political sceince
March 2020
Week 1 Assignment: Current Event – Local Issue
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Due
Mar 8 by
11:59pm -
Points
100 -
Submitting
a file upload
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapters 1, 2
- Lesson
- Local newspaper
- APA style manual
- Citation and Writing Assistance: Writing Papers At CU (Links to an external site.)
- Library Overview (Links to an external site.)
- How to Search for Articles – the Everything Tab (Links to an external site.)
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 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
5.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Summarization
25.0 |
22.0 |
19.0 |
15.0 |
0.0 |
25.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Identifies How Affected
25.0 |
22.0 |
19.0 |
12.0 |
0.0 |
25.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Identifies How They Influence issue
25.0 |
22.0 |
19.0 |
12.0 |
0.0 |
25.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Source Evaluation
10.0 |
8.0 |
7.0 |
6.0 |
0.0 |
10.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
APA: Citation and Reference Fromatting
5.0 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
5.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Writing
5.0 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
5.0 pts