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This assignment asks you to demonstrate the course competency of Global Engageme
This assignment asks you to demonstrate the course competency of Global Engagement by considering different perspectives on a problem or controversy related to Modern US History and attempting to reach a resolution about it. The ability to understand different perspectives is not only a critical skill for historians, it is a skill that is essential to functioning as a well-informed citizen in society today.
Learning Outcomes
The purpose of the added reflection essay (part of your Co-Curricular Essay) is to help you practice the following skills that are essential to your success in this course / in school / in this field / in professional life beyond school:
Write a letter to the editor on a very specific issue pertaining to civic engagement in our contemporary world.
Demonstrate respectful disagreement or persuasion.
Assignment Tasks
Your Engagement Reflection Essay will be evaluated on the quality of your analysis, on the relevance of your recommendations to U.S. History, on the clarity, complexity, innovative nuance, and persuasiveness of your argument, on its adherence to basic mechanics of writing (good grammar, spelling, organization, etc.), and on its tone (civility and respectfulness). You will NOT be evaluated on whether or not I, personally, or anyone else in the class agrees with your position. Nor will you be evaluated on the degree to which you, personally, agree with what your editorial advocates.
Reflection Essay
Letter to an Elected Official (you must identify the elected official whom you are writing the letter to). This assignment involves writing a clear and compelling two-page letter to an elected official identifying a federal or state policy problem that is meaningful to you, proposing a solution to the problem, and conducting and interpreting research to bolster the letter. In the letter, you must analyze how this problem impacts you personally, people in your community, people in your state, and, if a federal issue, people across the United States. You must recommend at least one legislative solution. You can create your own original legislative solution, or you can support or oppose a portion of a bill that is currently pending before Congress or the state legislature. You must support your solution with data and examples from at least three outside sources (books, journals, reliable internet sources) and discuss why your solution is better than other options. All outside research must be properly cited. The letter must be at least 850 words in length.
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