History

Order Description Option 1: How did people from different communities or regions interpret environmental change? Use specific textual examples to demonstrate your points and compare societies. You must use sources from your textbook and document reader, including the casebook, "Humans and the Environment in the Second Millennium BCE." Option 2: What kinds of conflicts existed between nomadic and settled peoples in the Afro-Eurasian world? Use specific textual examples to demonstrate your points and compare societies. You must use sources from your textbook and document reader, including the casebook, "Mobilizing for War in the Age of the Mongols." Use footnotes for your citations. Click "References" in Word to get footnotes. You do not need a bibliography. Below you can copy and paste the text to make your footnotes. Then, add your specific page numbers for each reference. Robert Tignor, et al. Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World from the Beginnings of Humankind of the Present, Volume One: Beginnings through the 15th Century, 4th ed. (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2014) Elizabeth Pollard and Clifford Rosenberg, Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A Companion Reader, 2nd ed. (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016 *** These are the two books that need to be Used*** RUBRIC: HISTORY DBQ ASSIGNMENT / GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES CRITERIA PTS EXEMPLARY 10 Points Introduction Provides context, frame, & IDs main themes X 1 Precise & superior context, frame, & ID of main themes / issues Documents Organizes 5 documents into 2 or categories and uses them to support an argument. X 2 Organizes 5 docs into at least 2 categories with a rationale; uses docs to fully support an argument. Content a). Knowledge b). Evidence c). Analysis d). Connections X 4 a). Incorporates accurate interpretations & information from 5 docs & significant accurate outside knowledge throughout. b).Excellent use of evidence in doc to support / develop argument. c). Persuasively analyzes content & point of view in 4-5 docs. d). Significant & multiple connections between historical events &/or present & past events. Communication Cogent, precise, & succinct writing X 2 Cogent, precise, succinct, & persuasive writing throughout; free of major grammatical & spelling errors. Conclusion States valid conclusion(s). X 1 Summarizes main themes & makes significant conclusion(s). NO MORE THAN 700 Words MAX