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HIS 200 Module One Short Response Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

The short response activities in the webtext throughout this course are designed to show your understanding of key concepts as you engage with course content.

Prompt

During the �rst week of the course, you will respond to several questions in the webtext as you complete each learning block. At the end of Module One, you will review your answers to these

questions and ensure that you have responded to each question. It is important that you answer each question; otherwise, the words “[no response]” will appear in brackets when you submit

the assignment. The questions and their original locations in the webtext are listed in this table in case you want to refer back to the reading as you edit, but you can edit your responses to all

the questions directly in Module One: Approaches to History, learning block 1-4 (page 4) in the webtext, before exporting to Word for submission to your instructor in the learning

environment.

Module One: Approaches to History, Learning Block 1-2 (page 3): 

Question 1: In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? The in�ux of unskilled Irish immigrants into New York City in the 1840s and early 1850s

drives down wages for other workers at the low end of the salary ladder. 

Question 2: In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? In 1908, Aram Pothier, an immigrant from Quebec, is elected governor of Rhode Island

with strong support from the Québécois community. 

Question 3: In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? Irish immigrants and �rst-generation Irish-Americans come to dominate the hierarchy

of the American Catholic Church in the late nineteenth century. 

Question 4: In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? Immigration to the United States comes to be seen as a “rite of passage” for young

Québécois women in the early twentieth century. 

Module One: Approaches to History, Learning Block 1-3 (page 4): 

Question 5: If you had to write a paper on the Lincoln assassination, what would you like to know more about? Create three research questions that would be appropriate for a historical

analysis essay, keeping in mind the characteristics of a critical research question. The three questions can be related, or they can address different aspects of the topic.

Question 6: If you had to write a paper on Title IX, what would you like to know more about? Create three research questions that would be appropriate for a historical analysis essay,

keeping in mind the characteristics of a critical research question. The three questions can be related, or they can address different aspects of the topic. 

Module One: Approaches to History, Learning Block 1-4 (page 3): 

Question 7: Write a research question that addresses the Irish immigrant experience through the lens of political history. 

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Question 8: Write a research question that addresses the Irish immigrant experience through the lens of economic history. 

What to Submit

Each short response should be between 1 and 2 sentences in length. Follow the instructions at the bottom of Module One: Approaches to History, learning block 1-4 (page 4) in the webtext, to

download your work and submit it to your instructor as a single Microsoft Word document uploaded in the learning environment. Refer to the Submitting Webtext Assignments Guide for

assistance on downloading, saving, and submitting this assignment.

Module One Short Response Rubric

Criteria Exemplary Pro�cient   Needs Improvement Not Evident Value

Engagement Written responses completely

address all short answer

prompts (100%) 

Written responses completely

address the majority of short

answer prompts (85%) 

Written responses address the

minority of short answer

prompts (55%) 

No written responses provided

to address any short answer

prompts (0%) 

30

Relevance N/A Written responses directly

address short answer prompts,

drawing from presented course

concepts and

terminology (100%) 

Written responses are topically

related to short answer

prompts, but responses do not

consistently draw from

presented course concepts and

terminology (85%) 

Written responses do not

address topics identi�ed in

short answer prompts (0%) 

20

Accuracy Written responses are

completely accurate (100%) 

Written responses contain

minor errors but are mostly

accurate (85%) 

Written responses contain

major errors (55%) 

No written responses are

provided (0%) 

20

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Criteria Exemplary Pro�cient   Needs Improvement Not Evident Value

Critical Thinking  N/A Written responses

demonstrate understanding of

course content through

inclusion of original ideas and

examples (100%) 

Written responses

demonstrate understanding of

course content through

reiteration of provided

materials, but do not

consistently include original

ideas and examples (85%) 

Written responses do not

re�ect original ideas and

examples (0%) 

20

Articulation of Response  N/A Written responses are

captured in complete sentences

without grammatical errors

impacting legibility and the

clarity of response (100%) 

Written responses are

captured in incomplete

sentences or include numerous

grammatical errors that

negatively impact legibility and

the clarity of response (85%) 

No written responses are

captured in complete

sentences (0%) 

10

Total: 100%