PoliticalScience week 5 Assignment

Week 5 Assignment: Current Event - Totalitarian Restric!ons or Ethnic Conflict

Due Monday by 1:59am Points 100 Submitting a file upload

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Instructions Write a paper on a current event article that discusses restrictions on freedoms by a totalitarian state or an article on ethnic conflict within a nation. Summarize the article and explain why this issue is important to the global community. What outside influences might help change this issue? How? Is the article neutral? Why or why not?

Be sure to include a scanned copy of the article in your submission in addition to citations. Articles may not be more than one month old.

Writing Requirements (APA format). Refer to the APA manual.

Textbook: Chapters 8, 9 Lesson (https://library.chamberlain.edu/APA) Citation and Writing Assistance: Writing Papers At CU (https://library.chamberlain.edu/APA) Library Overview (https://library.chamberlain.edu/Learn) How to Search for Articles - the Everything Tab (https://library.chamberlain.edu/HowToSearch) Article (no more than one-month old) from reputable news source such as The New York Times or The Washington Post

Length: 3 full pages (not including the title or references page) 1-inch margins Double-Spaced

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POLI330 Week 5 International Event Rubric

Criteria Ratings Pts

5.0 pts

25.0 pts

Grading This activity will be graded based on the Assignment Grading Rubric.

Course Outcomes (CO): 3 & 5

Due Date for Follow-Up Posts: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday

12-point Times New Roman font Title and Reference page required APA cite article with link Scan copy of article required

Identifies Newspaper Article

5.0 pts The student uses a newspaper article which is not more than thirty days old and is on topic.

4.0 pts The student provides an on topic article, but it is not timely.

3.0 pts The student provides a timely article, but it is not on topic.

0.0 pts The student did not identify a relevant or timely article.

Summarization 25.0 pts The student clearly describes all of the main points in the article.

20.0 pts The student clearly describes most of the main points in the article.

17.5 pts The student describes some of the main points in the article, but the descriptions may lack clarity or depth.

0.0 pts The student did not summarize any main points in the article

Identifies How Affected

25.0 pts The student identifies how the issue

20.0 pts The student identifies how the issue

17.5 pts The student attempts to identify how the

0.0 pts The student did not identify

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25.0 pts

10.0 pts

25.0 pts

5.0 pts

relates to the global community accurately with significant supporting details.

relates to the global community accurately, but lacks sufficient supporting detail.

issue relates to the global community, but description is unclear or inaccurate.

how the issue relates to the global community.

Evaluates Source Credibility

10.0 pts The student accurately evaluates the creditability of the source.

8.0 pts The student somewhat accurately evaluates the creditability of the source.

7.0 pts The student inaccurately evaluates creditability of the source.

0.0 pts The student does not evaluate the creditability of the source.

What/How Outside Influences Might Help Change Issue

25.0 pts The student provides a detailed account of how outside forces could change the issue.

20.0 pts The student gives a somewhat detailed account of how outside forces might change the issue.

17.5 pts The student attempts to provide an account of how outside forces could change the issue, but it is unclear or inaccurate.

0.0 pts The student provides no account of how outside forces could change the issue.

APA 5.0 pts The paper is formatted and referenced according to APA standards.

4.0 pts The paper is formatted according to APA standards, but not referenced in APA style.

3.0 pts The paper is referenced according to APA standards, but not in APA paper format.

0.0 pts No APA style or format was used.

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Total Points: 100.0

5.0 pts

Writing 5.0 pts The student presents info5rmation using clear and concise language in an organized manner (minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation).

4.0 pts The student presents information using understandable language, but is somewhat disorganized (some errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation).

3.0 pts The student presents information using understandable language, but is very disorganized (many errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation).

0.0 pts The student presents information that is not clear, logical, professional or organized to the point that the reader has difficulty understanding the message (numerous errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and/or punctuation).

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