Final Project
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Reference the “Turnitin Requirement” section of the course Syllabus or the link below for general instructions. Upload both your assignment and the originality report within the Final Project assignment link.
Using Turnitin for Assignments
OVERVIEW
For your final project, you will prepare and submit a strategic plan for becoming a more responsible citizen. your project should be between 2000 and 2500 words in length (with a typical font and double spacing, this will be between 8 and 10 pages). Your assignment should be submitted as a Microsoft Word document file. (If you cannot submit your file in in Word, please discuss other options with your mentor before submitting your assignment.)
Your paper should answer all the following questions. Be sure your responses are complete and that your writing is organized, clear, and grammatically correct. Properly cite any outside sources of information, including your textbook, in proper APA style.
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In the introduction to your paper, provide an historical overview and theoretical foundation for the practice of deliberative democracy and its responsible expression in civic action.
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Use Written Assignment 5 (the midterm assignment) and any feedback that you have received from your mentor as the basis for your final project. Describe an agenda for your individual engagement, as a responsible citizen, in the process of democratic deliberation (domestically) or global citizenship (internationally). The issue-area that you have selected should be of national or global importance and should involve social action aimed at improving a situation or supporting an existing effort.
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Perform outside research (citing at least two reputable sources) and use it to describe your issue-area or target organization. Present the problems that might be solved or the positive benefits of your participation.
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Describe how you can exercise your right of civic participation. What resources can you use? Define the field of action for your engagement and your goals. Connect your proposed social action to the content of this course, including its relationship to both concepts of democratic governance and the principles and processes of deliberative democracy. Explain how accomplishing this plan would help you become a more robust global citizen.
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Finally, discuss both the challenges and opportunities that exist in the issue-area of your choice. These may be challenges to deliberative democracy, to responsible and engaged citizenship, or to civic participation. Discuss ways of dealing with these challenges.
GUIDELINES
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Your paper should be between 2000 and 2500 words (with a typical font and double spacing, this will be between 8 and 10 pages) and should cover the directives already given.
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You should follow accepted research approaches and citation format (APA).
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Your paper should be well developed and convey your understanding of the readings and concepts.
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Your paper should be organized, coherent, and unified.
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Your paper should be free of spelling and grammatical errors.
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Consult at least two outside research sources and properly cite all outside sources in-text and in a bibliography. Be sure to document all contentions and “facts” mentioned in an academically acceptable manner. (See writing resources below)
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Encyclopedias—especially Wikipedia—and dictionaries are unacceptable sources.
If you have questions about the requirements of the paper, be sure to discuss them with your mentor well in advance of the final submission. Consult the Course Calendar for this paper’s due date. It must be submitted by the last day of the semester.
WRITING RESOURCES
The following links provide online writing aids to help you with your paper assignments.
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OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University
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Writer’s Handbook, the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
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