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Electoral College and Alternative Proposals The students will evaluate the current Electoral College system of electing the President. Student will comment on the system flaws, alternative porposals and what changes, if any they would make to the present system. Rubric Code: J266W8 By rjlump Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Social Sciences Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Current Electoral College
	D 6 pts	C 8 pts	B 8 pts	A 10 pts
Current Electoral College	D Paper describes the current Electoral Collge system but fails to mention and describe the major flaws in the current system	C Paper describes the current Electoral College system and mentions the 3 major flaws discussed in class but does not fully detail the flaws	B Paper describes the current Electoral College system and describes in detail the major flaws of the system discussed in class	A Paper describes the current Electoral College system and describes in detail the major flaws of the system discussed in class
Alternatives
Alternative Plans to the Electoral	D The paper does not cover all four alternative plans presented. The information on the four plans is incorrect or incomplete 6 pts	C The paper lists the four alternative plans presented and omitts either the strengths and weaknesses 7 pts	B The paper decribes in some detail the strengths and weaknesses of all four alternative plans discussed 8 pts	A The paper decribes in full detail the strengths and weaknesses of all four alternative plans discussed. 10 pts
Adopting a plan
Conclusion	D The paper does not have a clear conclusion or the conclusion is not supported by evidence form the materail presented in class 9 pts	C The paper has a clear conclusion and but is not strongly supported by the information presented in class 11 pts	B The paper takes a strong position, is supported by information presented in class 13 pts	A The paper takes a strong position, is supported by information from class, uses and cites additional research to support the conclusion. 16 pts
Composition
Paper composition	D The paper has numerous spelling errors and gammer errors. The paper's ideas and information are difficult to follow 6 pts	C The paper has few spelling and grammer errors. The paper's inflormation is readable but basic 7 pts	B The paper's information flows smoothly and is easy to read and follow. The are few major composition errors. 8 pts	A The paper's information flows smoothly and is easy to read and follow. The are no major compoition errors 10 pts