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Final Paper:  America's Democracy:  Your Report Card

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 weakness, advanges and disadvantages, and positive and negative impacts of these aspects of our democracy.

Construct a six page paper based on the detailed outline that you created over the last four weeks.  It is impotant to utilize APA headings major sections of your paper in order to ensure the paper is easy to follow.

1. Title Page

2. Introduction (half page)

   describe the papers overall thesis

    provide an overview of main points

3.  The Constitution (1-1.5 pages)

     describe one strength and one weakness of the U.S. Constitution

      recommend one option to maintain the strength and one to correct the weakness.

4.  Federalism (1-1.5 pages)

      describe one advantage and one disadvantage of a national policy that must be implemented by one agency of the feeral bureaucracy

       recommend one option to maintain the advantage and one to improve the disadvantage

5. Branches of Government (1-1.5 pages)

       describe one strength and one weakness of one branch of our government:  Executive, Legislative, or Judiciary

        recommend one option to maintain the strength and one to correct the weakness.

6.  Political Parites, Interest Groups, and Election (1-1.5 pages)

      describe one postitive impact and one negative impact of one of the following:  political parties, interst groups, or federal elections.

       recommend one option to accentuate the positive impact and one to lessen the negative impact

7.  Conclusion

     review your main parts

      review your overall thesis

8.  References

Six page double space paper

include a seperate title page

8 scholarly sources in addition to the text which I gave you in the beginning.  If you need it let me know.  

Those 8 scholarly sources are sources you included in the learning activities.

Please don't fogtet to use heanding for each topic.  You can follow the outline above.

Even though this is the learning activities combined, he does not want to copy and paste.  

Please make sure that the ideas and example are complete.  Thanks