Prompt Rubnic Checklist
Nazi Germany was a totalitarian state-a state where the ruling party attempted to achieve total control over the political, cultural, and
economic life of its citizens
Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which totalitarianism led to EITHER Germany's early victories OR the eventual defeat
of Germany in the Second World War.
In your response, you should do the following:
• Respond to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis or claim that establishes a line of reasoning
• Describe a broader historical context relevant to the prompt
• Use specific and relevant evidence to support an argument in response to the prompt
• Use historical reasoning (e. g., comparison, causation, or continuity or change) to frame or structure an argument that addresses
the prompt
• Use evidence to corroborate, qualify, or modify an argument that addresses the prompt
Please do more than 4 paragraphs