Introduce the debate surrounding abolition vs. equality and how it led to the American Civil War.

Grading Rubric for Written Response CRITERIA ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Score Content 70 percent 0-41 Response focus may not be clear to the reader, and/or the ideas may not make sense . L ittle to no analysis is demonstrated , and novel, relevant insight may be lacking . T he writing may contain numerous errors that interfere with the reader’s ability to grasp the writer’s meaning . 42 -48 Response may be somewhat unfocused , but demonstrates some effort at analysis . Supporting ideas may be lacking, difficult to determine, and/or provide little to no novel or relevant insigh t. T he reader may have difficulty at times determining what the writer is trying to say . 49 -55 Response generally focuses on the topic , but may occasionally stray . Analysis is fairly thorough . Supporting ideas are fairly well developed . Presentation is interesting and may contain a few novel insights that are relevant to the topic . 56 -62 Response generally focuses on the topic and de monstrates thorough analysis . Supporting ideas are fairly well developed . Presentation is interesting and contains somewhat novel insights that are relevant to the topic . 63 -70 Response remains fully focuse d on the topic . It demonstrates thorough analysis resulting in novel insight with relevant and fully developed supporting ideas . The presentation is engaging . Organization 20 percent 0-11 The organization is hard to follow ; idea s are not linked tog ether and/or may be fragmented . Lacking any logical grouping of ideas or transitions from one idea to the next. 12-13 The organization is mostly unclear and could be arranged in a more logical way. Some idea s are linked tog ether, but some idea s are fragmented . There is little to no grouping of ideas or use of transitions. 14 -15 The organization is fairly clear, but it could be arranged more logically to better support the proposed solution. Ideas are somewhat grouped together with a few transitions between groups. 16 -17 The organization results in clarity and presents mostly logically arranged points to support the proposed solution . Ideas are grouped fairly well, and there are transitions throughout the document. 18 -20 The organization results in clarity and presents logically arranged points to support the proposed solution. Related ideas are well grouped, and transitions between ideas flow smoothly. Writing Mechanics 10 percent 0-5 Writing lacks clarity and conciseness.

Serious problems with sentence structure and grammar.

Numerous major or minor errors in punctuation and /or spelling. 6 Writing lacks clarity or conciseness.

Minor problems with sentence structure and some grammatical errors. Several minor errors in punctuation and /or spelling. 7 Writing is somewhat clear and concise. Sentence structure and grammar are strong and mostly c orrect. Few minor errors in punctuation and /or spelling. . 8 Writing is mostly clear and concise. Sentence structure and grammar are strong and mostly correct.

Few minor errors in punctuation and /or spelling. 9-10 Writing is clear and concise.

Sentence structure and grammar are excellent. Correct use of punctuation. No spelling errors. Total