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Was the South justified in declaring independence?Essay Were the colonists justified in declaring independence?Essay Was the Confederacy justified in declaring independence from the United States? Use your texts to provide evidence to support your answers. Rubric Code: FX32224 By tastapl Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Social Sciences Type: Reading Grade Levels: (none)

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	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Introduction	Poor Background details are a random collection of of information, or unclear, or not related to topic. Introduction boring and uninteresting. Paragraph is less than 5 sentences.	Fair Introduction adequately explains the background, but may lack detail and creativity.	Good Introduction creates interest and is fairly well developed. Focused on the topic.	Excellent Extremely well developed introduction. It engages the reader and creates interest. Contains accurate and all information regarding the topic.
Content	Poor Details are either wrong (evidence from the story not given) or lacking. Does not use evidence to support.	Fair Provides reason why declaring independence was or was not justified. Supports it with at least one reason and uses evidence from text. For example-Emancipation Proclamation.	Good Provides reasons why declaring independence was or was not justified. Supports it with at least two reasons and uses evidence from text. For example Emancipation Proclamation.	Excellent Provides reasons why declaring independence was or was not justified. Supports it with at least three reasons and uses evidence from text. For example Emancipation Proclamation.
Mechanics	Poor Distracting errors in grammer, punctuation, spelling and capitalization	Fair A few errors in punctuation, grammar, spelling, and capitalization.	Good Punctuation, spelling, grammar, and capitalization are generally correct with few errors	Excellent No errors in punctuation, spelling, grammar, or capitalization