Federal Government Online Assignment- Expectations

Response Assignment Topic: Amending the Constitution

While the Constitution has been amended only 33 times since it was drafted in 1787, there have been thousands of proposed amendments. For this assignment, you will be placed into groups and choose a proposed amendment between the years 2000-2013.

I. Essay

A. Each group will select and research a proposed Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and research an assigned ratified Amendment. The assigned amendment and the proposed amendment do not have to coordinate.

B. Group Assignment

1.Groups will be assigned at random by the instructor.

2.You will be notified of your group assignment on 10/9/2017 7am.

3.It is your responsibility to make contact with your fellow group members.

4.You will have the ability to use a discussion board exclusively for your group in the Response Topics area.

C. Research

1.Search the Library of Congress to find the 2000-2015 proposed amendment to be researched.

2.Library sources: Use Academic Search to find scholarly articles pertaining to your amendment/joint resolution (or other sources)

3.Each group will be responsible for turning in a 3-4 page typed essay (including one works cited page) listing the pros and cons of the proposed Amendment and the ratified Amendment, including demographics of population for and against the proposed Amendment, explaining the challenges and/or biases that confronted amending the constitution.

4.For the ratified Amendment, you may need to look at those in the original process to acquire the demographics.

5.Your brief will require three sources, only one from internet. Please include the Library of Congress as an additional source.

6.The essay will be turned in through the SafeAssign tool in Blackboard by 11/25/2017.

a. This tool provides a report showing any instances of plagiarism.

b. I will open SafeAssign for submission from 11/10-11/15.

c. You will have the opportunity to submit and revise four times until 11/15/2017 10 pm in order to eliminate any plagiarism issues.

This is our Proposed Amendment.

17. H.J.Res.64 - 106th Congress (1999-2000)Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect the rights of crime victims.

Amendment 8 Excessive Bail, Fines and Punishments Forbidden.