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The First Submission is a complete paper, and should generally involve substantial revision following the peer review exercise. It is an opportunity for you to receive extensive feedback from your TA. The submission should be 8-9 pages double spaced, in 12-point Times Roman, and follow APA style where appropriate. Papers over or under that limit will be penalized. Your paper should also include a title page and a reference list of at least eight primary sources and at least one "ounter-reference"(in addition to the 8-9 pages of text); it is worth 15% of your grade Your first submission is due in lecture, at the beginning of class. Your first submission must also be submitted to Turnitin and to Canvas by no later than midnight on the same day as your first submission is due. Your First Submission will be considered incomplete (and late penalties will accrue) until it is filed on Canvas and Turnitin. Late assignments, including late submissions to Turnitin or Canvas, or incomplete assignments, will be penalized 10% (one-and-a-half marks) per calendar day (or any part of a calendar day).

General Grading Criteria for First Submission (15% of your grade):

1. Quality of Ideas - argument, research, original thought, complexity, awareness of opposing views, risk.

2. Organization and Development - title, thesis statement, arrangement and development of ideas, transitions, paragraphs.

3. Clarity and Style - readability, voice, tone, style, sentence structure

4. Format, Sentence Structure, and Mechanics - grammatical correctness, spelling, proofreading, formatting of manuscript.