Weekly Reflective Essay
Your reflection on the weekly topics is a crucial part of our work in this class. Each week, you will post to your ePortfolio a response to the question(s) I've posed for the topic we are covering. Weekly Reflective Essays will also be connected to the Primary Source Analysis and the Globalization Project everyone will write.
The steps you will need to complete in order to write your Weekly Reflective Essay are described in the page Your Weekly Routine. The purpose of the Reflective Essay is to make you think and reflect individually, based on class lectures and your assigned reading, and explore one issue related to the syllabus topic for the week.
How it works:
Your Reflective Essay should be a minimum of three long paragraphs in length and should be posted on your own eportfolio. I will read your postings each week and give you a grade based on the argument you've built to answer the question I have posed. I am not looking for a right or wrong answer, but rather a well developed argument that reflects your own opinions and views on the historical period we are studying as well as its effects on today's society.
IMPORTANT: You will not pass this class unless you are an active participant in the Weekly Discussions and you follow instructions accurately.
You will receive a Reflective Essay grade each week. The grade will be based on the following criteria:
- Finishing the assignment completely and on time. Partial answers and late answers will lose points.
- Quality of response to the topic. Grades will be determined as follows:
A = your response reflects accurate reading of all parts of the assignment and clear, focused, and creative understanding of the subject and its connection to historical contexts.
B = your response reflects accurate and complete reading and a clear, focused understanding of the subject.
C = your response reflects adequate reading and understanding of the main points.
D = you have not read completely or accurately and do not understand significant parts of the assignment.
F = you have not done the assignment.
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