POLS210 Class Project last part on PP

POLS210 Class Project:

There are three parts to your class project: the first two are essays. The final part is a PowerPoint

presentation that will display the combined work on the essays. For each assignment, there will

be detailed instructions and rubrics with scoring criteria available in the “Assignments” section

of the course.

OVERVIEW:

1. You are a White House Staff Member working for a newly inaugurated President. The President is preparing the first “State of the Union” address to Congress which will

outline the president’s vision for addressing current issues facing the United States.

2. You will research issues to create the President’s address. The president is not a dictator. The proposals must consider the Constitution, relevant court rulings, and public opinion.

3. After you have completed your research of the issues, you will then create a PowerPoint presentation reflecting your proposed State of the Union address. Think of it as your TV

infomercial promoting your plan, and use it to grab the public’s attention.

Issue Essays

Using the “Assignments” section of the classroom, you will write two essays together with cited

research sources. They will be a target length of 750 words per essay (about three pages).

The rubric states an exemplary essay will be concise. The topics for the issues will be:

1. Healthcare 2. National Security

For each essay, choose a problem within the topic. What are two competing solutions to this

problem? Explain which one is better and why. How are the different levels of government

involved (federal, state and local)? This will require research into news recent news articles

(published within four weeks of each assignment’s due date). For each respective week, include

relevant information from the required readings for that week as well.

PowerPoint Presentation

After you have completed your research of the issues for the essays, you will design and build a

presentation that represents each of the above issues and proposed solutions. This is an

opportunity for you to use your creative side. You will use a minimum of four slides for each

issue, a title slide, and a slide listing references for a minimum slide total of ten slides.