Applied Humanities

Rubric Exploration Sample A 4 Module Four: Examining the Humanities, continued / Page 4.1.2 Exploration Sample A On this page: 0 of 13 attempted (0%) | 0 of 13 correct (0%) Objective: Apply the rubric to a sample assignment to better understand how your exploration document will be graded.

Let’s take a look at a sample exploration document to see how grading might play out if you were the instructor. This sample includes the exact same critical elements you will be writing about, but it compares two artifacts that are not in this webtext’s gallery of works.

You can see the entire document embedded below, if you’d like, but we’ll be working through it on this page piece by piece, just as a grader would.

Google Doc. Exploration Document A. Uploaded March 5, 2020, by Soomo Learning. Follow the link to view the document in a separate window.

Critical Element 1

Take a look at the first critical element from the assignment:

Describe the cultural artifacts that you have chosen. Consider questions such as these in your response: What is the name or title of the artifact? Who is the author or artist? What is the date or time period when the artifact was created? What is the cultural setting or physical location of the artifact?

Here’s the student’s response:

My first work is a composition called “Jupiter” by the English composer Gustav Holst. This piece is part of The Planets, Op. 32, a seven-movement orchestral suite composed between 1914 and 1916. The first public appearance of this piece was performed in London by the London Symphony Orchestra, while the version I am analyzing is performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. My second work is the mural Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way by the German American artist Emanuel Leutze. It was painted in the U.S. Capitol in 1862, right at the start of the American Civil War.

Multiple-Choice Question

Now take a look at the rubric. Which category would you put this response in?

Not Evident: Does not describe selected cultural artifacts Proficient: Describes selected cultural artifacts Needs Improvement: Describes selected cultural artifacts, but with gaps in detail or clarity Exemplary: Meets “Proficient” criteria and description is exceptionally clear and contextualized

Critical Element 2

Identify at least one common theme that will serve as the framework of your exploration document. How is the theme expressed in your artifacts?

Student response:

The common theme shared by both of these works is patriotism. Although it isn’t clear whether Holst intended “Jupiter” to hold a patriotic theme, the middle of the arrangement sports an anthem-like melody reminiscent of a folk song. According to John Kronlokken (2014), “Holst set this melody to Cecil Spring Rice’s text ‘I Vow To Thee My Country’ in 1921, and it instantly became a symbol of English identity.” The mural Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way depicts a group of pioneers and frontiersmen heading west and captures the idea of manifest destiny and the expansion of the American nation. The piece also depicts a man standing atop a stone peak with an American flag in his hand.

Multiple-Choice Question

Which rubric category would you put this response in?

Needs Improvement: Identifies at least one common theme to serve as framework of exploration document and explains how theme is expressed in artifacts, but with gaps in clarity or detail Proficient: Identifies at least one common theme to serve as framework of exploration document and explains how theme

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