NAME _______________________________ PERIOD ______
JAPANESE INTERNMENT CBA
WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY
In a 5 paragraph essay you will:
1. Make a claim on the historical question.
2. Use clear references within the paper to three or more sources that provide
relevant information. Primary and secondary sources should both be used.
3. Cite sources used within the paper.
4. Write a 5 paragraph essay.
Essay Prompt:
Was Japanese Internment a necessary response to the attack on
Pearl Harbor? Why or why not? Use evidence to prove your claim.
Mission: (1) You are required to read the sources provided, (2) define the
vocabulary terms, (3) answer the questions, (4) complete an outline for your essay,
and then (5) write a final draft that will be graded on the rubric provided.
Vocabulary – must use 10 of the 16 terms, then highlight them in your essay:
 Pearl Harbor
 Executive Order 9066
 wartime hysteria
 compliance
 Issei/Nisei
 Supersede
 treason
 relocation
 Military Area #1
 espionage
 internment camps
 ethnic community
 relocation centers
 assembly centers
 sabotage (saboteurs)
Text Questions
Text #1: Textbook p. 322-327 (Secondary Source)
Question 1:
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b.
In paragraph two, what were the fears expressed by the media that lead to wartime hysteria?
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Were these fears justified, why or why not?
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Text #2: Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (Secondary Source)
Question 2: What does paragraph 1 claim was the US government’s goal for Executive Order 9066?
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Question 3: How does the article describe the features of an internment camp?
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Text #3: Executive Order 9066 (Primary Source)
Question 4: In sentence one, what do the words “espionage” and “sabotage” mean?
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Question 5: In paragraph two, the term “supersede” refers to the powers of the military. What are these
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Question 6: In paragraph three, the term “enforced compliance” refers to what military power?
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Statement of
purpose/focus
W.6-12.2
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Organization
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Elaboration of
evidence
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Language and
vocabulary
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Conventions
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Response is fully
sustained
Claim is clearly stated,
focused and strongly
maintained
alternate or opposing
claims are clearly
addressed
effective, consistent use
of a variety of
transitional strategies
logical progression of
ideas from beginning to
end
effective introduction
and conclusion for
audience and purpose
strong connections
among ideas, with some
syntactic variety
Substantial depth
achieved through
specific, relevant,
thorough and
convincing evidence.
Use of evidence from
sources is smoothly
integrated, concrete,
and comprehensive
Effective use of a variety
of elaborative
techniques
2 facts per comment
Precise language
effectively expresses
ideas
Use of academic and
domain-specific
vocabulary is clearly
appropriate for the
audience and purpose
Strong command; 3 or
less usage errors;
effective and consistent
use of punctuation,
spelling, and
capitalization
Argumentative Essay Rubric: CCSS
3
2
o Response is
o Response is somewhat
adequately sustained
sustained and may have
and generally focused
a minor drift in focus
o claim is clear and for
o may be clearly focused
the most part
on the claim but is
maintained, though
insufficiently sustained
some loosely related
o claim on the issue may
material may be
be somewhat unclear
present
and unfocused.
o supports the claim
o Claim lacks support
o adequate use of
o Inconsistent
transitional strategies
organizational
with some variety
structure, with evident
o adequate progression
flaws
of ideas from
o inconsistent use of
beginning to end
basic transitional
o adequate
strategies; little variety
introduction and
o uneven progression of
conclusion
ideas from beginning to
o adequate, if slightly
end
inconsistent,
o introduction and
connection among
conclusion (if present)
ideas
are weak
o Response achieves
o Response provides
some depth and
uneven, cursory
specificity but is
support/evidence and
predominantly
achieves little depth
general.
o Evidence from sources
o Some evidence from
is weakly integrated,
sources is integrated,
and citations, if present,
though citations may
are uneven
be general or
o Weak/inconsistent use
imprecise
of elaborative
o Adequate use of
techniques
elaborative
o 1 comment for each
techniques
fact
o 2 facts per comment
o Employs a mix of
o Expresses ideas
precise with more
unevenly, using
general language
simplistic language
o Uses words/
o Uses some
vocabulary that are
words/vocabulary that
generally appropriate
may be inappropriate to
to audience and
audience and purpose
purpose
o Adequate command;
o Partial command; more
4 to 5 usage errors,
than 5 usage errors;
but no consistent
inconsistent
pattern of errors;
punctuation, spelling,
adequate use of
and capitalization
punctuation, spelling,
and capitalization
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Response may be
related to the task but
offers little relevance
may be very brief
may have a major drift
claim may be
confusing or
ambiguous
Little or no
organizational
structure
few or no transitional
strategies are evident
frequent extraneous
ideas may intrude
Response provides
minimal
support/evidence
Use of evidence from
sources is minimal,
absent, in error, or
irrelevant
Employs language that
is vague, lacks clarity,
or is confusing
Uses limited language
May have little sense
of audience or purpose
Lack of command;
errors are frequent
and severe and
meaning is often
obscure
Essay Outline
Step one: Restate the prompt in a statement; this will need to be incorporated into your
introduction paragraph. This is the claim, which is the basis of your whole essay!
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Paragraph 1: Introduction (4-7 sentences)
In this paragraph
 Introduce the topic, what is all your research about?
 Include background info about the event.
 State your claim
 Explain why your claim is valid given the evidence in the texts.
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Paragraph 2: Body Paragraph #1 (8-10 sentences)
Write a topic sentence that states your first reason for your claim and supports your claim
by including evidence.
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Support your reason using evidence from the texts. Be sure to use a quote or cited facts.
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Support your reason by elaborating on your facts and quotes. Remember to use
argumentative language.
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Support your reason using other evidence from the texts. Be sure to use a quote or cited
facts.
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Support your reason by elaborating on your facts and quotes. Remember to use
argumentative language.
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Concluding Sentence: restate your topic sentence—no new information.
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Paragraph 3: Body Paragraph #2 (8-10 sentences)
Write a topic sentence that states your second reason for your claim and supports your
claim by including evidence.
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Support your reason using evidence from the texts. Be sure to use a quote or cited facts.
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Support your reason by elaborating on your facts and quotes. Remember to use
argumentative language.
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Support your reason using other evidence from the texts. Be sure to use a quote or cited
facts.
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Support your reason by elaborating on your facts and quotes. Remember to use
argumentative language.
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Concluding Sentence: restate your topic sentence—no new information.
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Paragraph 4: Body Paragraph #3 (8-10 sentences)
Write a topic sentence that states your third reason for your claim and supports your claim
by including evidence.
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Support your reason using evidence from the texts. Be sure to use a quote or cited facts.
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Support your reason by elaborating on your facts and quotes. Remember to use
argumentative language.
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Support your reason using other evidence from the texts. Be sure to use a quote or cited
facts.
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Support your reason by elaborating on your facts and quotes. Remember to use
argumentative language.
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Concluding Sentence: restate your topic sentence—no new information.
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PARAGRAPH #5: Concluding Paragraph (3-5 sentences) No new information!!
Restate your claim.
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Briefly summarize your three reason for making the claim that you did.
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Write a closing statement about how this issue relates to present or future decisions.
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