The
INTRODUCTION
TASK
You have been asked by your teacher
to prepare a report that you will present to a Public Policy Analyst who will
be visiting your class in November. Your
teacher would like you to work in groups of four to eventually come up with a
best possible solution for how the funding for war could have been raised
differently, without imposing taxes.
PROCESS
1.
Meet with your group, and thoroughly explore the
resources below.
2.
Follow the 6 step process below to analyze a
funding for a war and in the end you will come up with the best solution for
future funding. You will be able to
develop a solution by completing each worksheet in the six steps below.
Public Policy Analyst Process:
Step 1: Defining the Social Problem
Step 2: Gathering Evidence
of the Problems
Step 3: Identifying Causes
of the Problems
Step 4: Identify and
Evaluate Existing Pubic Policy
Step 5: Develop Public
Policy Solutions
Step 6: Selecting the Best
Policy
RESOURCES
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/revolut
http://ahp.gatech.edu/stamp_act_bp_1765.html
http://www.history.org/History/teaching/tchcrvar.cfm
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htm
EVALUATION
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1
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2
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3 |
4 |
Score |
Written proposal |
Incomplete. |
Complete with too few recommendations for best policy
solutions. |
Complete with additional recommendations for best
policy solution. |
Complete and additional recommendations for best policy
solutions, with a convincing argument included in their
report. |
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Website search |
Too few links relevant to the report are quoted. |
Enough links, relevant to the report quoted. |
Good links are quoted in support of best policy
solution. |
Excellent links are quoted in support of the best
policy solution. |
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Public policy analysis
protocol use |
Minimal use of the PPA site. |
Sufficient use of the PPA site. |
Used the PPA site and additional resources. |
Used the PPA site effectively which contributed to the best
policy solution. |
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STANDARDS
English Language Arts
Standard 1: Students will
read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.
As listeners and readers,
students will collect data, facts, and ideas; discover relationships, concepts,
and generalizations; and use
knowledge generated from oral, written, and electronically produced
texts. As speakers and writers,
they will use oral and written language to acquire, interpret, apply,
and transmit information.
Standard 2: Students will
read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.
Students will read and
listen to oral, written, and electronically produced texts and performances,
relate texts and performances to
their own lives, and develop an understanding of the diverse social,
historical, and cultural dimensions
the texts and performances represent. As speakers and writers,
students will use oral and written
language for self-expression and artistic creation.
Social Studies
Standard 1: History of the
Students will use a
variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major
ideas,
eras, themes, developments,
and turning points in the history of the
CONCLUSION
By doing this project, you have
acquired research skills. You have also
learned the 6 steps of being a Public Policy Analyst. In addition, you have written a report and
presented it to a public policy analyst.