P4+Project

November 2012 OBJECTIVE: Your objective in this project is to synthesize and concretize your beliefs about certain issues in politics and format those views into a platform for a new political party - your political party. You will format those views in a WikiSpaces site that others can easily view and comment on. So – you will practice and display your tech skills as well as your political chops on this project.
 * Political Party Platform Project (p4) **

NITTY-GRITTY:

Due – 11/20 at the end of the day (LIVE - so people can comment on them)

This is the only thing going on until Thanksgiving Break - therefore you have **7 class days/HW time to complete the P4**

You are responsible for viewing & commenting on 10 other platforms - TBD

WikiSpaces account address: First Initial.Last Name. wikispaces.com JDresden.wikispaces.com

CONTENT : There will be multiple sections in your platform: 1. Introduction/Overview – purpose of your party

2. 5 issues/sections will be addressed in your platform:

1) Tax/Economic Policy Reform 2) Foreign Policy Reform 3) Civil Rights Reform 4) Choice Topic 5) Choice Topic

3. You should outline your general opinion about what the gov't.s role in that issue should be and your beliefs and values about that issue.

4. You should give **CONCRETE EXAMPLES** about how your party would address these issues through certain laws. Please reference different political ideologies in the text of your platform i.e. "This would look very much like the Libertarian viewpoint on this issue".

GUIDELINES/RUBRIC: * The platform is written from today’s (2012) point of view (in America)

* You should create a **party name, slogan & icon -** images are very much appreciated

* The minimum length for each issue you address is **1****00** words and the maximum is **300** words

* You must add a very simple **bibliography of the top 5 sites and resources** that you referenced - use EasyBib to catalog your bibliography and add a page to your Wiki

* I have EXEMPLARS for this project so please view examples from last year to help you understand what the end goal should look like: check out some 8th graders projects from last year:

http://eoshaughnessy.wikispaces.com/ http://plund.wikispaces.com/ http://cchyung.wikispaces.com/ http://shanley1.wikispaces.com/ http://emills09.wikispaces.com/ http://trase.wikispaces.com http://mrifkin.wikispaces.com


 * HELPFUL SITES:**

http://www.sba.gov/category/navigation-structure/starting-managing-business/starting-business/understand-business-law-r - economic info

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_States - different types of taxes in the US

http://www.democrats.org/democratic-national-platform - Democratic party platform

http://www.gop.com/2012-republican-platform_home/ - Republican party platform

http://www.state.gov/ - US state department - info on foreign policy

aclu.org - civil rights issues

* GRADING BREAKDOWN: **Clarity – 40% Creativity – 35% Correctness – 25%**