The three blog assignments are:
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- Blog #1: Give us a brief overview of the landscape of your design challenge. Tell us how it works and why it works the way it does.
- Blog #2: Relate your issue area to a specific area of US government from the course (Separation of Powers, Legislature, Executive, OR Federalism – pick no more than ONE) and tell us why your design challenge hasn’t been addressed in the US system as of today. One of your examples MUST be taken from the relevant part of the textbook. Be sure to discuss why the particular part of the US system you choose to examine gets in the way of resolving your design challenge.
- Blog #3: Looking at states or other countries, give us an ideal outcome or goal for your design challenge using real world examples. Be sure to tell us why the ideal system works better than what we have nationally in the US.
How the blogs will be assessed:
- Introduction (10 points) – give me a thesis for what you’re going to talk about – Elevate
- Connect back to the Group Concept Map (10 points) – the groups are working on a concept map designed to contextualize the sources they are gathering as their homework – Elevate
- Use a Graphic that enhances your argument (10 points) – you must explain how this graphic ties into your argument either through a caption or incorporating it into the main body of the text – Elevate
- Example 1 (10 points) – a citation from a source or the textbook – Inquiry
- Tie-in Example 1 (10 points) – relate that citation back to your argument – Elevate
- Example 2 (10 points) – a citation from a source or the textbook – Inquiry
- Tie-in Example 2 (10 points) – relate that citation back to your argument – Elevate
- Example 3 (10 points) – a citation from a source or the textbook – Inquiry
- Tie-in Example 3 (10 points) – relate that citation back to your argument – Elevate
- Summary (10 points) – wrap up your argument and how your citations support your thesis – Elevate
Inquiry Points – 30
Elevate Points – 70
Total Points = 100
