Name: Debate Organizer

China’s One-Child Policy – Was it a Good Idea?

PLEASE TYPE YOUR RESPONSES ON THIS ORGANIZER. Please submit the completed organizer as an assignment on Schoology.

What is your opinion? Do you think, after looking at the documents and considering all the effects and implications, that China’s one-child policy was a wise idea or a misguided policy?

You must come up with three distinct reasons, backed up by evidence from Documents A – F, to support your position. Here are some possible issues you might address. Wise Idea *World overpopulation and its effects (Documents A and E) *Environmental impact (Document C) *Effect on females (Document D) *Effect on student achievement (Document F) Misguided Policy *Whether the policy was necessary (Document B) *The imbalance between young workers and older retirees (Document E) *Effect on females (Document E) *Social ramifications of being an only child (Document F) Your Position Statement (actually type it here and include your basic position and three reasons): Now, identify and explain your evidence in three paragraphs on the next page. Make sure to do the following in each paragraph:

• Clearly state your reason (CLAIM) – this should be your first, or topic, sentence.

• Specifically describe the evidence and Identify which document the evidence comes from (EVIDENCE).

• Fully explain how the evidence proves your point that is was a good or bad policy (ANALYSIS).

WISE IDEA MISGUIDED POLICY Circle or highlight one!

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Rubric for the Debate Organizer

Category Expectation Points Claims

You have three distinct reasons supporting your claim that China’s one-child policy was a wise idea or a misguided policy.

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Evidence *You use specific, relevant, and the best possible evidence to support your three distinct reasons. Your evidence comes directly from the documents. *You correctly quote or summarize the evidence. *Evidence is properly cited (state which document it comes from).

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Analysis Your analysis explains how the evidence supports your position that China’s one-child policy was a wise idea or a misguided policy.

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Conventions There are very few errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. You use proper paragraph formatting and complete sentences.

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