Unit VII: What, Then, Is This American? ca. 1865 - 1900
Question/Problem 7: Were industrial leaders "captains of industry" or "robber barons?"
| Arguments: Three strong arguments are made to support either that the industrial leader was a "captain of industry" or a "robber baron." | Three thoughtful, and insightful arguments made. | 5 |
| Three adequate arguments made. | 4 | |
| Two brief arguments made. | 3 | |
| Three arguments made, but not supported with data. | 2 | |
| Student fails to adequately describe arguments. | 1 | |
| Information: Facts, details, and examples are are used to support arguments. | Variety of accurate facts, details, and examples. | 5 |
| Sufficient amount of material to support arguments. | 4 | |
| Small amount of supporting information is included. | 3 | |
| Little and/or inaccurate and information included. | 2 | |
| No supporting information is included. | 1 | |
| Organization: Essay clearly includes an opening paragraph,an organized body of information, and a conclusion. | Essay has definite beginning, middle and end. | 3 |
| There is an attempt to organize essay. | 2 | |
| No organization, lacking proper structure. | 1 | |
| Writing style: Essay is readable with varied sentence structure. | Clear, readable, and varied writing style. | 2 |
| Some parts of essay are not clear. | 1 | |
| Grammar, mechanics,spelling: Letter has been proofread. | Grammar, mechanics, spelling consistently correct. | 2 |
| Some weaknesses and errors. | 1 | |
| 17-16 = Excellent 15-14 = Good 13-12 = Satisfactory 11-10 = Needs Improvement 9 - 5 = Unsatisfactory | TOTAL SCORE______________
YOUR GRADE________________ | |