In this assignment you will be using primary sources and secondary sources to identify and exhibit, critical thinking, communication, personal and social responsibility.
Required
Essay must be 3-5 pages in length. ( ½ page is not a page)
Essay must include a works cited page, with MLA formatted listings of 1 Primary source and 2 Secondary sources. Described below.
( cannot count as one of the required pages)
You must use original words, and quote sources accordingly The paper will be run through turn-itin.
Your paper will address issues in Texas policies and Texas Government.
Choose from one of the Topics and answer the following questions in your essay. Do not forget to use the research to answer the questions,
What does the issue or Bill deal with?
How does the issue or Bill effect your life, as well as others?
How would you deal with this issue if you were a State Representative?
What type of Bill would be required to either support and protect citizens, or deny any request for assistance or need for change.
How do you deal with the issue as a voter in the State?
How would you deal with the issue as the Governor? Veto?
Discuss the History behind the issue.
Compare the outcome of the issue to what could occur at the National level after Texas makes the decision addressing the issue.
Would the State Supreme Court get involved?
Identify key alternatives to the issue, or Bill.
11.. Place the information within a context of Social and personal responsibility.
Primary Sources & Secondary Sources
Primary Sources
are immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it. Primary sources can include:
Texts of laws and other original documents.
Newspaper reports, by reporters who witnessed an event or who quote people who did.
Speeches, diaries, letters and interviews – what the people involved said or wrote.
Original research.
Datasets, survey data, such as census or economic statistics.
Photographs, video, or audio that capture an event.
Raw DataLinks to an external site.
Secondary Sources
Secondary Sources are one step removed from primary sources, though they often quote or otherwise use primary sources. They can cover the same topic, but add a layer of interpretation and analysis. Secondary sources can include:
Most books about a topic.
Analysis or interpretation of data.
Scholarly or other articles about a topic, especially by people not directly involved.
Documentaries (though they often include photos or video portions that can be considered primary sources).
Issues or Bills Passed in State Congress. Choose One
Topic #1- Texas Heartbeat Act, Senate Bill 8
Not 1925: Texas’ law banning abortion dates to before the Civil WarLinks to an external site.
The restriction, which was revived after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, was put in place amid concerns about declining white birth rates and as the medical profession formalized.
Topic #2- Texas Water Crisis
Texas is facing its worst drought since 2011. Here’s what you need to know. Texas is doing little to meet its predicted water crisis.
Topic #3- Immigration Issues- Border Crisis
Homeland Security says it will end “remain in Mexico” policy and allow asylum-seekers to enter U.S.
Topic #4- House Bill Banning Automatic Weapons HR 1808
Bucking other Texas Democrats, Cuellar and Gonzalez vote against U.S. House bill that would ban semi-automatic weapons
Topic #5- Senate Bill 797 Separation of Church and State??
Texas public schools required to display “In God We Trust” posters if they are donated
The law passed last year says schools must display the national motto in a “conspicuous place” but only if the poster is “donated” or “purchased by private donations.”
