SHORT ANSWER QUESTION
GENERAL INFORMATION You will be given 4 sets of Short Answer Questions Each set is worth 3 points for a total of 12 points You will have 50 minutes to analyze any stimulus given and respond Answers should be about 3 sentences in length Do NOT bullet responses One sentence to identify and 2 sentences to explain/analyze You MUST answer both parts or you will get 0 points (there are no.5s) You may identify which question you are addressing, but it s not required The SAQ is worth 20% of your overall score (5% more than the LEQ)
SHORT ANSWER QUESTION
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STUDENT SAMPLE
This response earns 3 out of a possible 3 points. SCORE It earns 1 point for part a by clearly identifying the calling of the Estates General and the Tennis Court Oath as events that occurred in 1789 that support Lefebvre s argument that socio-economic status and interests determined how groups felt about the French Revolution. It then continues to complete the task by explaining how the bourgeoisie felt they were denied a voice, by the other privileged estates and demanded equal representation regardless of birth or rank, which addresses the Socio-economic interests of the bourgeoisie and their drive to equalize the classes. The response earns 1 point for part b as well. The response correctly recognizes Baker s claim that the revolutionary narrative was inspired by the Enlightenment philosophes and identifies the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen which drew on Voltaire s call for religious tolerance and Locke s claim that all men have natural rights to explain how this aspect of the French Revolution supports Baker s claim. The response earns 1 point for part c too. It explains that Baker would disagree with Lefebvre, because Baker, would most likely disagree that the main cause was the ambitious Bourgeoisie, as Lefebvre does, and Baker thought the Revolution was caused by, various philosophe ideas which influenced different people and classes differently at different times, while Lefebvre assumes that the bourgeoisie had coherent goals before 1789.
STUDENT SAMPLE
This response earns 1 out of a possible 3 points. SCORE It earns 1 point for part b, but does not earn 1 point for part a or part c. This response does not earn 1 point for part a. It does identify the calling of the National Assembly and the Tennis Court Oath as events that occurred in 1789 to support Lefebvre s claim. However, it does not explain how these events support the claim. It cites a quote from the document, but does not explain how the events exemplify the quote. It also uses the revolutionary slogan, equality, liberty, and fraternity, but does not explain how the revolutionary rallying cry substantiates Lefebvre s idea that Socio-economic status and interests determined how groups felt about revolution. It is too vague and generalized. This response does earn 1 point for part b. It recognizes that Baker asserts that the revolutionary narrative was inspired by the Enlightenment philosophes. It cites the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, which was influenced by Rousseau and Montesquieu. It does not earn 1 point for part c. It is too vague and generalized. It mentions that Lefebvre asserts that social tensions lead to the Revolution, but does not mention the economic causes or the role of the bourgeoisie. And even though Baker does think that political issues cause the Revolution, he does not claim that they are the only reasons, and would even assert that social and class tensions lead to the Revolution as well. Therefore this response does not concretely answer the prompt.
STUDENT SAMPLE
SCORE This response earns 2 points out of a possible 3 points. It earns 1 point for part a, 1 point for part c, but does not earn 1 point for part b. It earns 1 point for part a by clearly identifying and explaining how the, rising bread prices, an event of 1789, and the, increasing wealth, numbers, and the ambitions of the bourgeoisie caused revolution. This supports Lefebvre s thesis that socio-economic status and interests determines how groups felt about the Revolution. It does not earn 1 point for part b. The response does cite specific changing governments of the revolution, but does not recognize that these changes in government caused journalists to construct a revolutionary narrative nor does not recognize that the crafters of the revolutionary narrative were inspired by the Enlightenment philosophes. The response does earn 1 point for part c. It clearly stresses that Lefebvre argues that the Revolution was, largely due to the grueling dominance of the bourgeoisie s wealth, and that Baker would disagree with this. And even though Baker may not insist that, its true importance was the effect on political order, he does assert that different causes led to the Revolution, and this response does cite political disruption as one of these different causes.