General Education History Written Assignment Rubric Criteria Excellent (A – A-) Good (B+ - B-) Satisfactory (C+ - C-) Developing (D+ and below) Format / Submission 5 percent  Paper neatly typed and formatted according to assignment guidelines.  Proper cover page  Paper saved according to standard guideline – lastname.course.assignment (4.5 – 5 points)  Paper typed and formatted according to assessment guidelines with few errors.  Title page missing one or two required elements.  Paper saved according to standard guideline – lastname.course.assignment (4.0 – 4.4 points)  Paper typed and formatted with some errors.  Title page missing more than two of the required elements.  Paper saved using vague filename. (3.5 – 3.9 points)  Paper typed with numerous errors.  Format guidelines not followed.  No title page  Paper saved with vague file name. (0 – 3.4 points) Analysis/Argument and Tone (Purpose / Thesis) 15 percent  Appropriate topic for paper length.  Focused with a clear, insightful, informed thesis.  Forceful and persuasive argument amply supported by carefully chosen and weighed facts.  Evidence of sophisticated comprehension of historical context and causality.  The writing is consistently professional and appropriate for an academic paper. (13.5 - 15 points)  Topic is good but too large / narrow for paper length.  Thesis is clear.  Good argument supported by cited facts.  Sensitivity to historical context and causality.  The tone is generally professional. For the most part, it is appropriate for an academic paper. (12 – 13.4 points)  Topic is considerably too large / narrow for paper length and / or marginally related to the course.  Thesis is not clear.  Paper organized more toward chronology than analysis and argument.  The tone is not consistently professional or appropriate for an academic paper. (10.5 – 11.9 points)  Topic is considerably too large / narrow for paper length and / or marginally related to the course.  Simple chronology with no discernable argument.  Logical and factual errors.  Significant problems with understanding of historical content.  The tone is unprofessional and not appropriate for an academic paper. (0 – 10.4 points) General Education History Written Assignment Rubric Content 35 percent  Relevant and legitimate information clearly supports the argument and shows a thoughtful, in-depth analysis of a significant topic.  The reader gains important insights.  Demonstrates the author gained in-depth new knowledge about the topic. (31.5 – 35 points)  Information provides reasonable support for the argument and displays evidence of a basic analysis of the topic.  The reader gains some important insights.  Demonstrates t.

1. General Education History Written Assignment Rubric
Criteria
Excellent (A – A-) Good (B+ - B-) Satisfactory (C+ - C-)
Developing (D+ and below)
Format /
Submission
5 percent
formatted according to
assignment guidelines.
standard guideline –
lastname.course.assignment
(4.5 – 5 points)
according to assessment
guidelines with few errors.

2. e or two
required elements.
standard guideline –
lastname.course.assignment
(4.0 – 4.4 points)
formatted with some
errors.
than two of the
required elements.
er saved using
vague filename.
(3.5 – 3.9 points)
numerous errors.
followed.
file name.

3. (0 – 3.4 points)
Analysis/Argument
and Tone (Purpose
/ Thesis)
15 percent
length.
insightful, informed thesis.
argument amply supported
by carefully chosen and
weighed facts.
comprehension of historical
context and causality.
professional and appropriate
for an academic paper.
(13.5 - 15 points)
narrow for paper length.
ument supported by

4. cited facts.
context and causality.
professional. For the most
part, it is appropriate for an
academic paper.
(12 – 13.4 points)
too large / narrow for
paper length and / or
marginally related to
the course.
toward chronology than
analysis and argument.
consistently
professional or
appropriate for an
academic paper.
(10.5 – 11.9 points)

5. large / narrow for paper
length and / or marginally
related to the course.
no discernable argument.
ms with
understanding of
historical content.
and not appropriate for
an academic paper.
(0 – 10.4 points)
General Education History Written Assignment Rubric
Content
35 percent
e
information clearly supports

6. the argument and shows a
thoughtful, in-depth analysis
of a significant topic.
insights.
gained in-depth new
knowledge about the topic.
(31.5 – 35 points)
reasonable support for the
argument and displays
evidence of a basic analysis of
the topic.
important insights.
gained solid new knowledge
about the topic and
significance of events.
(28– 30.5 points)
the argument at times.

7. general.
important insights.
author gained some
new knowledge about
the topic and the
significance of events.
(24.5 – 27.9 points)
identified.
evident.
be misinformed;
important insights are not
evident.
hor
gained minimal new
knowledge about the
topic.
(0 – 24.4 points)
Research and
Documentation

8. 15 percent
primary / secondary sources
demonstrating extensive, in-
depth research.
le reliance on tertiary
sources.
incorporated into the paper
at all necessary points.
sources.
follow the Chicago Manual
of Style.
(13.5 - 15 points)
o or more relevant
primary / secondary sources
revealing adequate research.
referenced in the paper.

9. sources.
not follow the Chicago
Manual of Style but an
attempt was clearly made to
do so.
(12 – 13.4 points)
secondary sources; one
or no primary sources.
source.
referenced.
rrors.
two sources.
bibliography do not
follow the Chicago
Manual of Style and no
attempt made to do so.

10. (10.5 – 11.9 points)
sources, no primary
sources. Over reliance on
tertiary sources.
facts.
one or less source.
source.
bibliography.
(0 – 10.4 points)
General Education History Written Assignment Rubric
Organization and
Style

11. 15 percent
the purpose or argument.
one to another and clearly
linked to each other.
reader can follow the
line of reasoning.
clear thesis.
and supported argument.
conclusion.
(13.5 - 15 points)
the central purpose or
argument.
each other.
can follow the line of
reasoning.

12. clear thesis.
examples.
summarize the point.
(12 – 13.4 points)
logical, although
occasionally ideas fail to
make sense together.
about what the writer
intends.
Conclusion weak.
(10.5 – 11.9 points)
organized. Frequently,

13. ideas fail to make sense
together. The reader
cannot identify a line of
reasoning and loses
interests.
coherent organization
(0 – 10.4 points)
Grammar /
Spelling
15 percent
grammatical, punctuation,
and spelling errors.
(13.5 - 15 points)
punctuation, and spelling
errors.
(12 – 13.4 points)

14. punctuation, and
spelling errors.
constructed causing the
reader occasional
distraction.
(10.5 – 11.9 points)
punctuation, and spelling
errors.
rors in sentence
structure are frequent
enough to be a major
distraction to the reader.
(0 – 10.4 points)