Plato & Aristotle Essay Scoring Rubric



Plato & Aristotle Essay Scoring Rubric

Name___________________________________ Period _______

Does the response include the following information?

|D/G |Idea |

|D |Plato believed democracy was NOT the ideal form of government.| |

|D |Aristotle believed democracy COULD BE the ideal form of | |

| |government OR monarchies and aristocracies could be good too. | |

|G |Plato believed a philosopher-king would rule best. | |

|G |Aristotle believed democracy could be the ideal form of | |

| |government if the people well educated and virtuous | |

|G |Aristotle believed a king who took advice from a philosopher. | |

* If checked 4 or more times in the last two questions go to next box.

If checked yes 3 times the score of this paper as a 1.5.

If checked yes 2 times the score of this paper as a 1.0.

If checked yes 1 time the score of this paper is a 0.5.

If no box is checked the score of this paper a 0.

Does the response include the following information?

|D/G |Idea |

|D |Plato believed democracy was dangerous because the majority of| |

| |the people would be too ignorant or uneducated to make wise | |

| |and virtuous decisions. | |

|D |Aristotle believed well educated and virtuous citizens would | |

| |be capable of making and moral laws, but was unrealistic. | |

|G |Plato believed that philosopher-kings, as the wisest men, | |

| |would make the best possible laws | |

|G |Aristotle believed that if citizens were well educated, they | |

| |would have the wisdom and morals to make good laws | |

|G |Aristotle believed a king who took advice from a philosopher | |

| |would have the power to keep order while the philosopher would| |

| |advise him on the best laws. | |

If checked 0 or 1 time(s) the score of this paper is a 1.0.

If checked 2 times the score of this paper is a 2.0.

If checked 3 times the score of this paper is a 2.5.

If checked 4 or more times the score is a 3.0

If checked 4 or more times AND includes

a. description of the impacts of the philosopher’s ideas

on the governments today

b. integrates quotes from relevant works

c. effectively uses supporting detail from specific historic

events

*** this paper is a 4!

Plato & Aristotle Essay Scoring Rubric

Name___________________________________ Period _______

Does the response include the following information?

|D/G |Idea |

|D |Plato believed democracy was NOT the ideal form of government.| |

|D |Aristotle believed democracy COULD BE the ideal form of | |

| |government OR monarchies and aristocracies could be good too. | |

|G |Plato believed a philosopher-king would rule best. | |

|G |Aristotle believed democracy could be the ideal form of | |

| |government if the people well educated and virtuous | |

|G |Aristotle believed a king who took advice from a philosopher. | |

* If checked 4 or more times in the last two questions go to next box.

If checked yes 3 times the score of this paper as a 1.5.

If checked yes 2 times the score of this paper as a 1.0.

If checked yes 1 time the score of this paper is a 0.5.

If no box is checked the score of this paper a 0.

Does the response include the following information?

|D/G |Idea |

|D |Plato believed democracy was dangerous because the majority of| |

| |the people would be too ignorant or uneducated to make wise | |

| |and virtuous decisions. | |

|D |Aristotle believed well educated and virtuous citizens would | |

| |be capable of making and moral laws, but was unrealistic. | |

|G |Plato believed that philosopher-kings, as the wisest men, | |

| |would make the best possible laws | |

|G |Aristotle believed that if citizens were well educated, they | |

| |would have the wisdom and morals to make good laws | |

|G |Aristotle believed a king who took advice from a philosopher | |

| |would have the power to keep order while the philosopher would| |

| |advise him on the best laws. | |

If checked 0 or 1 time(s) the score of this paper is a 1.0.

If checked 2 times the score of this paper is a 2.0.

If checked 3 times the score of this paper is a 2.5.

If checked 4 or more times the score is a 3.0

If checked 4 or more times AND includes

a. description of the impacts of the philosopher’s ideas

on the governments today

b. integrates quotes from relevant works

c. effectively uses supporting detail from specific historic

events

*** this paper is a 4!

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