Chamberlain Wk 7 Ideal State New Government Comprehensive Plan Assignment

Week 7 Assignment: Essay – Creating Your Ideal State
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Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapter 15, 16, 17
Lesson
Instructions
Your country just overthrew its dictator, and you are the newly elected President. Unfortunately, due to the divisions in the country and the years of war, economic, military, and political structures are non-existent. A group of loyalists to the old dictator have been detonating bombs, murdering civilians, assassinating leaders, and terrorizing towns with help from a neighboring country’s dictator.
Create a comprehensive plan for your new government. While creating this government identify the governing style, functions of various branches of government, principles that govern leaders, the maintaining of public good, which economic structure is most beneficial to your citizens, at least two domestic programs, ways to create national unity, ways to combat terrorism and violence, and international organizations to join. (See rubric for specific ways to meet the requirements of the paper.)
Paper headings:
Introduction (1 paragraph)
Introduce your country
Briefly outline all of the parts of the paper
Domestic Concerns (1-2 pages)
Identify governing style and principles that correlate to this style
Identify the branches of government and its functions
Development of two public good domestic programs and how they will meet the public good
Economic structure and reason why this should be used
Socializing citizens is noted with rationale for how it creates national unity
Foreign Concerns (1-2 pages)
Two international organizations are noted, one for economics and one for security
Descriptions of both organizations
Rationales for joining these organizations
Steps to joining
Two ways your country will combat the neighboring country’s terrorist threat and the domestic threat
Two ways these will be effective
Conclusion (1 paragraph)
Summarize information
Writing Requirements (APA format)
Length: 3-4 pages (not including title page or references page)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources)
Grading
This activity will be graded based on the essay rubric.
Course Outcomes (CO): 8, 9
Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday
Rubric
Week 7 Assignment: Essay – Creating Your Ideal State
Week 7 Assignment: Essay – Creating Your Ideal State
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeGoverning style and principles of the government.
20.0 pts
The governing style is understandable and the principles support the choice of the governing style.
16.0 pts
The governing style is unclear, the principles are unclear, or the governing style and principles do not support each other.
12.0 pts
Missing one part of the governing style and principles.
0.0 pts
Missing both parts of the governing style and principles.
20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeBranches of government and its functions.
20.0 pts
Explains each branch of government and the function of the particular branch and how they support the governing style.
16.0 pts
The branches of government and their functions do not match, or the branches are discussed without talking about their functions AND how they support the governing style.
12.0 pts
Only minimally discusses branches, and their functions or the branches do not support the governing style chosen.
0.0 pts
Does not discuss the branches and their functions.
20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeMaintaining public good through at least two domestic programs
20.0 pts
Two domestic programs are created clearly explaining how public good is maintained with these programs.
16.0 pts
Two domestic programs are noted, but it’s unclear how they benefis the public good.
12.0 pts
Only one domestic program is noted, or it is unclear how the public good is maintained.
0.0 pts
No domestic program is noted.
20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeEconomic structure
15.0 pts
The economic structure is named and supports the governing style with a rationale for using the structure.
12.0 pts
The economic structure is named and supports the governing style, but the rationale is unclear.
9.0 pts
The economic structure is named but does not support the governing style, and the rationale is unclear.
0.0 pts
The economic structure is not addressed.
15.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePolitical socializing to create national unity
15.0 pts
There is at least one method the new government will use to socialize citizens to create national unity and rationales for using these methods.
12.0 pts
The method described will create national unity, but rationale is not provided.
9.0 pts
The method described will not create national unity and rationale is not provided.
0.