Review Greenberg-Page pp. 67-70, focusing in on the nationalist and states’ rights position.
Definite states’ rights in your own words. Your definition should be about 3-5 sentences.
Step 2: Research
Choose a topic currently in the news that illustrates the problems between the state and federal government powers. (Think of things that many people either want or don’t want to be made into federal law.) You can review the list of reserved powers from our SoftChalk Lesson this week. Find at least 2 articles on your topic.
But to get you started, some current topics include:
Immigration Reform
Voter Registration
Minimum Wage
Drivers Licensing
Medical Marijuana
The Right to Marry
Gun Control
State taxes
Education Reform
Biomedical Research (STEM Cell Research is an example)
Nutrition (e.g: school lunches, banning transfats, soda tax, calorie labels on menu)
Law Enforcement
Check out the PCC Political Science LibGuide Online Databases (National Newspapers Core in particular is a helpful resource). If accessing from off-campus you will need to use your LancerPoint login to access these databases.
Step 3: Write
Write a 2-3 paragraph summary of your articles, including citations (MLA, APA, or Chicago Style Citation). If academic writing is difficult for you, follow the basic steps at the end of this assignment for help writing an article summary. You can use the list below to think about the important information you should include in your summary:
Description of the issue
How the states’ rights advocates view the issue
How the federal government/elected officials/ other supporters of this issue view the problem.
What actions are being taken by both parties to either make certain the issue remains under state control or becomes federal law.
Summary Writing Guidelines
A summary is a short paragraph telling what the main idea of a reading/lecture/video is about. These are some basic steps to follow in order to create a summary:
Sample Solution