Assignment 2: Microsoft PowerPoint Analysis

Unit 2 Assignment 2: Microsoft® PowerPoint® Analysis

Create a PowerPoint presentation consisting of 8−10 slides (excluding the title slide, table of contents slide, and references slide) that meets the following requirements:

1. Research and identify two specific terrorist groups:

 One domestic terrorist group (examples: ALF, ELF, KKK, Aryan Nation, Black Liberation Army, Weathermen, Army of God)

 One transnational terrorist group (examples: Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, IRA, Japanese Red Army/JRA)

2. Assess the similarities and differences between the two groups in the following five specific areas:

 Underlying ideology of the group

 Specific goals the group is trying to achieve or grievances it is trying to redress

 Kinds of targets preferred by the group

 Specific terrorist tactics the group prefers to employ in furtherance of its goals

 The rationale used by the group to justify its terrorist acts , and to explain why it thinks these acts will facilitate achievement of its stated end goals

Submitting Your Assignment

Compose your paper in PowerPoint and save your document in the following format: Last name First name Assignment. (Example: SmithJohn Unit 2 Assignment). Submit your Assignment by selecting the Unit 2: Assignment 2 Dropbox by the end of Unit 2.

Unit 2 [CJ355: Homeland Security]

Checklist for the Unit 2 Assignment 2

Criteria: Ask yourself the following questions. Not Yet Yes

Content

Did you research and identify two specific terrorist groups, one domestic and one transnational?

Did you assess the similarities and differences between the two groups in the following five specific areas?

 Underlying ideology of the group

 Specific goals the group is trying to achieve or grievances it is trying to redress

 Kinds of targets preferred by the group

 Specific terrorist tactics the group prefers to employ in furtherance of its goals

 The rationale used by the group to justify its terrorist acts , and to explain why it thinks these acts will facilitate achievement of its stated end goals

Research

Is your research current?

Did you discuss all the required areas in a substantive manner?

Did you use appropriate reference material to support major statements?

Quality

Is your content complete enough to address the topic and questions?

Is there a logical flow to your ideas?

Did you present the material in a clear and concise manner to provide easy readability?

Format

Did you prepare your project as a Microsoft PowerPoint document?

Did you label your file correctly?

Did you use APA format to cite your sources?

Did you check your document for grammar and spelling?

Does your Assignment fulfill the length requirements?