HIS 200 Module Six Short Response Guidelines and Rubric 

Overview

The short response activities in the webtext throughout this course are designed to show your understanding of key concepts as you engage with course content.

Prompt

During the sixth week of the course, you will respond to several questions in the webtext as you complete each learning block. At the end of Module Six you will review your answers to these

questions and ensure that you have responded to each question. It is important that you answer each question; otherwise, the words “[no response]” will appear in brackets when you submit

the assignment. The questions and their original locations in the webtext are listed in this table in case you want to refer back to the reading as you edit, but you can edit your responses to all

the questions directly in Module Six: Analyzing History, continued, learning block 6-4 (page 2) in the webtext before exporting to Word for submission to your instructor in the learning

environment. 

Module Six: Analyzing History, continued, Learning Block 6-1 (page 2): 

Question 1: Which source will you analyze using active reading strategies? Include the name of the article, the author, the publication, the date, and where you found it. Read your chosen

source using the active reading strategies you learned on the previous page. Then, summarize the overall meaning and content of the reading. Write your summary below. Your summary

should be at least one paragraph long. 

Module Six: Analyzing History, continued, Learning Block 6-2 (page 2): 

Question 2: What events or historical forces contributed to the Boston busing crisis of the mid-1970s? Name at least three, and brie�y explain why you think each one was a contributory

cause of the Boston busing crisis. 

Question 3: Name three speci�c consequences of the Boston busing crisis. 

Module Six: Analyzing History, continued, Learning Block 6-3 (page 3): 

Question 4: Describe one cause of the event you have chosen for your historical analysis (keeping in mind that there are many), and explain one piece of evidence from your research that

you will use to support this assertion. Describe one consequence of the event, and explain one piece of evidence from your research that you will use to support this assertion. 

What to Submit

Your responses to Questions 1 and 4 should be 1 paragraph long. Your responses to Questions 2 and 3 should be 2–3 sentences long. Follow the instructions at the bottom of Module Six:

Analyzing History, continued, learning block 6-4 (page 2) in the webtext, to download your work and submit it to your instructor as a single Microsoft Word document uploaded to the learning

environment. Refer to the Submitting Webtext Assignments Guide for assistance on downloading, saving, and submitting this assignment.

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Module Six Short Response Rubric

Criteria Exemplary Pro�cient   Needs Improvement Not Evident Value

Engagement Written responses completely

address all short answer

prompts (100%) 

Written responses completely

address the majority of short

answer prompts (85%) 

Written responses address the

minority of short answer

prompts (55%) 

No written responses provided

to address any short answer

prompts (0%) 

30

Relevance N/A Written responses directly

address short answer prompts,

drawing from presented course

concepts and

terminology (100%) 

Written responses are topically

related to short answer

prompts, but responses do not

consistently draw from

presented course concepts and

terminology (85%) 

Written responses do not

address topics identi�ed in

short answer prompts (0%) 

20

Accuracy Written responses are

completely accurate (100%) 

Written responses contain

minor errors but are mostly

accurate (85%) 

Written responses contain

major errors (55%) 

No written responses are

provided (0%) 

20

Critical Thinking  N/A Written responses

demonstrate understanding of

course content through

inclusion of original ideas and

examples (100%) 

Written responses

demonstrate understanding of

course content through

reiteration of provided

materials, but do not

consistently include original

ideas and examples (85%) 

Written responses do not

re�ect original ideas and

examples (0%) 

20

Criteria Exemplary Pro�cient   Needs Improvement Not Evident Value

Articulation of Response  N/A Written responses are

captured in complete sentences

without grammatical errors

impacting legibility and the

clarity of response (100%) 

Written responses are

captured in incomplete

sentences or include numerous

grammatical errors that

negatively impact legibility and

the clarity of response (85%) 

No written responses are

captured in complete

sentences (0%) 

10

Total: 100%