The Mercy High
School Honor Pledge: "As a woman of Honor, I pledge that this work is
my own".
Objective:
To provide Mercy High School students with a perspective on "big"
issues that
link events, trends and concepts being studied.
There are three types of journals. Each
type of journal must be addressed properly.
1. Documents - Documents will
be posted as links in the class website. The first paragraph should
describe the document, including the author and the status of the
author (is the author someone who observed the events or is the author
analyzing the evens later?). The second paragraph should deal with the
question, including the student's response and support from the
document.
2. Anaysis question -
The question will ask for a link between events or series of events, or
will concern the influence of people on events or series of events. The
first paragraph should describe the people/ events, the second
paragraph should describe and support how the people/ events are linked.
3. Event question -
The question will ask for a description of two or more events, and then
how the events are related. The description of the link and the support
of the opinion is the bulk of the grade. The description of the events
should taske up one paragraph each, and the analysis of the links
should take one or two paragraphs.
Standards - Journal responses must be typed
and double spaced, and should take no more than a page.
An A
Journal entry will accurately describe the status of the author or the
events, and will clearly answer the question. The answer will include
support from the document or the events for each assertion.
A B Journal entry will accurately describe the
author or events, and will fairly clearly answer the question. The
answer will include support from the document for most assertions.
A C Journal entry will describe the author or
events, and will fairly clearly answer the question. The answer will
include support from the document for some assertions.
A D Journal entry will either accurately
describe the author, or the events, or will include some support
from the document.
An F Journal entry will meet no objectives.
Updated 8/27/2017
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