Social and Responsibility Paper

Reading for Social/Personal Responsibility Paper

This assignment requires the student to read selected letters from The Federalist Papers, Articles of Confederation, United States Constitution, Constitutional Amendments, and court cases.Students will analyze and interpret these primary and secondary sources to answer quiz questions and to formulate a short paper based on the social and personal responsibilities of various figures.

Social and Personal Responsibility Paper (50 points): Students will choose one of The Federalist Papers to analyze and write a 1 page paper (Formatting requirements: single-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font, 1” margins, no headings except name and paper title); Papers not meeting the stated formatting requirements will be docked 5 points).The definition of “1 page” is 1 full page (not half a page or ¾ of a page), with no words on another page.This is meant to help students learn to write in a precise and concise manner.

The paper must discuss the social and personal responsibility of both the writers of the documents and modern interpreters of the documents (politicians, judges, media, American public). Also, the paper must discuss how the government handles the issues now, whether it be at the federal, state, or local levels. Social responsibility is defined as a demonstration of civic responsibility and its engagement in various larger communities.Personal responsibility is defined as an evaluation of choices and actions of others or one’s own, and relate the consequences (good and/or bad) to decision-making. Students must discuss these issues using critical thinking and effectively communicate their views on these topics in their papers.

The deadline for submission of the paper portion can be found on Blackboard.No late papers will be accepted, NO EXCEPTIONS.The students will turn in 1 physical copy to the professor and 1 electronic copy to the class dropbox online.BOTH must be turned in to meet the requirements, otherwise the student will be assigned a ZERO for the paper assignment.Failure to turn in this assignment will adversely affect your final course grade.

Students may choose any of The Federalist Papers to write about for their paper.Dr. Smith recommends the following to help you, but you may choose others outside this list: 2, 4, 10, 14, 15, 17, 21, 25, 30, 38, 39, 42, 44, 46, 51, 57, 62, 63, 68, 69, 74, 78, 81, and 84.Only one student per class can write on a particular Federalist Paper and preference will be on a first come, first served basis.If a student writes on the same Federalist Paper as another student who claimed it first, the second student will receive no credit for their paper.

Writing Tips: The first section of the paper should be about the problems the Founders were facing in their time. The second section should focus on the how the issue comes up in modern day America. The third section should focus on the governmental aspects. Do not use contractions in your paper (can’t, don’t, won’t, etc.). Do not use the phrases “I think” “I feel” I believe” “Their personal responsibility was…” “The social responsibility of this is…” There are better ways to express yourself than resulting to this type of writing. Also, paragraphs are you friend, so please use them!