I need help with project in Government

Response Assignment Topic: Amending the Constitution

This assignment is 25% of your grade.

While the Constitution has been amended only 33 times since it was drafted in 1787, there have been thousands of proposed amendments. For this assignment, you will be placed into groups and choose a proposed amendment between the years 2000-2013.

I. Essay

A. Each group will select and research a proposed Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and research an assigned ratified Amendment. The assigned amendment and the proposed amendment do not have to coordinate.

B. Group Assignment

1. Groups will be assigned at random by the instructor.

2. You will be notified of your group assignment on 10/9/2017 7am.

3. It is your responsibility to make contact with your fellow group members.

4. You will have the ability to use a discussion board exclusively for your group in the Response Topics area.

C. Research

1. Search the Library of Congress to find the 2000-2015 proposed amendment to be researched.

2. Library sources: Use Academic Search to find scholarly articles pertaining to your amendment/joint resolution (or other sources)

3. Each group will be responsible for turning in a 3-4 page typed essay (including one works cited page) listing the pros and cons of the proposed Amendment and the ratified Amendment, including demographics of population for and against the proposed Amendment, explaining the challenges and/or biases that confronted amending the constitution.

4. For the ratified Amendment, you may need to look at those in the original process to acquire the demographics.

5. Your brief will require three sources, only one from internet. Please include the Library of Congress as an additional source.

6. The essay will be turned in through the SafeAssign tool in Blackboard by 11/25/2017.

a. This tool provides a report showing any instances of plagiarism.

b. I will open SafeAssign for submission from 11/10-11/25.

c. You will have the opportunity to submit and revise four times until 11/25/2017 10 pm in order to eliminate any plagiarism issues.

II. Presentation

A. Each group creates and uploads a PowerPoint presentation

1. A PowerPoint presentation of the Amendment and the proposed Amendment, including pros, cons, party voting statistics, population demographics for or against amendment, challenges and/or bias confronting the amendment is required for each group.

2. The presentation should be posted to the “Video Presentations” area of the Discussion Board Video Presentation area by 11/26/2017. There is a Video Presentation YouTube Instruction provided in the Response Topic Content area. You may include a 15-20 video clip in the Video Presentation. All members must participate. Be sure to introduce yourself in the video.

3. Only one member of the group submits the video.

4. I will be tracking the PowerPoint presentation to verify that all students have viewed all presentations.

III. Ballot

A. Each group will create and distribute a ballot to the class

1. Each group will create and distribute a ballot so that each member of the class can vote on the proposed Amendment and the ratified Amendment.

2. List both the proposed and ratified Amendment on one ballot.

3. Your ballots will be created and distributed to the class (including me) through SurveyMonkey.

4. You will need to set a deadline within one week of presentation upload (11/25/2017) in order to have time to utilize results in your analysis.

5. There is a tutorial in the Response Topic area that provides information on creating surveys in SurveyMonkey.

6. Only one ballot per group will be sent to the class.

7. The ballot should include the text of the amendment you are researching, along with demographic questions (age, sex, ethnicity, income level, party affiliation, etc.).

8. The results will be used in your election analysis.

IV. Election Analysis

A. Each group will prepare and submit an election analysis

1. The election results analysis will be submitted by 12/2/2017 10pm.

2. I would suggest a combination of charts and narrative.

3. The analysis should also compare class voting with congressional/state/committee voting and should be typed, 2-4 paragraphs.

4. Please convert your statistics into percentages.

Group Work Product:

1. 3-4 Page Typed Essay including 1 works cited page by 11/25/2017 through SafeAssign

2. Submit proposed amendment ballot and the ratified Amendment (with demographic information) for voting through SurveyMonkey

3. Collect ballot through SurveyMonkey

4. PowerPoint presentation posted by 11/26/2017 7am.

5. Analysis of class voting as compared to congressional/state/committee vote Submitted to instructor by 12/2/2017 10 pm