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HIS 117 Milestone O ne Guidelines and Rubric
Introduction and Thesis Statement
Overview: In Module One, you identified your topic and
research focus for the final project. In this assignment, you will
build upon that foundation to craft the
introduction and thesis statement for your final historical
analysis paper. When formulating your thesis statement, you
should draw upon at least three scholarly
primary or secondary resources. These resources need to be
presented in a bibliography using Turabian format. Each
element of this milestone will help you in
the development of your rough draft. As you work on this
milestone, you may want to review this resource on how to
develop an introduction.

Prompt: For this assignment, the following critical elements
must be addressed:
I. Introduction: Submit your introduction to your final historical
analysis paper. It should include the following:
A. Introduce your topic related to why humans created societies,
states, and empires in the premodern world. In your first journal
assignment, you
provided a rough idea of your topic, which addressed the
statement: “Humans created societies, states, and empires from
the late Neolithic
period to 1500 CE in order to...” In your introduction, briefly
describe your topic and provide reasons for this choice.
B. Create a thesis statement that sets up the argument you will
try to prove in your essay. Your argument should provide an
answer to the
question of why humans created societies, states, and empires.
Some possible answers include: to maintain a common defense,
to allow for the
growth of individuals, to guarantee admission to heaven, and so
on. Your thesis statement should be formulated after rereading
the primary and
secondary sources that you selected from the vetted links in the
Research Guide document. You should rely on these sources to
support your
argument in the Research and Analysis section of your final
paper. Your thesis statement can be one or two sentences long.
C. Describe the three specific empires, states, or societies that
you will analyze in your paper. Identify the three states or
empires you selected
from the following world regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, or the
Americas. Briefly describe them and the reasons you choose

them.
II. Bibliography: Your bibliography for Milestone One must
contain at least three scholarly resources [two primary and one
secondary from the collections
listed in the Shapiro Library’s Research Guide for HIS 117
(http://libguides.snhu.edu/worldcivilizations)] tha t you will use
to support your thesis
statement. Make sure each resource is formatted correctly usi ng
Turabian style. For information on Turabian style, review the
following resources:
Shapiro Library and OWL.
Guidelines for Submission: Milestone One should be submitted
as a 1.5- to 2-page Microsoft Word document with double
spacing, 12-point Times New Roman
font, and one-inch margins. Your sources should be cited in
Turabian format.
https://web.archive.org/web/20130917171715/https:/owl.english
.purdue.edu/engagement/2/2/58/
http://libguides.snhu.edu/chicago
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al_17th_edition/cmos_formatting_and_style_guide/chicago_man
ual_of_style_17th_edition.html
http://libguides.snhu.edu/worldcivilizations

Rubric
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%)
Not Evident (0%) Value

Introduction:
Topic
Introduces the topic related to why humans
created societies, states, and empires,
including an introduction to the examples
that will be used
Introduces the topic related to why humans
created societies, states, and empires,
including an introduction to the examples
that will be used, but introduction is too
wordy or contains inaccuracies
Does not introduce the topic related to why
humans created societies, states, and
empires
20
Introduction:
Thesis
Statement
Creates a thesis statement that clearly states
the argument that addresses the question
and provides an answer to that question;
draws on research from primary and
secondary sources for support
Creates a thesis statement but it is too wordy
or does not clearly state the argument; does
not adequately present an answer to the
question and/or does not adequately draw
on research from primary and secondary

sources for support
Does not create a thesis statement that
addresses the question and does not provide
an answer to that question or draw on
research
40
Introduction:
States, Societies,
and Empires
Includes a brief description of the three
civilizations selected as examples and
reasons they were chosen
Includes a description of the three
civilizations selected but it is too wordy or
contains inaccuracies; does not include
reasons they were chosen
Does not include the three states, societies,
or empires or reasons why they were chosen
20
Bibliography Utilizes scholarly resources to substantiate
claims and includes a bibliography page
formatted using Turabian format
Resources utilized are not scholarly or there
are major errors in the formatting of the
bibliography page

Does not include a bibliography page 10
Writing
Mechanics
Submission has no major errors related to
grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission contains significant errors related
to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization
that do not impact readability or articulation
of ideas
Submission has critical errors related to
grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization
that impact readability or articulation of
ideas
10
Total 100%
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HIS 117 Milestone T wo Guidelines and Rubric
Body and Conclusion
Overview: In this course, you will complete two milestone
assignments that will help you craft a polished, thesis-driven
final paper. For your second milestone,
you will create a rough draft of the body paragraphs and
conclusion of your final essay.
Prompt: For this milestone, you should prepare the body of the
essay (the Research and Analysis section) and the conclusion.
In addition, you will support your
research with at least at least six sources (two primary and four
secondary) within your body and conclusion. These resources
need to be presented in a

bibliography using Turabian format.
Your rough draft should include the following critical elements:
II. Research and Analysis
In this section, you will use both primary and secondary sources
to research and analyze the reasons humans created societies,
states, and empires and
how they did so from the late Neolithic period to 1500 CE. You
should use the three societies, states, and empires you have
chosen as examples to
illustrate your points. This is the body of your essay, and it
should be made up of sections that analyze each of the forces
listed below. Each section
should relate directly back to your thesis statement.
A. The Structure of Complex Societies
i. Explain the ways that environment drove humans to organize
themselves into complex societies.
ii. What structures did humans create to facilitate this
organization into societies?
iii. What benefits did the societies derive from this organization
and these structures?
iv. Incorporate evidence from both primary and secondary
sources to support your claims about the ways that the structure
of human
organization contributed to the rise of societies, states, and
empires.
B. Class and Gender Structures
i. Explain how the states or empires developed and organized
class and gender structures.
ii. What effect did these class and gender structures have on the

states or empires during the period 500 BCE–1500 CE?
iii. Analyze how class and gender affected a person’s ability to
participate in his or her state or empire.
sources to support your claims about the ways that class and
gender structures
contributed to the rise of states and empires.
C. Intellectual and Religious Structures
i. Explain what forces spurred the development of intellectual
and religious structures in these states or empires.
ii. What factors caused these intellectual and religious
structures to differ across states and empires? What
commonalities and differences
did intellectual and religious structures share across states and
empires?

iii. Explain what tools and machines developed in these
different societies, states, and empires. How were these
different according to the
needs of the given society, state, or empire?
sources to support your claims about the ways that intellectual
and religious
structures contributed to the rise of societies, states, and
empires.
D. Economic and Political Structures
i. Explain how the economies of the emerging states or empires
interacted with their neighbors and the broader world.
ii. Analyze at least three political events or trends in
neighboring areas or other world regions that may have affected
the development of
these interactions.
iii. How might the development of these interactions in turn
have affected both neighboring and distant societies?
sources to support your claims about the ways that economic
and political
structures contributed to the rise of societies, states, and
empires.

E. Historical Perspective
i. Summarize the role played by increasing global networks in
the development of states and empires between 3000 BCE and
1500 CE.
III. Conclusion
In this section, you will restate your thesis statement and
reference the broader significance of your topic.
A. Provide a conclusion for your essay in which you restate
your thesis statement and summarize the overall historical
significance of the rise of
states and empires as a global form of individual and group
identity during the period from the late Neolithic Era to 1500
CE.
IV. Bibliography
Your bibliography for Milestone Two must contain at least
three additional scholarly sources that expand the bibliography
that you started in
Milestone One. You should include at least two primary
resources and one secondary resource, formatted correctly
using Turabian style. For
information on Turabian style, review the following
resources: Shapiro Library and OWL.
Guidelines for Submission: The rough draft of your historical
analysis essay must be 6 to 8 pages in length (plus a cover page
and references) and must be
written in Chicago/Turabian format. Use double spacing, 12-
point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Include at
least six references (two primary and
four secondary) presented in a bibliography using Turabian
format.

Rubric
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%)
Not Evident (0%) Value
The Structure of
Complex Societies:
Environment
Explains the ways that environment
drove humans to organize themselves
into complex societies
Explains the ways that environment drove
humans to organize themselves into
complex societies but explanation is
illogical or contains inaccuracies
Does not explain the ways that environment
drove humans to organize themselves into
complex societies
4
http://libguides.snhu.edu/chicago
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/chicago_manu
al_17th_edition/cmos_formatting_and_style_guide/chicago_man
ual_of_style_17th_edition.html

The Structure of
Complex Societies:

Structures
Determines what structures humans
created to facilitate the organization
into societies
Determines what structures humans
created to facilitate the organization into
societies but determination contains
inaccuracies
Does not determine what structures humans
created to facilitate the organization into
societies
4
The Structure of
Complex Societies:
Benefits
Analyzes what benefits the societies
derived from this organization and these
structures
Analyzes what benefits the societies
structures but analysis is cursory or
contains inaccuracies
Does not analyze what benefits the societies
structures
4.08

The Structure of
Complex Societies:
Support Claims
Incorporates logical and relevant
evidence from both primary and
secondary sources to support claims
about the ways that the structure of
human organization contributed to the
rise of societies, states, and empires
Incorporates evidence from both primary
and secondary sources to support claims
about the ways that the structure of
human organization contributed to the
rise of societies, states, and empires but
evidence used is not all logical or relevant
Does not incorporate evidence from primary
and secondary sources to support claims about
the ways in which the structure of human
organization contributed to the rise of
societies, states, and empires
6
Class and Gender
Structures: Class and
Gender Structures
Explains how the states or empires
developed and organized class and
gender structures

Explains how the states or empires
developed and organized class and
gender structures but explanation is
illogical or contains inaccuracies
Does not explain how the states or empires
developed and organized class and gender
structures
4
Class and Gender
Structures: Effect
Determines what effect these class and
gender structures had on the states or
empires
Determines what effect these class and
gender structures had on the states or
empires but determination contains
inaccuracies
Does not determine what effect these class and
gender structures had on the states or empires
4
Class and Gender
Structures: Ability to
Participate
Analyzes how class and gender affected
a person’s ability to participate in his or

her state or empire
Analyzes how class and gender affected a
person’s ability to participate in his or her
state or empire but analysis is cursory or
Does not analyze how class and gender
affected a person’s ability to participate in his
or her state or empire
4.08
Class and Gender
Structures: Support
Claims
about the ways that class and gender
structures contributed to the rise of
states and empires
about the ways that class and gender
structures contributed to the rise of
states and empires but evidence used is
not all logical or relevant
Does not incorporate evidence from primary
and secondary sources to support claims about
the ways that class and gender structures
contributed to the rise of states and empires

6
Intellectual and
Religious Structures:
Intellectual and
Religious Structures
Explains what forces spurred the
development of intellectual and religious
structures in these states or empires
Explains what forces spurred the
structures in these states or empires but
explanation is illogical or contains
inaccuracies
Does not explain what forces spurred the
structures in these states or empires
4

Intellectual and
Commonalities and
Differences
Analyzes the factors that caused
intellectual and religious structures to
differ across states and empires and the
commonalities and differences shared
Analyzes the factors that caused
intellectual and religious structures to
differ across states and empires and the
commonalities and differences shared but
analysis is cursory or contains
inaccuracies

Does not analyze the factors that caused
intellectual and religious structures to differ
across states and empires or the commonalities
and differences shared
4
Intellectual and
Tools and Machines
Explains what tools and machines
developed and how they were different
according to the needs of the given
society, state, or empire
Explains what tools and machines
developed and how they were different
according to the needs of the given
society, state, or empire, but explanation
is illogical or contains inaccuracies
Does not explain what tools and machines
developed or how they were different
according to the needs of the given society,
state, or empire
4.08
Intellectual and
Support Claims

about the ways that intellectual and
religious structures contributed to the
about the ways that intellectual and
religious structures contributed to the
rise of societies, states, and empires, but
Does not incorporate evidence from both
primary and secondary sources to support
claims about the ways that intellectual and
religious structures contributed to the rise of
6
Economic and Political
Structures: Economies
Explains how the economies of the
emerging states or empires interacted
with their neighbors and the broader
world
Explains how the economies of the
emerging states or empires interacted
with their neighbors and the broader
world but explanation is illogical or

Does not explain how the economies of the
emerging states or empires interacted with
their neighbors and the broader world
4
Structures: Political
Events or Trends in
Neighboring Areas
Analyzes political events or trends in
neighboring areas or other world regions
that may have affected the development
of these interactions
Analyzes political events or trends in
neighboring areas or other world regions
that may have affected the development
of these interactions but analysis is
cursory or contains inaccuracies
Does not analyze political events or trends in
neighboring areas or other world regions that
may have affected the development of these
interactions
4
Structures: Development
of These Interactions
Analyzes how the development of these
interactions might in turn have affected

both neighboring and distant societies,
states, and empires
Analyzes how the development of these
interactions might in turn have affected
both neighboring and distant societies,
states, and empires, but analysis is
cursory or contains inaccuracies
Does not analyze how the development of
these interactions might in turn have affected
both neighboring and distant societies, states,
and empires
4.08
Structures: Support
Claims
about the ways that economic and
political structures contributed to the
about the ways that economic and
political structures contributed to the rise
of societies, states, and empires, but
Does not incorporate evidence from both

primary and secondary sources to support
claims about the ways that economic and
political structures contributed to the rise of
6

Historical Perspective:
Increasing Global
Networks
Summarizes the role played by
increasing global networks in the
development of states and empires
Summarizes the role played by increasing
global networks in the development of
states and empires but summary is
unclear, contains inaccuracies, or is
missing key elements
Does not summarize the role played by
increasing global networks in the development
of states and empires
4.08
Conclusion Provides a conclusion that restates the
thesis statement and summarizes the
overall historical significance of the rise
of states and empires as a global form of
individual and group identity
Provides a conclusion that restates the
thesis statement and summarizes the

overall historical significance of the rise of
states and empires as a global form of
individual and group identity but
conclusion is illogical or contains
inaccuracies
Does not provide a conclusion that restates the
thesis statement or summarizes the overall
historical significance of the rise of states and
empires as a global form of individual and
group identity
4.08
Bibliography Includes a bibliography page with at
least six sources formatted using
Turabian format
Includes resources that are not scholarly
or there are major errors in the
formatting of the bibliography page
Does not include a bibliography page 10
Writing Mechanics Submission has no major errors related
to grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization
Submission contains significant errors
related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that do not impact
readability or articulation of ideas
Submission has critical errors related to
grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that
impact readability or articulation of ideas

9.52
Total 100%
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