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Anchor Paper – Thematic Essay—Level 3 – A
Anchor Paper 3-A
The response:
Thoroughly develops all of the task in depth for one leader by describing the situation V. I.
Lenin attempted to change, describing the action he took to change the situation, and discussing
the impact of the action on the society in which he lived
Is more analytical than descriptive (Lenin: brother’s execution branded him and his family a
threat to the state and instilled in young Vladimir a hatred for the czarist government; during
World War I, Germany saw a chance to weaken Russia and transported Lenin back to Russia;
people were suffering from poverty, food, and fuel shortages and the general misery of disasters
in war; Lenin, with support of the war-weary Russian people, won a position in government; he
rebuilt the country, but he brought a dictatorship to the people
Richly supports the theme with relevant facts, examples, and details (Lenin: Karl Marx; Siberian
exile; World War I; Leon Trotsky; Bolsheviks; socialists; “Land, Peace, Bread”; Red Army;
White Army; Communists; ended private ownership; redistributed land to peasants; Treaty of
Brest-Litovsk; totalitarian dictatorship
Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes an introduction that is beyond a
restatement of the theme and lacks a conclusion
Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 3. The response shows a good
understanding of Lenin’s role in the transformation of communist Russia to a dictatorship and the
reasons for his hatred of the czarist government. Although the response shows an intent to discuss
Hitler, not enough information is presented to rate this portion. However, the historical details and
analytical statements included in the discussion of Lenin meet the other criteria for a Level 5 paper;
therefore, the rating for this paper is 3.
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