history question essay ( only who is good in history make shake hand )

1) Student makes use of one or more primary sources; 2) Student uses specific material from these sources to support his/her argument; 3) Use of primary source demonstrates student's understanding of the context and nature of the source; 4) Primary source material makes up the majority of evidence deployed in the response

20.0 pts

Student does 3 of the things listed in the 20-point category

15.0 pts

Student does two of the things listed in the 20-point category

10.0 pts

Student does 1 of the things listed in the 20-point category

5.0 pts

Student did not use primary source material

0.0 pts

1) Student's essay responds to the question given in the prompt; 2) Student's response makes an argument about the nature of human society in the past; 3) Argument is supported by primary and secondary source evidence; 4) Reader is able to follow the logic of the student's argument

20.0 pts

Student's response does 3 of the things lised in the 20-point category

15.0 pts

Student's essay does 2 of the things listed in the 20-point category

10.0 pts

Student's essay does 1 of the things listed in the 20-point category

5.0 pts

Paper is purely descriptive and/or has no relation to the prompt

0.0 pts

1) Student makes clear how the primary source data presented relates to the argument; 2) Student shows ability to draw conclusions and make connections beyond what is explicity stated in the sources; 3) Student grounds evidence and argument clearly in a time and place; 3) Essay does not contain significant factual errors

20.0 pts

Student does 3 of the things listed in the 20-point category

15.0 pts

Student does two of the things listed in the 20-point category

10.0 pts

Student does 1 of the things listed in the 20-point category

5.0 pts

No analysis is evident in the essay

0.0 pts

Student makes use of information from secondary sources to build an argument, but the argment is build primarily around primary sources. Student does not make use of Wikipedia or other unreliable, non-academic sources. Student shown understanding of how the primary and secondary sources relate to one another.

20.0 pts

Secondary sources provide more than 1/3 of the student's supporting data

15.0 pts

Secondary sources provide more than 2/3s of a student's supporting data

10.0 pts

Student makes use of Wikipedia or other non-academic secondary sources

5.0 pts

Wikipedia and/or similar non-academic sources provide the majority of hte date used by the student

0.0 pts

Student documents the sources they relied on through footnotes, endnotes, in-text citation, or references in their essay.

10.0 pts

Student does not document the sources of 50% or more of their data

0.0 pts

Paper is written in grammatically-correct academic language.

10.0 pts

Paper contains some inappropriate/informal language or spelling and grammatical errors.

5.0 pts

Language and/or errors occur frequently enough to distract the reader and impede their understanding of the text.

0.0 pts