Continuity and Change in a Globalized World
Driving Question: To what extent did globalization bring positive change for people around the world from c. 1900 to the present?
In this lesson, you’ll review the whole rubric as you evaluate your own essay. After you review the rubric, you will complete one final writing assessment. Completing a series of rubric-based writing activities will give you a solid grasp of how your teacher will assess your writing.
Learning Objectives
- Explain the extent to which science and technology brought change in the period from 1900 to the present.
- Using historical evidence, create and support arguments about globalization.
Vocab Terms:
It has been said that good writing is rewriting. To rewrite, it is necessary to self-edit! In this activity you’ll review your own essay against the full rubric.
Assess your students’ historical writing skills by having them highlight their DBQ response based on the rubric categories. They will highlight their thesis in one color, contextualization in another color, their evidence in a different color, and analysis and reasoning (sourcing and complexity) in yet another color.
Pull together all you’ve learned about globalization and writing a good essay, in this final DBQ of the course.
