America's Democracy: Your Report Card

The primary goal of your last assignment is to critically analyze the primary features of the American national government. The results of your analysis will indicate what you have learned over the last five weeks. In order to accomplish this task, it is important to critically evaluate the key facets of our American democracy.

You have been preparing for this final assignment each week by constructing a detailed outline of the Final Paper's main points through the weekly Learning Activities. In addition, you have read the course text and course readings, reviewed videos, and researched additional material for each week's assignments and for this paper. This week, you will put all of those outlines, readings, reviews, and research together into a one summative paper.

As we wrap up our course, reflect back on what you have learned about the key structures, systems, roles, and processes that embody our national government. Focus on the strengths and weaknesses, advantages and disadvantages, and positive and negative impacts of these aspects of our democracy. Use what you have learned so far to evaluate our national government and recommend ways to enhance what works and repair what is not working well. It is important to understand that this paper is not simply a cut and paste of your four Learning Activities. While the research you have completed can serve as a strong base it is important that you implement any comments from the instructor, as well as further expand on the material. Appropriate transitions and headings are needed to ensure a cohesive paper.

Construct a six-page paper based on the detailed outlines that you created over the last four weeks. It is important to utilize APA headings major sections of your paper in order to ensure that the paper is easy to follow. A model POL201 Final Paper Guide is provided for you to download and utilize when completing your Final Paper.

Scaffold your paper around the following outline:

•Title page

•Introduction (half page)

oDescribe the paper's overall thesis.
oProvide an overview of main points.

•The Constitution (1 to 1.5 pages) (Week One)

oDescribe one strength and one weakness of the U.S. Constitution.
oRecommend one option to maintain the strength and one to correct the weakness.

•Federalism (1 to 1.5 pages) (Week Two)

oDescribe one advantage and one disadvantage of a national policy that must be implemented by one agency of the federal bureaucracy.
oRecommend one option to maintain the advantage and one to improve the disadvantage.

•Branches of Government (1 to 1.5 pages) (Week Three)

oDescribe one strength and one weakness of one branch of our government: Executive, Legislative, or Judiciary.
oRecommend one option to maintain the strength and one to correct the weakness.

•Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Elections (1-1.5 pages) (Week 4)

oDescribe one positive impact and one negative impact of one of the following: political parties, interest groups, or federal elections.
oRecommend one option to accentuate the positive impact and one to lessen the negative impact.

•Conclusion

oReview your main points.
oReview your overall thesis.

•References page

NOTE: The worksheets for weeks 1,2 & 4 are attached to this assignment. They can be used to help write the final paper.

The America's Democracy: Your Report Card paper

•Must be at least six double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

•Must include a separate title page with the following:

oTitle of paper
oStudent's name
oCourse name and number
oInstructor's name
oDate submitted

•Must use at least eight scholarly sources in addition to the course text. A minimum of six of the resources must be from peer-reviewed scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library

oThe Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

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