Activity: A Policy You Would Change

Week 9 Assignment – Activity: A Policy You Would Change

Introduction

If you could change any U.S. domestic policy today, what would it be? For this activity, choose a policy you would like to change, submit a one-paragraph explanation of the policy you would like to change, and identify three references to support this policy change. This is the same policy you will use to write your Final Reflection (due next week).

Instructions

Step 1: Choose a domestic public policy:

• Energy
• The environment
• Health care
• Social welfare
• Civil rights
• Death penalty
• Gun control
• Taxation
• Assisted suicide
• Affirmative action
• Minimum wage
• Drug legalization
• Immigration
• Hate crimes
• Capital punishment

Note: Approval for your policy is required and will be provided in the grading rubric. If your policy and/or references are not approved you will need to read the instructor feedback and provide an updated policy and/or references to be approved before submitting your final assignment.

Step 2: Identify three references to support the policy change.

• Use reputable sources that support your views, illustrate the severity or urgency of the need for change, discuss current events that make you think about the seriousness of the issue, etc. Remember to review the news sources provided earlier in the course and ensure any references selected outside of that list are reliable.

Step 3: Submit a Word document with your policy choice and one paragraph explaining why that is a policy you’d like to change and citations for your three references. 

SAMPLE WEEK 9 ACTIVITY POL110

STUDENT TIP: Here is a sample of how to write and format this short Week 9 Activity to prepare your selected policy change for the following Week 10 paper. Note that you do not have to format your Sources in SWS this week, but you will need to use SWS formatting in your upcoming Week 10 Final Reflection paper when you describe this selected policy change in greater detail.

Your Name:

Week 9 Activity: A Policy You Would Change

Policy Choice: Environmental Policy

Global Warming is changing our climate in the US. The earth is warming from the North Pole to the South Pole at an alarming rate (Ballotpedia, 1). The average temperature globally has increased by more than 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit, especially in the polar regions. Global Warming not only effects the earth’s temperature; it also affects extreme weather patterns and the wildlife population and habits here in the US. Humans are contributing to why the climate is changing by emitting carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (Denchak, 2).
I want to change the environmental policies in the United States to do more to reduce climate change.

Sources

1. Ballotpedia. 2017. Federal Policy on climate change. https://ballotpedia.org/Federal_policy_on_climate_change,_2017
2. Melissa Denchak. July 17, 1017. How to Stop Global Warming. https://www.nrdc.org/stories/how-you-can-stop-global-warming
3. Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.(Nd). Federal Action on Climate. https://www.c2es.org/content/federal-action-on-climate/