1. Discuss the history of selected movement or issue thoroughly. Be sure to include the actors involved those for/against the issue and explain their respective positions. (Be sure to get to the crux of the arguments for the position of the movement/issue you choose)
2. Examine and describe three methods used by the group made possible by 1st amendment civil liberties and discuss their importance. Decide what was/may have been the most effective.
3. Find public opinion poll data regarding support for the selected movement or issue when it emerged and compare that data to current public opinion polling (Can use Pew, Gallup, Roper Center, NYT)
4. Analyze a policy outcome generated through this movement. Can be a bill/law, Supreme Court decision, or executive order. If there was not one, discuss a failed effort and determine if there have been subsequent attempts to affect any level change even potentially at a state or local level etc.
5. Reflect on the success or lack thereof of the movement. (What made it successful? Could it have been more successful? What prevented/prevents it from being successful? How else could this be pursued using American Each “required” activity must be submitted to earn credit for the course. There are two categories of activities identified with an asterisks (*) in the syllabus (The Term Project).
The Term Project are to have a cover page with the following information: Your name, course and section number, semester of enrollment, a word count and a title indicating the topic of your essay. The word count should reflect your own work (do not include citations, paraphrased information, quotes, the cover page, or the works cited page).
Each student is expected to utilize 4-5 scholarly sources (peer-reviewed articles from academic journals) for the writing assignments. There is a tool built into the course to help you obtain quality sources for your writing assignment, it is labeled research center on the main menu of the course. For current events related information, use a newspaper, news magazine, news website, a court case or an actual law. The course textbook, Wikipedia, internet search engines, blogs and similar items are examples of unacceptable research sources on the collegiate level.