1. Unit 3 9-100 4-70 8-95 3-60 7-87 2-50 6-80 1-40 5-75 Organization:
Prompt:
Analyze the political, diplomatic, and military reasons for the United States victory in the Revolutionary War. Confine your answer to the period .
Unit 3
Basic Facts
Extensive Moderate Fair Poor
Thorough discussion of POLITICAL issues including but not limited to: the 2nd Continental Congress, Olive Branch Petition, Washington as Commander of the Army, Issuing of the Declaration of Independence (and what that meant for the signers,) Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, the presence of Loyalists within the colonies (a war within a war)
Thorough discussion of DIPLOMATIC issues including but not limited to: The French Alliance of 1778, Benjamin Franklin as ambassador to France, John Adams as ambassador to Holland, the Olive Branch Petition, Whigs among the British, the increasing cost of a foreign war for Great Britain, the Treaty of Paris, 1783
Thorough discussion of MILITARY issues including but not limited to: Patriot advantages (just cause, fighting on home territory, experience from earlier wars,) Green Mountain Boys, British occupation of major cities, the use of a colonial militia, no effective blockade of American coast.
NAME:
GRADE:
9-100
4-70
8-95
3-60
7-87
2-50
6-80
1-40
5-75
THESIS:
STRONG!!
Good
Partially Developed
Underdeveloped/Unclear/Restates Question
Organization:
Strong
Acceptable
Weak
Strengths:
Writing:
Strong
Acceptable
Weak
Things to Work On:
Analysis:
-Effective analysis – tells me why!
-Some analysis – uneven in treatment of question
-More descriptive than analytical
-Little/Poor Analysis/Unclear Connections
-Generalizations
-Major/Minor Errors in facts & analysis
-Fails to integrate facts well with analysis

2. General AP Rubric The 8-9 Essay
Contains a clear, well-developed thesis that addresses all parts of the question.
Provide substantial relevant information in support of the thesis.
Effective analysis addressing all parts of the question.
May contain minor errors
Is well-organized
 The 5-7 Essay
Contains a thesis that may be partially developed & addresses most parts of the question.
Supports the thesis with some relevant information.
Provides some analysis of most parts of the question
May contain errors that do not seriously detract from the essay
The 2-4 Essay
Contains a thesis that may be underdeveloped or poorly developed
Includes minimal information relevant to the question
Provides little or no analysis or contains only generalizations
May contain major errors
 The 0-1 Essay
Lacks a thesis or restates the question
Has little or no relevant information regarding the question
Has little or no understanding of the question
May contain numerous errors