AP GOVERNMENT
E - CONGRESS RESEARCH PROJECT 3rd QUARTER
FORMAT - Research paper - 10 page, typed and double-spaced (topic and thesis sign-up required)
ASSIGNMENT - For the 3rd quarter E - Congress research project, you will:
1. Select
a current public policy issue and prepare a research paper on that issue.
2. Based on this research paper, you will develop and prepare a bill to submit during the 3rd quarter E Congress research project. (2/17/09(A) & 2/18/09(B)
3. Participate in the authorization committee phase of the E Congress (3rd quarter) - dates 3/2/09 to 3/19/09
4. Participate in the House floor vote phase of the E Congress (3rd quarter) - dates 3/30/09 to 4/2/09
REQUIREMENTS:
A. RESEARCH PAPER - Research a topic of your choice. All topics must be approved relevant to US/VA
government policy. Use the
guidelines set out for research papers found in the E -
Congress and Guides for Writing Research Papers websites. Please use parenthetical
documentation and a works cited page (minimum of 5 sources) rather than footnotes
and a bibliography. Please submit an electronic copy to Turnitin.com and a print copy
on or
before 2:30 PM: 3/20/09(Both A & B)
in the following order:
1.
TITLE PAGE - typed, including your name, paper title, class,
due date and instructor.
2.
TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE includes headings and page numbers for all
parts of the paper.
3. INTRODUCTION PAGE typed, 1 page maximum with thesis
statement.
4. BODY OF PAPER - 5 pages typed with parenthetical documentation - 10
to 12 font-double spaced -
one inch margin all around - (all text)
5. CONCLUSION PAGE - typed, one page maximum summing up main
points and restating thesis
6. WORKS CITED PAGE - typed and in the correct MLA format (see
website)
Grading:
A separate evaluation sheet based on these 6 requirements will be used to determine your grade.
This project is worth 100 points and counts as the 20% project grade for the 2nd quarter.
LATE PENALTY missing on due date, grade drops to a C
missing on the second day, grade drops to a D missing on the third day,
grade drops to a ZERO!
Possible Topics:
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Aviation security Alternative
Fuel/Energy
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Clean Air or Clean Water Act Emission
Standards
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ANWR Oil drilling Auto
Emissions
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Family and Medical Leave Act Auto
MPG Standards
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Nationalized Health Care Federal
Lands Policy
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Prescription drug cost reduction
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CDC policies concerning pandemics
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FDA policies concerning generic and foreign
prescription drugs
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Food Import Safety
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Welfare Reform
Death
Penalty Congressional
Ethics Reform
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Physician assisted suicide Stem Cell Research
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Campaign Finance Reform Affirmative Action
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Term Limits FEMA
Disaster Policy
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Constitutional Amendment to ban flag
burning Medicaid Reform
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Megans Law Immigration
Reform
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Abortion policy be specific Health Care
Reform
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Gun Control be specific AIDS
Policy
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Medicare Reform Transportation
Policy
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No Child Left Behind Electoral College
Reform
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Gay Marriage Minimum
Wage
4. National Security Policy
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US Policy towards a chosen country Kyoto Agreement Weapons
Procurement CIA
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Don't Ask Don't Tell
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Homeland Security
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Patriot Act War
Powers Act Foreign
Security Agreements
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Nuclear Waste Storage Executive Privilege United Nations
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Privacy and Surveillance Military
Spending Border
Security
Web sites
Politics1 - http:://www.politics1.com/
Thomas - U.S. Congress on the Web - http://thomas.loc.gov/
*Guides for Writing Research Papers - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/02/
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets.shtml
Student Government Affairs Program http://www.sgap.org/
The Policy Action Network - http://www.movingideas.org/
CATO Institute - http://www.cato.org/
Economic Policy Institute - http://epinet.org/
The Heritage Foundation - http://www.heritage.org/
Progressive Policy Institute - http://www.ppionline.org/index.cfm
*Congressional Quarterly Researcher - http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher
(User name is westfi and the password is chanti)
*E - CONGRESS - http://www.youthleadership.net/