UNIT 4

5 HOURS

Building Evidence-Based Arguments

“Culpae poena par esto: Let the punishment fit the crime.”

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This unit develops students’ abilities to analyze arguments from a range of perspectives on criminal punishment in the US prison system. Students also learn to develop, write and revise their own evidence-based arguments.

The unit activities are organized into five parts, each associated with a sequence of texts and writing activities. The parts build on each other and can each span a range of instructional time depending on scheduling and student ability.

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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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In This Unit

• Part 1: An incarceration rate that is many times higher than that of comparable countries is a signal that something is very wrong.

• Part 2: The prison has become a looming presence in our society to an extent unparalleled in our history--or that of any other industrial democracy.

• Part 3: Locking up criminals for longer periods of time has proven one of America's most effective anticrime strategies

• Part 4: This is about more than safeguarding fair play – it’s about saving lives.

• Part 5: What do I know?