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part 3
1 hour

Locking up criminals for longer periods of time has proven one of America's most effective anticrime strategies


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Includes 5 Activities

Students evaluate arguments, determine which arguments they find most compelling, and synthesize what they have learned so far to establish their own position.

• Students evaluate arguments using objective criteria and their own developing perspective of the issue.
• Students clarify their own emerging perspective and establish a position on the issue.
• If needed, students conduct further research to help develop and support their position.
• Students identify and write about an argument that supports their position.
• Students identify and write about argument that opposes their position.

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From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Developing Core Proficiencies Program: Units in ELA Literacy. Available from engageny.org/resource/developing-core-proficiencies-program-units-in-ela-literacy; accessed 2015-05-29.
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