Alternative 1st Quarter Project

For those of you that either do not want to do the political campaign project, or who are so lazy that you never bothered to even start thinking about doing it, here is your alternative. A reminder, this project counts as a major 1st quarter grade. Failure to complete one of the two project options will likely result in a failing grade for the 1st quarter.

1ST QUARTER PROJECT
COMPARITIVE ESSAY PAPER
Topic
*Your assignment is as follows; you will read, study, and analyze the Constitution of The United States of America, you will also read, study, and analyze the Constitution of any other country in the world, it’s your choice (as long as the country that you choose has a written constitution and complete sovereignty.)

*You will write a comparative essay in which you will summarize what is outlined in each constitution, and address the following questions:

-How are the two constitutions similar? How are they different?
-What is the goal of each constitution?
-Has the US Constitution influenced the constitution of the other country? Has the constitution of the other country influenced the US Constitution?
-Does the government of each country have a unitary, or federal system of government?
-What form of government does each constitution mandate, autocracy, oligarchy, or democracy?
-Does the constitution of the other country outline that country’s economic system? If so, what is it, capitalist, socialist, communist, or another form?
-Does the constitution of the other country list the basic rights given to each citizen? If so summarize these rights.
-Is the theory that is outlined in the constitution of the other country practiced in fact by that country’s government? If no, how is that country governed
-If you had to choose which constitution that you’d like to be governed by, which would it be and why?

Requirements

*Each paper must be at least 6 typed pages if you are in 5th or 8th period, or 5 pages if you are in 1st period (this means all required pages filled up, ½ pages are unacceptable,) double spaced, with a font size of no more than 12. All papers must be typed. No exceptions will be made.

*Papers are to be written in paragraph form, they should have an introduction, a main body, and a summary. Do not write each question that was asked above and then write your answer to that question below it. Try to tie all of the questions together and answer them comprehensively.

-You must have at least 3 sources for your research, 2 of which will be the US Constitution, and the constitution of the other country. The other source should focus on whether the constitution of the other country is practiced in fact by that country’s government.

-Each paper must include a separate bibliography page of your sources. If you use web pages you must include the web page address in your bibliography.

-If you have any questions at all on how to do this, consult me as soon as possible.

-Follow all directions, points may be deducted if directions are not followed.

-All papers are due on or before November 9, 2006 .

*Grading
-Your grade will be determined by: the content, accuracy, grammar and completeness of your paper. Papers handed in late will lose 10 points for each day that it is late. Plagiarism is cheating and will not be tolerated. Any person found plagiarizing will receive a grade of 0. This Project is worth 20% of your quarterly grade.