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Did 9/11 Change Foreign Policy in the United States? Did 9/11 Change Foreign Policy in the United States? A student essay on whether the foreign policy of the United States was changed by the attack on September 11, 2001. Rubric Code: T5B76B By craigali Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

9/11 & U. S. Foreign Policy
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Introduction/Topic	Excellent Introduction is clever and/or creative and motivates the reader to continue reading. There is a clear topic sentence/statement the leads into the following paragraphs.	Good Introduction is clever and/or creative. There is a clear topic sentence/statement the leads into the following paragraphs.	Fair Introduction is clear. Topic sentence / statement is unclear, and does not lead into the following paragraphs.	Poor Introduction is unclear. There is no topic sentence or statement.
Information Gathering	Excellent Student gathered information from a variety of quality electronic and print resources. Sources are relevant, balanced and include critical readings relating to the thesis. Primary sources were included (if appropriate).	Good Student gathered information from a variety of relevant electronic and print resources.	Fair Student gathered information from a limited range of sources and displayed minimal effort in selecting quality resouces.	Poor Student gathered information that lacked relevance, quality, depth and balance.
Central Ideas	Excellent Well organized, demonstrates logical sequencing and sentence structure	Good Well organized, but demonstrates illogical sequencing OR sentence structure.	Fair Well organized, but demonstrates illogical sequencing AND sentence structure.	Poor Poorly organized.
Conclusions Reached	Excellent Numerous detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.	Good Several detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.	Fair Some detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.	Poor A conclusion is made from the evidence offered.
Grammar	Excellent Punctuation, capitalization and spelling are all correct.	Good There is one error in punctuation, capitalization and/or spelling.	Fair There are two or three errors in punctuation, capitalization and/or spelling.	Poor There are four or more errors in punctuation, capitalization and/or spelling.