History

WRITING RUBRIC FOR HISTORY 1113, 1123, 2213

Research Papers

Exceeds Expectations (90-100%, A grade)

The work organizes and demonstrates a solid grasp of terminology, chronology, global contexts of historical events dealing with social, economic, political and military factors associated with the work. These ideas are arranged logically, flow smoothly with little to no errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation. The work is quite well conceived, well written, and well presented with excellent documentation.

Meets Expectations (70-89%, B-C grade)

The work is less organized and has more of a basic demonstration of terminology, chronology, global contexts of historical events dealing with social, economic, political and military factors associated with the work. The work is more elementary and lacks a solid grasp on the main ideas associated with the work. It contains some grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors, but still retains some adequate knowledge and documentation.

Does Not Meet Expectations (0-69%, D-F grade)

The work is very unorganized and reveals unsatisfactory knowledge of terminology, chronology, global contexts of historical events dealing with social, economic, political and military factors associated with the work. The work is written with minimal college level writing proficiency and lacks a basic grasp of main ideas associated with the work. It contains numerous grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors, and contains a lack of adequate knowledge and/or documentation.