Current Event Policy Analysis Paper 10% of your grade.
Choose one of the following areas to write about:
civil rights issue
illegal immigration policy and its impact on the nation
border patrol-related policy
new legislation passed regarding a national or state policy.
a new Supreme Court or state court ruling.
CE Rubric – You must only use Word to write your paper
You must choose an article from the Texas Tribune within the week you submit your paper.
Any article older than one week is an automatic 0
Please open the example CE paper to see the correct format for this assignment. Choose a news article from the Texas Tribune from the week you submit your paper.
Analyze the issue that the news article is reporting about.
Your six-paragraph opinion paper is written only in your words. NO QUOTATIONS.
Must be two full pages with headers in Word only (see example)
The title page must include the Student’s name, date, Name of newspaper publication, publication link, author(s), headline, course, and section, professor name.
The title page does not count as one of the two pages
Headers must be included for each paragraph as explained below.
Word only – Canvas does not accept Pages or work written on your phone. Turnitin does not accept PDF documents.
Double spaced- 12pt New Times Romans
The article must be published within the week you submit your paper.
You must write your analysis in only your own words.
No quotations are allowed.
No credit if the software is not compatible with Canvas or the file will not open. No credit for a PDF file.
All work must be read through Turnitin.
Only Word is accepted into Canvas which you have in your Galveston College Outlook account. Canvas does not recognize GDocs, Apple Pages or Notes, or any other software. Turnitin does not read PDF files.
The CE analysis must demonstrate your:
Knowledge and understanding of the issue or policy in U.S. politics.
Describe in your conclusion how this issue impacts the rights and responsibilities of citizens in the political process.
These are the six headers you must have before each paragraph: please see the example on the module.
(Overview) This is where you sum up the news article who, what, where, when, why, and or how.
(Background) This is where explain/answer the background of the issue and the reason this news event has occurred.
(Position government branch/agency) The header here will be whatever the news story is about. If your news story is about the legislative branch, your header will say that. This paragraph will explain/answer why or how this branch of government – agency, etc… has oversight or jurisdiction of this issue and what they are doing about it.
(Position -Rights of Citizens) This is where you explain/answer citizens’ rights regarding the issue. Why does the government/agency have the right to do what they are doing as it relates to citizens’ rights not being violated?
(Position – Responsibility to Citizens) This is where you explain/answer the government’s/agency etc… responsibility to citizens – such as why the government/agency, etc…
(Conclusion – Impact on rights and responsibilities of citizens in the political process) – Sum up in your own words how you think this issue will impact people when they vote.
CE Rubric grading:
Length is too short or too long – 50 pts off – this paper is ONLY two pages – double spaced Times Romans 12 pt.
Not a news article – no credit
Article is more than one week old – NO CREDIT
Grammar and Spelling 15 pts. Off
No Title Page 20 pts. Off
No headers included in the paper- 50 pts. Off
Quotations are used- 90 pts. Off
Knowledge and understanding of the issue or policy in politics was not explained or provided – 50 pts. Off
The conclusion did not describe in your conclusion how this issue impacts the rights and responsibilities of citizens in the political process – 50 pts. off
NO CREDIT if the paper is a summary and not an Analysis – as this means you did not do the assignment in accordance with the rubric.
NO credit if it is not a Current Event. Do not submit a history paper or a paper you wrote for another class and try to rewrite it as a current event.
You may not submit any current event paper you submitted from a previous class.
A broken link on the title results in no credit because I cannot verify you wrote about a news story if I cannot locate and read the article you used.
No credit if the software is not compatible with Canvas or the file will not open. No credit for a PDF file.
5. All work must be read through Turnitin.
Only Word is accepted into Canvas which you have in your Galveston College Outlook account. Canvas does not recognize GDocs, Apple Pages or Notes, or any other software. Turnitin does not read PDF files.
