics of early Christianity’s followers. Learning Objective 2.2 — Explain characteristics of early Christianity followers.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the key characteristics of early Christianity’s followers.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the key characteristics of early Christianity’s followers.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the key characteristics of early Christianity’s followers.
Explain the Christian doctrine of incarnation and how this doctrine is unique amongst major religious traditions. Learning Objective 2.3 — Explain the uniqueness of the Christian doctrine of incarnation.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the uniqueness of the Christian doctrine of incarnation.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the uniqueness of the Christian doctrine of incarnation.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the uniqueness of the Christian doctrine of incarnation.
Explain the significance of Christianity’s two key rituals and how at least one of those rituals conveys a specific belief in Christianity. Learning Objective 2.4 — Explain the relationship between Christian rituals and beliefs.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the relationship between Christian rituals and beliefs.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the relationship between Christian rituals and beliefs.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the relationship between Christian rituals and beliefs.
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Rubric Criteria Does Not Meet Expectations Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
Module 3: Islam
Identify the key events of the founding of Islam. Learning Objective 3.1 — Identify key events of the founding of Islam.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete identification of the key events of the founding of Islam.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete identification of the key events of the founding of Islam.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the key events of the founding of Islam.
Explain the Five Pillars of Islam and how at least one of those pillars conveys a specific Islamic belief. Learning Objective 3.2 — Explain the relationship between the Five Pillars of Islam and Islamic beliefs.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the relationship between the Five Pillars of Islam and Islamic beliefs.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the relationship between the Five Pillars of Islam and Islamic beliefs.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the relationship between the Five Pillars of Islam and Islamic beliefs.
Explain the significance of the family in Islam. Learning Objective 3.3 — Explain the significance of the family in Islam.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the significance of the family in Islam.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the significance of the family in Islam.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the significance of the family in Islam.
Identify the key practices of Islam regarding death and explain how each reflects a specific belief. Learning Objective 3.4 — Explain the relationship between practices of Islam regarding death and its beliefs.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the relationship between the specific beliefs of Islam and its key practices regarding death.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the relationship between the specific beliefs of Islam and its key practices regarding death.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the relationship between the specific beliefs of Islam and its key practices regarding death.
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Professional Writing
Professional Writing: Clarity, Flow, and Organization
Content contains significant spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar/syntax errors. Writing does not demonstrate adequate sentence and paragraph structure and requires additional editing/proofreading. Key sections of presented content lack clarity, logical flow, and/or organization.
Content contains few spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar/syntax errors. Writing demonstrates adequate sentence and paragraph structure and may require some editing. Content presented is satisfactorily clear, logical, and/or organized, but could benefit from additional editing/revision.
Content is free from spelling, punctuation, and grammar/syntax errors. Writing demonstrates appropriate sentence and paragraph structure. Content presented is clear, logical, and well-organized.
Professional Writing: Context, Audience, Purpose, and Tone
Content minimally or does not demonstrate awareness of context, audience, and/or purpose. Writing is not reflective of professional/scholarly tone and/or is not free of bias. Style is inconsistent with the professional setting/workplace context and reflects the need for additional editing.
Content demonstrates satisfactory awareness of context, audience, and purpose. Tone is adequately professional, scholarly, and/or free from bias, and style is mostly consistent with the professional setting/workplace context.
Content clearly demonstrates awareness of context, audience, and purpose. Tone is highly professional, scholarly, and free from bias, and style is appropriate for the professional setting/workplace context.
Professional Writing: Originality, Source Credibility, and Attribution of Ideas
Content does not adequately reflect original writing and/or paraphrasing. Writing demonstrates inconsistent adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim, with appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and reference. There are numerous and/or significant errors.
Content adequately reflects original writing and paraphrasing. Writing demonstrates adequate adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim, with appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and references. There are one or two minor errors.
Content reflects original thought and writing and proper paraphrasing. Writing demonstrates full adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim, with appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and references.
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