Essay – Creating Your Ideal State
- Due Sunday by 11:59pm
- Points 160
- Submitting a file upload
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapter 15, 16, 17
- Lesson
Instructions
Your country just overthrew its dictator, and you are the newly elected President. Unfortunately, due to the divisions in the country and the years of war, economic, military, and political structures are non-existent. A group of loyalists to the old dictator have been detonating bombs, murdering civilians, assassinating leaders, and terrorizing towns with help from a neighboring country’s dictator.
Create a comprehensive plan for your new government. While creating this government identify 1) the governing style of your government and the principles that govern your leaders (see rubric); 2) the functions of various branches of government; 3) how to maintain public good in domestic areas through at least two programs; 4) an economic structure that is most beneficial to your citizens; 5) ways to create national unity; 6) ways to combat terrorism and violence; and, 6) international organizations to join.
See rubric for specific ways to meet the requirements of the paper.
Paper headings: (Use of APA paper format with headings required!)
- Introduction (1 paragraph)
- Introduce your country
- Briefly outline all of the parts of the paper
- Domestic Concerns (1-2 pages)
- Identify governing style and principles that correlate to this style
- Identify the branches of government and its functions
- Development of two public good domestic programs and how they will meet the public good
- Economic structure and reason why this should be used
- Socializing citizens is noted with rationale for how it creates national unity
- Foreign Concerns (1-2 pages)
- Two international organizations are noted, one for economics and one for security
- Descriptions of both organizations
- Rationales for joining these organizations
- Steps to joining
- Two ways your country will combat the neighboring country’s terrorist threat and the domestic threat
- Two ways these will be effective
- Conclusion (1 paragraph)
- Summarize information
Writing Requirements (APA format)
- Length: 3-4 pages (not including title page or references page)
- 1-inch margins
- Double spaced
- 12-point Times New Roman font
- Title page
- References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources)
Grading
This activity will be graded based on the essay rubric.
Course Outcomes (CO): 8, 9
Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday
Rubric
Week 7 Assignment: Essay – Creating Your Ideal State Week 7 Assignment: Essay – Creating Your Ideal State Criteria Ratings Pts This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Governing style and principles of the government. 25.0 pts The governing style is understandable and the principles support the choice of the governing style. Provides structure of power, source of power, ideology of power. 20.0 pts The governing style is unclear, the principles are unclear, or the governing style and principles do not support each other. 15.0 pts Missing one part of the governing style and principles. 0.0 pts Missing both parts of the governing style and principles. 25.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Branches of government and its functions. 20.0 pts Explains each branch of government and the function of the particular branch and how they support the governing style. 16.0 pts The branches of government and their functions do not match, or the branches are discussed without talking about their functions AND how they support the governing style. 12.0 pts Only minimally discusses branches, and their functions or the branches do not support the governing style chosen. 0.0 pts Does not discuss the branches and their functions. 20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Maintaining public good through at least two domestic programs 20.0 pts Two domestic programs are created clearly explaining how public good is maintained with these programs. 16.0 pts Two domestic programs are noted, but it’s unclear how they both benefit the public good. 12.0 pts Only one domestic program is noted. 0.0 pts No domestic program is noted. 20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Economic structure 15.0 pts The economic structure is named and supports the governing style with a rationale for using the structure. 12.0 pts The economic structure is named and supports the governing style, but the rationale is unclear. 9.0 pts The economic structure is named, but does not support the governing style and the rationale is unclear. 0.0 pts The economic structure is not addressed. 15.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Political socializing to create national unity 15.0 pts There is at least one method the new government will use to socialize citizens to create national unity and rationales for using these methods. 12.0 pts The method described will create national unity, but rationale is not provided. 9.0 pts The method described will not create national unity and rationale is not provided. 0.0 pts No method for national unity is addressed. 15.0 pts
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