Political Science Week 1 Assignment

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Week 1 Assignment: Current Event – Local Issue

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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. There are
several free scannable apps on the market such as Scannable. If printing is an obstacle, you may
include a hyperlink to the article. However, if the link breaks or can not be accessed the burden falls on
you to produce that article or to risk losing points.

Articles may not be more than one month old.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

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

Textbook: Chapters 1, 2
Lesson
Local newspaper
APA style manual
Citation and Writing Assistance: Writing Papers At CU (https://library.chamberlain.edu/APA)
Library Overview (https://library.chamberlain.edu/Learn)
How to Search for Articles – the Everything Tab (https://library.chamberlain.edu/HowToSearch)

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

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POLI330 Week 1 Current Event Gradiing Rubric (100 pts)

Criteria Ratings Pts

5.0 pts

25.0 pts

25.0 pts
25.0 pts

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

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

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

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

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10.0 pts

5.0 pts
5.0 pts

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

APA: Citation
and Reference
Formatting

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

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

0.0 pts
No
effort

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Total Points: 100.0

punctuation).

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