It tries to make a real-life connection between what they students have done in class to what the FOMC actually does. A printout of a single newspaper article that describes recent FED activity could be substituted and used with the assignment. The following rubric will be used for the HSA, and can be used to grade the written responses and proposals. The response is insightful, integrates knowledge and demonstrates powerful application. The response is thorough with accurate documentation.
Appropriate application demonstrates some evidence of higher order thinking skills.
The response is acceptable with some support of key ideas. The response shows little or no evidence of application. This response is completely incorrect or irrelevant. There may be no answer. In order to grade the entire net investigation, the following rubric may be used.