ATH 101 Journal Guidelines and Rubric

Journal activities in this course are private between you and the instructor. Your journal assignments provide you a chance to think deeply about the concepts you are learning in this course and to make connections to the real world and society at large. For each of your journal assignments, be sure to incorporate course concepts into your reflection. In each journal assignment, you will be reflecting on a different anthropological event/topic.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

 Incorporate course concepts into your assignment.  Address the consequences of anthropological events on modern society.  Relate anthropological events to your own situation.

A course journal is generally made up of many individual assignments.

Guidelines for Submission: Submit assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Concepts Meets “Proficient” criteria and incorporates real-world examples of concepts

Accurately incorporates key anthropological concepts

Incorporates key anthropological concepts, but there are inaccuracies

Does not incorporate anthropological concepts

30

Consequences Meets “Proficient” criteria and includes real-world examples to support observations about consequences

Suggests relevant consequences of the given event/topic on modern society

Suggests consequences of the given event/topic on modern society but lacks relevance

Does not suggest consequences of the given event/topic

30

Situation Meets “Proficient” criteria and discusses the given event/topic could impact future personal situation

Clearly articulates the impact of the given event/topic to personal situation

Articulates the impact of the given event/topic to personal situation but lacks clarity

Does not articulate the impact of the given event/topic to personal situation

30

Articulation of Response

Journal assignment is free of errors of organization and grammar

Journal assignment is mostly free of errors of organization and grammar, which are marginal and rarely interrupt the flow

Journal assignment contains errors of organization and grammar, but they are limited enough so that the assignment can be understood

Journal assignment contains errors of organization and grammar, making the journal difficult to understand

10

Earned Total 100%