Australia and the world
Type of document Essay
3 Pages Double Spaced (approx 275 words per page)
Subject area English
Academic Level Undergraduate
Style APA
Number of sources/references 4
Order description:
Essay
- Discuss some of the ways in which indigenous Australians managed the land before 1788. Was the white settler response generally curious or generally arrogant?
Assessment Criteria
1) Addressing the question
You must answer the question actually asked; this means that your introduction, your body paragraphs and your conclusion should be addressing the question. You need to ensure that your argument, examples and sources should be relevant to the question and this should be clearly demonstrated in your essay. Irrelevant material and discussion of a question or questions not asked will be penalised.
2) Accuracy, grasp of relevant detail, and the use of sources, evidence and examples
Your essay should use sources, evidence and examples appropriately, and the essay must demonstrate that the sources are relevant and accurate. Therefore, you need to provide sources that are reliable, that relate to the question and of a high quality to support your argument. Your use of relevant sources and evidence must also demonstrate that you have understood the information accurately.
3) Research
Your essay should be well researched, utilising a range of quality sources and meet the required number of sources as outlined.
4) Original thought and critical thinking
You should strive to think things through for yourself and come up with original ideas if you can. Essays containing original ideas will generally receive some reward, depending on the quality. You should demonstrate the application of critical thinking to the ideas you encounter. This does not necessarily mean that you should disagree with them (you may or may not as you see fit). It means you should assess them, looking for their strengths and weaknesses.
5) Compliance with scholarly conventions including using own words
Using your own words demonstrates that you have accurately processed the ideas you are using rather than simply collecting the words and ideas of other scholars. In other words, using your own words helps to make the work your own and avoids issues of plagiarism, particularly the ‘cut and paste’ variety as long as you reference correctly.
You must comply with scholarly conventions. This means avoiding plagiarism, including the ‘cut and paste’ variety. It also means you should correctly cite your sources, both quotes and ideas of scholars, in footnotes or in-text referencing, in the bibliography or reference list, and use quotation marks where appropriate.
Essays that are poorly referenced or which in other ways are deficient in adhering to scholarly conventions will be penalised.
6) Structure and organisation
Your essay should be organised and structured so that it is easy to follow and efficient. It should not jump backwards and forwards between points or repeat itself unnecessarily. It should be put together so it assists in supporting your argument and have a clear introduction, body and conclusion. It should contain ‘signposts’ where appropriate so that the reader understands why you are dealing with things in the order you have chosen and can easily follow when you are moving from one point to another.
7) English expression, correct spelling and grammar
Your essay should be well written. The English expression should be clear, even elegant if you can manage it. It should be grammatically correct and without spelling and typographical errors. If you fail on this criterion you fail the essay.
NOTE
- Make sure to use all 4 sources and you can use quotes not much though.
- The referencing and quotes aren’t counted as part of the word count.
- Be sure to do in text citations and the reference list.
- Do not use anything else.
