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To Drop the Atomic Bomb or Not? Make your case! To Drop the Atomic Bomb or Not? Make your case! In this assigment, you will decide whether you are for or against the dropping the the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagaski and defend your position. The essay should be 3 to 5 paragraphs, typed, spell checked and proofread. It should have an introduction explaining your position, at least one paragraph, using actual historical events which defend your position and a conclusion. Use this rubric to guide your writing. Rubric Code: RB8CBW By KFitzp2200 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Social Sciences Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Needs Improvement 1 pts
Introduction (organization)	Excellent The introduction clearly states your position and effectively outlines how you will defend your position.	Good The introduction states your position and reasonabley outlines how you will defend your position.	Fair The introduction states your position and gives some indication how you will defend it.	Needs Improvement The introduction is poorly written and hard to understand and does not clearly state your position or how you will defend it.
Body (content)	Excellent Gives the reader important information that goes beyond the obvious or predictable, effectively defends position and uses historical events to effectively support position.	Good Gives the reader information which effectively defends position and uses historical events to effectively support position.	Fair Gives the reader information that defends position and uses historical events to somewhat support position.	Needs Improvement Little or no information is given to defend position and historical events are either not used or do not support position.
Conclusion (organization)	Excellent The reader clearly understands the writer's position, thesis statement is rewritten and main point of paper is summarized.	Good The reader understands the writer's position, thesis statement is rewritten and main point of paper is summarized.	Fair The reader somewhat understands the writer's position, thesis statement is somewhat rewritten and main point of paper is mentioned.	Needs Improvement Writer has not summarized main point of paper and clearly does not restate thesis statement.
Structure	Excellent Paper no spelling errors, is grammatically correct and has obviously been proofread. Paper is typed.	Good Paper has fewer than 2 spelling errors, is mostly grammatically correct and has obviously been proofread. Paper is typed.	Fair Paper has fewer than 4 spelling errors, is somewhat grammatically correct and might have been proofread. Paper is typed.	Needs Improvement Paper has numerous spelling errors, is not grammatically correct and has obviously not been proofread. Paper is not typed or is typed poorly.

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