Unit VIII: "Waves of Reform" ca 1880s to 1921

Question/Problem 1: What were the political, economic, and social reforms that shaped America?

Argument: Three reforms are selected and the significance of each is clearly explained in a separate paragraph.	Three strong, thoughtful, and insightful arguments made.	5
	Three adequate arguments made.	4
	Three brief arguments made.	3
	Arguments made but not clearly explained.	2
	Student fails to adequately describe reforms.	1
Evidence: Facts, details, and examples are used to support the significance of each reform selected.	Variety of accurate facts, details, and examples.	5
	Sufficient amount of material used to support arguments.	4
	Small amount of supporting information isincluded.	3
	A mix of accurate and inaccurate information included.	2
	No supporting information is included.	1
Organization: Essay clearly includes an opening paragraph, an organized body of information, and a conclusion.	Essay had definite beginning, middle, and end.	3
	There is an attempt to organize essay.	2
	No organization, lacking proper structure.	1
Organization: Writing style: Essay is readable with varied sentence structure.	Clear and readable writing style.	2
	Some parts of letter are not clear.	1
Grammar, mechanics, spelling.Essay has been proofread.	Grammar, mechanics, spelling consistently correct.	2
	Some weaknesses and errors.	1

17-16 = Excellent
15-14 = Good
13-12 = Satisfactory
11-10 = Needs Improvement
9- 5 = Unsatisfactory

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