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Orientation Assignment: Welcome Assignment--Breaking the Ice!
Welcome to Government!
Task
Write a Brief Personal/Political Biography (which must be two pages, single-spaced, twelve font and no spaces between paragraphs (for an ‘A’ level paper and you must address the questions asked below.
Introduction
Although we rarely stop to consider the origins of our political values and ideas, the influence of others resonates in all that we are and do. This assignment asks you to examine some of the key elements of your individual political make-up and to engage others in a discussion about these values.
Write a summary of the major elements of your political life. You should briefly describe these characteristics common to all of us.
a) What are the major political influences in your life? What teachers, friends, religious beliefs/leaders, public figures have influenced or shaped your attitudes about political life? What episodes or public events have been critical in forming your attitudes about politics?
b) What is your party identification, if any? Do you see yourself as a Democrat, Republican, Independent, Green, or are you non-political? What is it about your party that you like the most? What do you least like about your party? If you have no party identification, why?
c) What are the top 2 or 3 challenges facing America and our political system today (this could be education, jobs, deficits and national debt)? What actions (public or private) are needed to address these issues?
(Note: These problems may or may not be public issues in the traditional sense of the term. For example, many people believe that the very survival of self-government depends upon having a citizenry that practices private virtue. Some contemporary social critics believe that the United States is experiencing a decline in “traditional” morality that will ultimately weaken and perhaps undermine the system of self-government. Others believe that the “moral decline of America”
Welcome to Government!
Task
Write a Brief Personal/Political Biography (which must be two pages, single-spaced, twelve font and no spaces between paragraphs (for an ‘A’ level paper and you must address the questions asked below.
Introduction
Although we rarely stop to consider the origins of our political values and ideas, the influence of others resonates in all that we are and do. This assignment asks you to examine some of the key elements of your individual political make-up and to engage others in a discussion about these values.
Write a summary of the major elements of your political life. You should briefly describe these characteristics common to all of us.
a) What are the major political influences in your life? What teachers, friends, religious beliefs/leaders, public figures have influenced or shaped your attitudes about political life? What episodes or public events have been critical in forming your attitudes about politics?
b) What is your party identification, if any? Do you see yourself as a Democrat, Republican, Independent, Green, or are you non-political? What is it about your party that you like the most? What do you least like about your party? If you have no party identification, why?
c) What are the top 2 or 3 challenges facing America and our political system today (this could be education, jobs, deficits and national debt)? What actions (public or private) are needed to address these issues?
(Note: These problems may or may not be public issues in the traditional sense of the term. For example, many people believe that the very survival of self-government depends upon having a citizenry that practices private virtue. Some contemporary social critics believe that the United States is experiencing a decline in “traditional” morality that will ultimately weaken and perhaps undermine the system of self-government. Others believe that the “moral decline of America”