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Reconstruction- DBQ Essay

Was Reconstruction a success or failure for Freedmen. Use evidence from three documents to highlight your opinion.

Rubric Code: YBB5CC

By wclark58

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Subject: History

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Reconstruction Was Reconstruction a success or failure for Freedmen. Use evidence from three documents to highlight your opinion.
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Thesis Statement and review of Reco 1.Provide a short explanation of Reconstruction to build the historical context/background for your essay. 2. Write a clear thesis statement that addresses the question above.	Poor Did not state thesis statement in opening paragragh	Fair Had thesis statement but did not provide a short explanation of Reconstruction to build the historical context/background for your essay.	Good	Excellent 1.Provided a short explanation of Reconstruction to build the historical context/background for your essay. 2. Wrote a clear thesis statement that addresses the question above.
Use of primary source documents 3.Use at least three documents in your essay. Cite the specific document titles such as (The Thirteenth Amendment). 4. For each document you use, identify at least one specific piece of evidence that supports your argument.	Poor Did not use primary source documents to support your thesis statement	Fair Used less than three primary source documents to support your thesis statement	Good Used three primary source documents to support your thesis statement	Excellent Used more than three primary source documents to support your thesis statement
Grammer and Conventions Correct usage of grammer and conventions of the the English language	Poor More than 5 mistakes in Grammer and Conventions	Fair More than 2 mistakes in Grammer and Conventions	Good Less than 2 mistakes in Grammer and Conventions	Excellent No mistakes in Grammer and Conventions
Document Analysis Provide clear analysis for each document in which you explain how your evidence “proves” your argument	Poor Did not Provide clear analysis for each document	Fair Provide clear analysis for two or less documents	Good Provided clear analysis for the three documents used used	Excellent Provided clear analysis for the three plus documents used used
Closing Include a conclusion in which you restate your main ideas.	Poor No conclusion used	Fair Conclusion did not restate all of the main ideas from the opening	Good	Excellent Include a conclusion in which you restate your main ideas.