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Human Rights Final Exam Rubric
Essay Prompt: What conditions create equal rights for all citizens,
and who is responsible for creating those conditions? |
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Essential
Components |
Essay thoroughly addresses all of the following required components:
- Conditions that create equal rights
- Responsibility for creating these conditions
- Changing definition of human rights
- Public policy influences on human rights issues
- Political, social, and cultural conditions that promote equal rights
- Future human rights issues
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Essay includes all of the following required components, but some are addressed less thoroughly or in less depth than others:
- Conditions that create equal rights
- Responsibility for creating these conditions
- Changing definition of human rights
- Public policy influences on human rights issues
- Political, social, and cultural conditions that promote equal rights
- Future human rights issues
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Essay is missing one or more of the following required components or addresses them superficially:
- Conditions that create equal rights
- Responsibility for creating these conditions
- Changing definition of human rights
- Public policy influences on human rights issues
- Political, social, and cultural conditions that promote equal rights
- Future human rights issues
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Essay is missing significant pieces of the following required components:
- Conditions that create equal rights
- Responsibility for creating these conditions
- Changing definition of human rights
- Public policy influences on human rights issues
- Political, social, and cultural conditions that promote equal rights
- Future human rights issues
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| Historical Inquiry |
The author uses specific facts and events to:
- Apply ideas, theories, and modes of historical inquiry to understand historical and contemporary developments
- Evaluate the roles of citizens and their participation and involvement in civic projects
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The author uses some specific facts to:
- Interpret events in historical contexts
- Discuss citizen involvement
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The author makes a halfhearted attempt to use specific facts to think historically or in-depth about citizen involvement. |
The author does not use specific facts to think historically or about citizen involvement. |
| Organization and Mechanics |
The essay is well organized and has few mechanical errors. |
The essay is well organized but has some mechanical errors that do not detract significantly from the meaning. |
The essay is poorly organized and has numerous, unnecessary mechanical errors. |
The essay is poorly organized, undeveloped, and has numerous mechanical errors that detract from the meaning. |
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