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Students prepare a 5-7 page paper about a relevant issue facing our national government. This issue should be something that our president, congressmen, or Supreme Court justices are facing currently. The paper is worth a total of 100 points, 20% of the final course grade, and grading is based on the criteria listed below.

Students will create a government for their "colony"

You are going to create your own government! You will write/create your own government purpose statement (i.e. the Preamble). You will then create a list of 10 rights for your people (i.e. the Bill of Rights). You will then write a persuasive speech to your citizens about why they should support your new government.

Students may complete weekly current events using the following rubric as part of their Current Events Bonus Weekly Submission

We are now studying the American Revolution, the period which led to the birth of a new nation - the United States of America. Though Americans drew on influences from other countries to build their own nation - e.g. English Constitutional law and Enlightenment ideas, some ideas were uniquely American, e.g. separation of church and state and the American flag. For this project, you - with fellow group members if you wish to work in a group - will found your own nation.