5/30/24, 6:54 AM HIS 200 Writing Plan Progress Check 3 Guidelines and Rubric Overview Assignment Information your later Throughout Modules Three and Four, you have continued to work on your Project 1: Writing Plan assignment, which you will formally submit for completion at the end of Module Four of the course. This progress check assignment provides you with an important opportunity to get valuable instructor feedback on the progress you are making and to ensure you are on the right track for submission. Prompt Module Three: Communicating Historical Ideas has considered how historians communicate their message to a specific audience. Return to your submission for Progress Check 2 and identify an audience that would be interested in your event and an answer to your historical research question. Keep that audience in mind as you write your initial thesis statement as part of this assignment. You will also describe primary and secondary sources you could use to research your historical event. Specifically, in this assignment, you will submit the following elements of your Project 1: Writing Plan for review by your instructor: In Module Three: Communicating Historical Ideas, Learning Block 3-4 (page 2) in the webtext, you completed the following element: I. Describe the historical event that you selected. Why is this event significant? II. Describe at least two secondary sources that you could use to research your historical event. Your sources must be relevant to your event and must be of an appropriate academic nature. In your description, consider questions such as: What are the similarities and differences in the content of your sources? What makes them appropriate and relevant for investigating your event? What was your thought process when you were searching for sources? How did you make choices? III. Describe at least two primary sources that you could use to research your historical event. Your sources must be relevant to your event and must be of an appropriate academic nature. In your description, consider questions such as: How do these sources relate to your secondary sources? What do they add to your understanding of the event? What makes them appropriate and relevant for investigating your event? In Module Three: Communicating Historical Ideas, Learning Block 3-4 (page 3) in the webtext, you worked toward the following element: IV. Based on your review of primary and secondary sources, develop a research question related to the historical event you selected. In other words, what would you like to know more about? V. Create a thesis statement based on your research question. Your thesis should be clear, specific, and arguable, and state a claim about your historical event. As you create your thesis, keep in mind an audience that would be interested in your historical event and research question. Please note that many of the elements within this assignment directly align to elements in the Project 1 Guidelines and Rubric. You will need to add finishing touches to this progress check submission to prepare your final writing plan for submission in Module Four. What to Submit The Writing Plan Progress Check 3 must be submitted as a 1-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Follow the formatting of the example included in Module Three: Communicating Historical Ideas, learning block 3-4 (page 3) in the webtext and include identifying information (name, course code and title, assignment title, name of university, and date) as well as section headings (preliminary writing plan, sources, thesis statement) as appropriate. Criteria Historical Event Secondary Sources Writing Plan Progress Check 3 Rubric Proficient (100%) Describes selected historical event and its significance Describes at least two relevant and appropriate secondary sources that could be used to research the historical event Needs Improvement (75%) Describes selected historical event and its significance, but with gaps in detail or clarity Describes at least two secondary sources that could be used to research the historical event, but with gaps in appropriateness, relevance, or detail Not Evident (0%) Value Does not describe selected historical event and its significance 5 Does not describe at least two secondary sources that could be used to research the historical event 20 file:///C:/Users/Atul/AppData/Local/Temp/Rar$EX00.536/rubrics/Writing Plan Progress Check 3 Guidelines and Rubric.html 12 1/2 5/30/24, 6:54 AM Criteria Primary Sources Research Question Thesis Articulation of Response Proficient (100%) Describes at least two relevant and appropriate primary sources that could be used to research the historical event Develops research question related to the selected historical event based on review of primary and secondary sources Develops a thesis statement related to the research question Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization Assignment Information Needs Improvement (75%) Describes at least two primary sources that could be used to research the historical event, but with gaps in appropriateness, relevance, or detail Develops research question related to the selected historical event, but question is not based on review of primary and secondary sources Develops a thesis statement, but thesis is not related to the research question Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas Not Evident (0%) Value Does not describe at least two primary sources that could be used to research the historical event 20 Does not develop research question related to the selected historical event 20 Does not develop a thesis statement Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas 25 10 Total: 100% 2/2 file:///C:/Users/Atul/AppData/Local/Temp/Rar$EX00.536/rubrics/Writing Plan Progress Check 3 Guidelines and Rubric.html/n Module Three: Communicating Historical Ideas | Learning Block 3-4: Thesis Statements In your historical analysis essay, you will not only be asking a research question, but you will attempt to answer it and argue your position with the help of historical evidence. Your thesis statement will provide an outline for your argument, and it will work as a guide for anyone reading your essay. Your thesis statement should be clear, specific, arguable, and defensible from the sources that you have available to use in your research. It will give direction to the rest of your essay. The more practice you have creating thesis statements, the better you will be at forming coherent arguments in your writing. This is a crucial component of communicating historical ideas. You will practice writing sample thesis statements as well your thesis statement in this learning block. Although you will submit a working thesis to your instructor for feedback, you will have the opportunity to revise your thesis before submitting the final draft of your historical analysis essay in Module Eight, Learning Block 8-4. Learning Objectives In this learning block, you will: Explore the relationship between your research question and your thesis statement Practice crafting thesis statements Discuss your thesis statement with your classmates Submit your working thesis statement and choice of sources to your instructor for approval What to Submit The Writing Plan Progress Check 3 must be submitted as a 1-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Follow the formatting of the example included in Module Three: Communicating Historical Ideas, learning block 3-4 (page 3) in the webtext and include identifying information (name, course code and title, assignment title, name of university, and date) as well as section headings (preliminary writing plan, sources, thesis statement) as appropriate.