HUMN303 DeVry University W5 National Archive Digital Field Trip Reflection

Week 5: Digital Field Trip Reflection – The National Archive
This week you will take a digital field trip to view the Founding Documents Gallery at the National Archives. Located in Washington D.C., the National Archives are dedicated to preserving important historical and cultural documents, including the founding documents of the United States. Your visit to the digital archive will help you develop your understanding of definitions of democracy and political revolution, and provide key details about the contexts that these forms emerge from.
For this assignment you will need to:
Read the Lesson for the week
Engage in weekly Discussions to help develop ideas
Visit the National Archives at: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Produce a 500-700 word reflection assignment (see description below)
For your reflection assignment for this week, please select one primary example from the archive and address the following in a two-page reflection assignment:
Describe the example you have selected and insert the image into the essay. Include the specific link in the reference page.
Explain the origins and context of the example.
Include examples from the textbook this week that help develop your analysis of the work and its context.
Chose at least one contemporary issue in government that relates to the example. Discuss the influence that these documents continue to have on contemporary cultural patterns. Include a link to the source for the contemporary issue in the reference page.
Be sure to submit your assignment.
Rubric
Digital Field Trip Week 5
Digital Field Trip Week 5
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent
35.0 pts
Reflection addresses all of the following elements: •Description of the image •URL where the image can be found •Explanation of the origins and context of the image •Examples from the textbook that help develop the analysis •Link to a contemporary issues in government •Discussion of the influence of contemporary government link and contemporary cultural patterns
30.0 pts
Reflection addresses most of the following elements: •Description of the image •URL where the image can be found •Explanation of the origins and context of the image •Examples from the textbook that help develop the analysis •Link to a contemporary issues in government •Discussion of the influence of contemporary government link and contemporary cultural patterns
25.0 pts
Reflection addresses some of the following elements: •Description of the image •URL where the image can be found •Explanation of the origins and context of the image •Examples from the textbook that help develop the analysis •Link to a contemporary issues in government •Discussion of the influence of contemporary government link and contemporary cultural patterns
20.0 pts
Reflection addresses few of the following elements: •Description of the image •URL where the image can be found •Explanation of the origins and context of the image •Examples from the textbook that help develop the analysis •Link to a contemporary issues in government •Discussion of the influence of contemporary government link and contemporary cultural patterns
0.0 pts
No effort
35.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWriting Quality
10.0 pts
Throughout the whole work, the writing •actively engages with the topic •is free of major errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation •demonstrates strong word choice and sentence variety •avoids short paragraphs that tend to make a paper choppy and difficult to read •logically organizes ideas
8.5 pts
Throughout most of the work, the writing •actively engages with the topic •is free of major errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation •demonstrates strong word choice and sentence variety •avoids short paragraphs that tend to make a paper choppy and difficult to read •presents ideas well
7.0 pts
Throughout some of the work, the writing •actively engages with the topic •is free of major errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation •demonstrates strong word choice and sentence variety •avoids short paragraphs that tend to make a paper choppy and difficult to read •needs restructuring of organization and concepts
5.5 pts
Throughout little of the work, the writing •actively engages with the topic •is free of major errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation •demonstrates strong word choice and sentence variety •avoids short paragraphs that tend to make a paper choppy and difficult to read •logically organizes ideas •Most of the work is unorganized and difficult to follow.
0.0 pts
No effort
10.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeReferences
5.0 pts
Throughout the whole work, •outside research is used to apply concepts •in-text references are format