Preliminary Draft – Historical Policy Brief (100 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
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.
Due Date
Jun 29, 2021 11:59 PM
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Rubric Name: Applied History Project: Historical Policy Brief – Preliminary Draft
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Criteria
Level 4
10 points
Level 3
5 points
Level 2
2 points
Level 1
0 points
Criterion Score
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
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Level 4
15 points
Level 3
10 points
Level 2
5 points
Level 1
2 points
New Level
0 points
Criterion Score
Paper Formatting
Student submitted assignment that adhered to formatting requirements
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Components include:
Submitted in a word document
At least 3 pages following outline structure as shared in directions
Double spaced with 1-inch margins
12-point Arial, Calibri, or Times New Roman font
A 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
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Criteria
Level 4
50 points
Level 3
40 points
Level 2
30 points
Level 1
20 points
New Level
0 points
Criterion Score
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.
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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
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Criteria
Level 4
15 points
Level 3
10 points
Level 2
5 points
Level 1
2 points
New Level
0 points
Criterion Score
Citations
All six sources are cited correctly with 0-1 error.
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Citations are correct and in the Chicago Manual of Style.
For web-based resources, provided a complete citation for the site, including the URL
Web-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
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There are only five or less sources with 3-4 errors
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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
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Criteria
Level 4
10 points
Level 3
7 points
Level 2
5 points
Level 1
2 points
New Level
0 points
Criterion Score
Writing Mechanics
Assignment includes 0-3 writing errors
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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
Overall Score
Level 4
11 points minimum
Level 3
8 points minimum
Level 2
5 points minimum
Level 1
0 points minimum
