political sceince

March 2020

Week 1 Assignment: Current Event – Local Issue

  • Due
    Mar 8 by
    11:59pm
  • Points
    100
  • Submitting
    a file upload

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Instructions
Find an article in your local
newspaper about a local policy issue that affects you. For example, an
article concerning your county’s decision to privatize your trash
collection service. Summarize the article and explain how this issue
affects you. Is the article neutral? Why or why not? How might you
influence this policy in the future?

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)

  • Length: 3 full pages (not including title page or references page)
  • 1-inch margins
  • Double spaced
  • 12-point Times New Roman font
  • Title page
  • References page

Grading
This activity will be graded based on the Current Event Grading Rubric.

Course Outcomes (CO): 1

Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday

Rubric

POLI330 Week 1 Current Event Gradiing Rubric (100 pts)

POLI330 Week 1 Current Event Gradiing Rubric (100 pts)

Criteria

Ratings

Pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Identifies local newspaper article

5.0
pts
The student uses a relevant and timely newspaper article.

4.0
pts
The student provides a relevant article, but it is not timely.

3.0
pts
The student did not identify relevant article.

2.0
pts
The student did not identify a relevant or timely article.

0.0
pts
No effort

5.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Summarization

25.0
pts
The student describes the main points clearly.

22.0
pts
The student summarizes most of the main points accurately, but has some misunderstanding and may need to re-read the article.

19.0
pts
The student’s description of main points is not clear or is not thorough.

15.0
pts
The student failed to summarize important information.

0.0
pts
No effort

25.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Identifies How Affected

25.0
pts
The student identifies how the issue relates to them accurately and in detail.

22.0
pts
The student identifies how the issue relates to them accurately.

19.0
pts
The student somewhat identifies how the issue relates to them, but the explanation lacks clarity.

12.0
pts
The student does not adequately identify how the issue relates to them.

0.0
pts
No effort

25.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Identifies How They Influence issue

25.0
pts
The student provides a detailed account of how they might influence the issue.

22.0
pts
The student gives a mostly detailed account of how they might influence the issue.

19.0
pts
The student gives a somewhat detailed account of how they might influence the issue.

12.0
pts
The student fails to give detailed account of how they might influence the issue.

0.0
pts
No effort

25.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Source Evaluation

10.0
pts
The student accurately evaluates the source.

8.0
pts
The student mostly accurately evaluates the source

7.0
pts
The student somewhat accurately evaluates the source.

6.0
pts
The student inaccurately evaluates the source.

0.0
pts
No effort

10.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
APA: Citation and Reference Fromatting

5.0
pts
Source is properly cited in the text and references page demonstrating a mastery of resource and APA citation reference format.

4.0
pts
Source
is cited in the text and reference page. Some minor errors may exist in
citation, but it does not interfere with understanding the source of
the information.

3.0
pts
Source
is cited in the text and reference pazge. Some errors may exist in
citation that need to be addressed to clarify the source of information.

2.0
pts
Major errors in citation. Proper citation is missing from either within the text or on the references pages.

0.0
pts
No effort

5.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Writing

5.0
pts
The
student presents information 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).

2.0
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).

0.0
pts
No effort

5.0 pts

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