Current Event Paper, political science homework help

Current Event Guidelines

Description: The purpose of the current event paper is for you to examine a “real life” event that is happening in American politics, and places it into the context of what we are reading in the textbook.

Guidelines:

1.  You must pick an event (or series of events) that is occurring now or has occurred in the last 12 months in the United States.

2.  You must read at least two articles, from two different news sources, regarding the event you have chosen.

a.  These articles must appear in national publications (e.g. the New York Times, Wall Street Journal) or on major news websites (e.g. CNN, CSPAN, Fox News).

3.  The body of the paper should be 2 pages in length, 12 point Times New Roman font, double-spaced.

4.  The paper should include a mini “works cited” section in which you state what articles you read for the paper.

5.  In the paper you should summarize the event(s) you have chosen and clearly demonstrate how the event(s) relate to the textbook material…in other words, does the event support what the textbook said? Undermine what the textbook said? Why/how? Etc.

Grading Rubric

Mechanics (15 points)

  A—the student demonstrates the ability to write clearly, using standard written English, making no more than 1 spelling/grammar error per page. The works cited section provides ample information for finding the articles used.

  C—the student writes in an organized fashion, making no more than 2 spelling/grammar errors per page.  The works cited section provides somewhat incomplete information for finding the articles used.

  F—the student’s writing is disorganized and hard to follow.  There are 3 or more spelling/grammar errors per page. The works cited section is either non-existent or incoherent.

Summary (10 points)

  A—the student accurately and concisely summarizes the information presented in the articles, synthesizing the articles into a single, short narrative.

  C—the student presents the relevant facts from the articles, but does so in a manner that is either too long (e.g. merely reproducing the articles themselves) or incoherent (placing the facts together in an order that is disjointed)

  F—the student presents numerous irrelevant facts from the articles or no summary of the articles at all.

Analysis (25 points)

  A—the student makes a clear argument for the connections between the events summarized and the content of the textbook.  At least two different points of connection are demonstrated.

  C—the student’s argument is unclear, either because no connection is actually made between the event summarized and the textbook, or because the argument regarding the connection is tenuous at best.  Or, the argument is clear and well made, but only one connection is demonstrated.

  F—the student makes no attempt at drawing connections between the event(s) and the textbook.  The analysis section is entirely missing, with no references to the textbook being used.

 

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