Historical Policy Brief – Preliminary Draft
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| Preliminary Draft – Historical Policy Brief (10 points towards Final Grade) – Due Week 6:Assignment Directions: As part of your Applied History Project, the third assignment requirement expects students to complete a preliminary draft or outline of their Historical Policy Brief using academic sources from the last 6 weeks. At this point, students should be familiar with their selected policy and its consequent challenges. Through academic research and independent analysis, this preliminary draft should include a title, summary of policy, historical background information, an assessment and a final policy recommendation. Students may submit an outline draft or narrative draft for review. Either way, your draft should follow the structure below and include the following subheadings. These subheadings should be included in your preliminary draft and final draft. Assignment Requirements: Historical Policy Brief – Preliminary Draft: Title Your draft should include a title that addresses your policy Summary Short Introduction Offer a quick intro to your policy (no more than 3 sentence) that includes your initial (or revised) policy question. Share an overview of the policy you researched Discuss associated challenges/concerns Historical Analogues and Context Identify precedents or analogues Provide background of historical policy Establish origins/root causes of key events Determine outcomes or consequences Assessment Evaluate how and why polices evolved What lessons were learned Policy Recommendation What sorts of actions would you recommended? Bibliography Should include no less than 6 academic sources, three of which should be primary and three of which should be scholarly secondary sources from the UMGC library. Chicago citation style required. Submitting Your Work: Students can submit their work under Historical Policy Brief – Preliminary Draft directions. Click on this assignment, scroll to the bottom of the page where you see “Add Attachments,” and then attach assignment here. Students can also submit this assignment through the Assignment tab. Students will also see the rubric attached to this assignment. Please make sure to review the rubric before submitting your final draft. | |
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| Nov 29, 2022 11:59 PM |
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Rubric Name: Applied History Project: Historical Policy Brief – Preliminary Draft
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| Criteria | Level 410 points | Level 35 points | Level 22 points | Level 10 points | Criterion Score |
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| Submission Deadline | Student Submits Assignment by Deadline | Student Submits Assignment up to 1 week after deadline | Student Submits Assignment up to 2 weeks after deadline | Student does not submit Project by the deadline | Score of Submission Deadline,/ 10 |
| Criteria | Level 415 points | Level 310 points | Level 25 points | Level 12 points | New Level0 points | Criterion Score |
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| Paper Formatting | Student submitted assignment that adhered to formatting requirements—Components include:Submitted in a word documentAt least 1000 words following outline structure as shared in directionsDouble spaced with 1-inch margins12-point Arial, Calibri, or Times New Roman fontA cover page with identifying information included | Student submitted assignment that adhered to formatting requirements but is missing 1-2 components | Student submitted assignment that adhered to formatting requirements but is missing 3 components | Student submitted assignment that adhered to formatting requirements but is missing 4 or more components | Student did not submit assignment | Score of Paper Formatting,/ 15 |
| Criteria | Level 450 points | Level 340 points | Level 230 points | Level 120 points | New Level0 points | Criterion Score |
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| Analysis and evaluation | Assignment included necessary components that thoroughly explored and evaluated the approved topic with information that was accurate, informative, in-depth and meaningful.—Preliminary Draft Includes components below along with content and substance related to topic: 1. Title 2. Summary 3. Historical Analogues and Context. 4. Assessment 5. Policy Recommendation 6. Bibliography | All components/criteria are present with 1-3 omissions or errors. | All components/criteria are present with 4-6 omissions or errors. | All components/criteria are present with 6-8 omissions or errors. | Student did not submit assignment | Score of Analysis and evaluation,/ 50 |
| Criteria | Level 415 points | Level 310 points | Level 25 points | Level 12 points | New Level0 points | Criterion Score |
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| Citations | All six sources are cited correctly with 0-1 error.—Citations are correct and in the Chicago Manual of Style.For web-based resources, provided a complete citation for the site, including the URLWeb-based sources include the date of access. | All six sources are cited correctly with 2-4 errors. OR Citations are correct but not in the Chicago Manual of Style | All six sources are cited correctly, with 5-6 errors, OR There are only five sources with 0-2 errors in evaluation. OR Citations are not in the Chicago Manual of Style and contain 2-3 errors | All six sources are cited correctly with 7-8 errors OR There are only five or less sources with 3-4 errors OR There are only four sources with 0-2 errors. OR Citations are not in the Chicago Manual of Style | Student did not submit assignment | Score of Citations,/ 15 |
| Criteria | Level 410 points | Level 37 points | Level 25 points | Level 12 points | New Level0 points | Criterion Score |
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| Writing Mechanics | Assignment includes 0-3 writing errors—Well-organized paragraphs and well-constructed sentences.No errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation.Appropriate word choice. | Assignment includes 4-6 writing errors | Assignment includes 7-9 writing errors | Assignment includes 10 or more writing errors | Student did not submit assignment | Score of Writing Mechanics,/ 10 |
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Score of Applied History Project: Historical Policy Brief – Preliminary Draft,
/ 100
Overall Score
A: Superior
90 points minimum
B: Exceeds Expectations
80 points minimum
C: Meets Expectations
70 points minimum
D: Below Expectations
60 points minimum
F: Failing
0 points minimum
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