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Create an advertisement that identifies what the promises were that Lowell textile manufacturers made in order to convince thousands of New England farm girls to leave their homes and families to become mill workers.	The advertisement does not reflect an understanding of what the promises were that textile manufacturers made in order to convince thousands of farm girls from all over New England to leave their homes and families to become mill workers.	The advertisement partially, possibly unclearly, provides some of the reasons why young women from New England farms became mill workers. It reflects some relevant but vague textual information, presented through direct quotation , paraphrase, or a combination of both. It provides either a mix of accurate and inaccurate information or simply a piece or two of accurateinformation by itself. Some supporting details are accurate.	The advertisement provides mostly a complete, clear and accurate explanation of the reasons. Relevant but often general textual evidence, presented through direct quotation, paraphrase, or a combination of both methods, is included in the advertisement. Most of the supporting details are accurate.	The advertisement provides a very complete, clear and accurate explanation of the reasons. It includes relevant textual evidence, presented through direct quotation, paraphrase, or a combination of both methods is included in the advertisement. The supporting details are accurate. The advertisement reflects a lot of effort and thought that went into it.
Create a 3 to 6 page pamphlet that is similar to the ones published in the 1840's by the Lowell Female Lablor Reform Association (founded in Dec, 1844). The purpose of the pamplhets was to convince other women textile workers to join their movement in which they demanded that the mill owners make improvements for the workers in the mills. It will reflect the reasons why so many mill girls became assertive about their rights concerning wages, working conditions, etc.	The pamplet provides a minimal explanation of the reasons why the mill girls organized in order to articulate their position against the repressiveness of the factory owners. Very little or relevant textual evidence is included in the pamphlet and few supporting details are accurate.	The pamphlet provides a partial, possibly unclear, analysis of why so many female mill workers began to organize and protest against the unacceptable wage cuts, working conditions, etc. in the textile mills. It provides either a mix of accurate and inaccurate information or simply a piece or two of accurate information by itself. Some relevant but vague textual evidence, presented through direct quotation or paraphrase, is included. Some supporting details are accurate.	The pamphlet provides a mostly complete, clear and accurate analysis of the reasons. Relevant but often general textual evidence, presented through direct quotation, paraphrase, or a combination of both methods is included in the pamphlet. Most of the supporting details are accurate.	The pamphlet provides an excellent analysis of the reasons in a complete, clear and accurate way. Relevant textual evidence, presented through direct quotation, paraphrase, or a combination of both methods is included in the pamphlet. Supporting details are accurate. The pamphlet reflects a lot of effort and thought that went into it.
Assess the success of the early women's rights movement as far as any improvements in the working/living conditions in a two-paragraph essay.	The essay exhibits varying degrees of clarity in its assessment of the success of the early women's rights movement involving the women textile mill workers. It includes very little relevant textual evidence, either through direct quotation or paraphrase. Few supporting facts are accurate.	The essay provides a partial, possibly unclear assessment of the early women's rights movement as far as improve-ments in the wages and the working conditions in the textile mills. Provides either a mix of accurate or inaccurate evidence or simply a piece or two of accurate evidence by itself. Some relevant but vague textual evidence, presented through direct quotation or paraphrase, is included. Some supporting facts are accurate.	The essay is a mostly complete, clear and accurate assessment of the success of the early women's rights movement in the textile mills. Relevant, but often general textual evidence, presented through direct quotation or paraphrase, or a combination of both methods is included in the essay. Most of the supporting facts are accurate.	The essay is a very complete, clear and accurate assess-ment of the success of the early women's rights move-ment in the textile mills. The textual evidence, presented through direct quotation or paraphrase, or a combination of both methods is relevant. All of the supporting facts are accurate.