Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric

HIS 223 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric Overview This assignment is the second milestone of the final project. The final project for this course is a narrative paper on some aspect of military modernization in Western societies. Sources: Your final project submission requires 1 to 2 primary sources, and 4 to 5 scholarly secondary sources. Prompt Milestone Two will be a 3- to 4-page submission consisting of multiple parts. Be sure to include a 1- to 2-paragraph introduction that identifies the topic of the final paper, provides a preliminary thesis statement, and explains the significance of the topic. Next you will write a 2- to 3-page outline of the project that identifies the main ideas that you plan to discuss and identifies the sources you plan to use to support those main ideas. Finally, you will include a bibliography that correctly cites at least 6 primary and secondary sources that you plan to use in the paper. What to Submit Submission should be a Word document with double spacing (except for the bibliography), 12- point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Milestone Two Rubric Criteria Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Valu e Introduction: Topic identification Provides a clear, thorough introduction to the project topic with relevant scholarly support Provides an introduction to the project topic but it is unclear and/or vague Does not provide an introduction to the project topic 13 Introduction: Thesis Statement Provides a thesis statement with clear details to establish an argument central to the paper and uses relevant scholarly support Provides a thesis statement with detail and scholarly support that does not address the central argument OR thesis statement is unclear or does not include relevant Does not provide a thesis statement OR the thesis statement differs from the central argument 13

scholarly support Introduction: Topic Defense Provides a clear explanation of the topic’s significance and importance with relevant scholarly support Provides an explanation of the topic’s significance and importance but it is unclear or disorganized OR provides an explanation of the topic’s significance and importance but is lacking scholarly support Does not provide an explanation of the topic’s significance or importance 13 Outline: Main Points Includes an accurate and organized description of how key elements (individuals, events, trends, etc.) will be analyzed in the paper Includes a description of how some key elements (individuals, events, trends, etc.) will be analyzed in the paper OR includes a description of how key elements will be analyzed that do not connect to central argument Does not include a description of how key elements will be analyzed 13 Outline: Sources Identifies which sources will be used to support each main point and accurately uses footnote and bibliography conventions of Turabian/Chicago format Identifies most of the sources that will be used to support the main points and uses footnote and bibliography conventions of Turabian/Chicago format OR identifies sources to support each main point but does not accurately use footnote and bibliography conventions of Turabian/Chicago format Does not correctly identify sources OR identifies sources without using footnote and bibliography conventions of Turabian/Chicag o format 13 Bibliography: Sources Identifies at least six primary and secondary sources Identifies fewer than six sources OR the secondary sources are not scholarly Does not identify any sources 13 Bibliography: Citations Submission accurately uses conventions of Turabian/Chicago Submission has many errors related to conventions of Submission has critical errors related to 12