U.S Senator
Choose one US Senator or US Representative from your local state and write a report on a political position he or she supports. Your thesis will agree or disagree with his political stance. Proper grammar and spelling are required. Papers must include a cover page, at least two-four full pages of content, and a bibliography. All sources must be legit, academic, or peer reviewed sources. This means most websites (Wikipedia, answers.com, and similar websites) are disqualified. If you can't identify an author and date that's a good sign that the source needs to be carefully evaluated and, most likely, not used. The UMUC online databases are recommended as a way to find good academic sources, particularly journal articles. One source must be listed as an annotated bibliography.
Use the following guidelines:
Choose a US Senator or US Representative you would like to profile from your home state.
Determine his or hers position on a key issue (Capital Punishment, Gun Control, Abortion, etcetera....)
Write a third person paper supporting or not supporting the key issue. Create a thesis statement. (Avoid using I phrases). Provide three supporting or rebutting ideas. Provide a counter argument. (find a senator/ representative with opposite view) 5) Create an outline. 6) Gather sources and create an annotated bibliography.