HIS-144-O501 Legacy Of The Progressive Era GCU
Utilize the Topic 6 Readings to create a PowerPoint presentation of five to six slides on the Progressive Era. Be sure to cite and reference all sources.
Include slide notes in your presentation slides. Additionally, include a title, introduction and reference slide(s), which do not count toward five to six slide total.
Evaluate how each of the following topics was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact each had on American Society (100-125 words each topic in the slide notes):
Regulation of Business
Greater Democracy
Conservationism
Rise of Professionalism
Prohibition
Use a minimum of three of the sources provided to support your assignment and be sure to cite the sources.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
While GCU style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
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| Course Code | Class Code | Assignment Title | Total Points | |||
| HIS-144 | HIS-144-O501 | Legacy of the Progressive Era | 75.0 | |||
| Criteria | Percentage | Unsatisfactory (0.00%) | Less than Satisfactory (65.00%) | Satisfactory (75.00%) | Good (85.00%) | Excellent (100.00%) |
| Content | 75.0% | |||||
| Create a Powerpoint presentation of 5-6 slides that evaluate how each of the following topics was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact each had on American Society (100-125 words each topic in the slide notes) 1.Regulation of Business | 10.0% | Presentation fails to evaluate how the Regulation of Business was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes). | Presentation attempts to evaluate how the Regulation of Business was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes). Key elements are skimmed over and explanations are lacking depth of any kind. | Presentation evaluates how the Regulation of Business was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes) with some level of depth; key elements are partially addressed. Explanation is limited and lacks some evidence to support claims. Demonstrates a minimal understanding of the topic. | Presentation evaluates how the Regulation of Business was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes)with accurate details and evidence; key elements are addressed. Explanation digs deep into the topic and provides good analysis with some evidence to support claims. | Presentation evaluates how the Regulation of Business was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes) with quality details and factual evidence; key elements are addressed. Explanation is comprehensive and insightful with relevant evidence to support claims. Demonstrates an exceptional understanding of topic. |
| 2.Greater Democracy | 10.0% | Presentation fails to evaluate how Greater Democracy was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes). | Presentation attempts to evaluate how Greater Democracy was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes). Key elements are skimmed over and explanations are lacking depth of any kind. | Presentation evaluates how Greater Democracy was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes) with some level of depth; key elements are partially addressed. Explanation is limited and lacks some evidence to support claims. Demonstrates a minimal understanding of the topic. | Presentation evaluates how Greater Democracy was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes)with accurate details and evidence; key elements are addressed. Explanation digs deep into the topic and provides good analysis with some evidence to support claims. | Presentation evaluates how Greater Democracy was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes) with quality details and factual evidence; key elements are addressed. Explanation is comprehensive and insightful with relevant evidence to support claims. Demonstrates an exceptional understanding of topic. |
| 3. Conservationism | 10.0% | Presentation fails to evaluate how Conservationism was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes). | Presentation attempts to evaluate how Conservationism was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes). Key elements are skimmed over and explanations are lacking depth of any kind. | Presentation evaluates Conservationism was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes) with some level of depth; key elements are partially addressed. Explanation is limited and lacks some evidence to support claims. Demonstrates a minimal understanding of the topic. | Presentation evaluates how Conservationism was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes)with accurate details and evidence; key elements are addressed. Explanation digs deep into the topic and provides good analysis with some evidence to support claims. | Presentation evaluates how Conservationism was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes) with quality details and factual evidence; key elements are addressed. Explanation is comprehensive and insightful with relevant evidence to support claims. Demonstrates an exceptional understanding of topic. |
| 4. Rise of Professionalism | 10.0% | Presentation fails to evaluate how the Rise of Professionalism was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes). | Presentation attempts to evaluate how the Rise of Professionalism was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes). Key elements are skimmed over and explanations are lacking depth of any kind. | Presentation evaluates how the Rise of Professionalism was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes) with some level of depth; key elements are partially addressed. Explanation is limited and lacks some evidence to support claims. Demonstrates a minimal understanding of the topic. | Presentation evaluates how the Rise of Professionalism was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes)with accurate details and evidence; key elements are addressed. Explanation digs deep into the topic and provides good analysis with some evidence to support claims. | Presentation evaluates how the Rise of Professionalism was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes) with quality details and factual evidence; key elements are addressed. Explanation is comprehensive and insightful with relevant evidence to support claims. Demonstrates an exceptional understanding of topic. |
| 5. Prohibition | 10.0% | Presentation fails to evaluate how Prohibition was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes). | Presentation attempts to evaluate how Prohibition was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes). Key elements are skimmed over and explanations are lacking depth of any kind. | Presentation evaluates Prohibition was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes) with some level of depth; key elements are partially addressed. Explanation is limited and lacks some evidence to support claims. Demonstrates a minimal understanding of the topic. | Presentation evaluates how Prohibition was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes)with accurate details and evidence; key elements are addressed. Explanation digs deep into the topic and provides good analysis with some evidence to support claims. | Presentation evaluates how Prohibition was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact it had on American Society (including 100-125 words each topic in the slide notes) with quality details and factual evidence; key elements are addressed. Explanation is comprehensive and insightful with relevant evidence to support claims. Demonstrates an exceptional understanding of topic. |
| Presentation of Content | 10.0% | The content lacks a clear point of view and logical sequence of information. Includes little persuasive information. Sequencing of ideas is unclear. Presentation is less than 5 slides. | The content is vague in conveying a point of view and does not create a strong sense of purpose. Includes some persuasive information. Presentation is less than 5 slides. | The presentation slides are generally competent, but ideas may show some inconsistency in organization and/or in their relationships to each other. Presentation is at least 5 slides. | The content is written with a logical progression of ideas and supporting information exhibiting a unity, coherence, and cohesiveness. Includes persuasive information from reliable sources. Presentation is more than 5 slides. | The content is written clearly and concisely. Ideas universally progress and relate to each other. The project includes motivating questions and advanced organizers. The project gives the audience a clear sense of the main idea. Presentation is more than 5 slides. |
| Utilize at least 3 of the resources in the classroom and/or from your instructor in support of the content. | 15.0% | No outside sources are cited. | Some sources may be cited but they are not scholarly and/or relevant. | At least three relevant, scholarly sources are cited in a loosely connected, vague way. | At least three relevant, scholarly sources are cited in a well-connected way and elaborated on. | At least three relevant, scholarly sources are cited and are flawlessly integrated into the essay to support the claims made therein. |
| Organization | 25.0% | |||||
| Layout | 10.0% | The layout is cluttered, confusing, and does not use spacing, headings, and subheadings to enhance the readability. The text is extremely difficult to read with long blocks of text, small point size for fonts, and inappropriate contrasting colors. Poor use of headings, subheadings, indentations, or bold formatting is evident. | The layout shows some structure, but appears cluttered and busy or distracting with large gaps of white space or a distracting background. Overall readability is difficult due to lengthy paragraphs, too many different fonts, dark or busy background; overuse of bold, or lack of appropriate indentations of text. | The layout uses horizontal and vertical white space appropriately. Sometimes the fonts are easy to read, but in a few places the use of fonts, italics, bold, long paragraphs, color, or busy background detracts and does not enhance readability. | The layout background and text complement each other and enable the content to be easily read. The fonts are easy to read and point size varies appropriately for headings and text. | The layout is visually pleasing and contributes to the overall message with appropriate use of headings, subheadings, and white space. Text is appropriate in length for the target audience and to the point. The background and colors enhance the readability of the text. |
| Language Use and Audience Awareness (includes sentence construction, word choice, etc.) | 5.0% | Inappropriate word choice and lack of variety in language use are evident. Writer appears to be unaware of audience. Use of primer prose indicates writer either does not apply figures of speech or uses them inappropriately. | Some distracting inconsistencies in language choice (register) and/or word choice are present. The writer exhibits some lack of control in using figures of speech appropriately. | Language is appropriate to the targeted audience for the most part. | The writer is clearly aware of audience, uses a variety of appropriate vocabulary for the targeted audience, and uses figures of speech to communicate clearly. | The writer uses a variety of sentence constructions, figures of speech, and word choice in distinctive and creative ways that are appropriate to purpose, discipline, and scope. |
| Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use) | 5.0% | Slide errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. | Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. | Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but are not overly distracting to the reader. | Slides are largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. | Writer is clearly in control of standard, written academic English. |
| Evaluating and Documenting Sources (in-text citations for paraphrasing and direct quotes, references page listing and formatting, as appropriate to assignment and style) | 5.0% | Contains no title slide, no references section, and no correctly cited references within the body of the presentation. | Title slide is incomplete or inaccurate. References section includes sources, but many citation errors. Citations are included within the body of the presentation but with many errors. | Title slide has minor errors. References section includes sources, but they are not consistently cited correctly. Citations are included within the body of the presentation but with some errors. | Title slide is complete. References section includes correctly cited sources with minimal errors. Correct citations are included within the body of the presentation. | Title slide is complete. References section includes correctly cited sources. Correct citations are included within the body of the presentation. |