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