POS 2041 Final Project

For this final project, worth a total of 100 points towards your final
course grade, you are required to either 1) attend an in-person or virtual
activity or 2) watch a film or documentary related to American politics;
then write a report. Either choice (activity or film) is acceptable, so long
as it is related to U.S. politics, a topic that has been discussed in some
way during the course, and your instructor approves it. You must submit
your choice to your instructor via the Assignments dropbox no later than
the date listed in the course syllabus.

Here are some examples of projects that would be approved:

A. Attend a speech/panel/presentation related to a topic in our class.

For example, Broward College hosts gubernatorial debates each
year a new Florida Governor is elected.
B. Watch a documentary, televised political debate, or movie related
to a topic in our class. Some examples include a live parliamentary
debate in the House or Senate via C-SPAN, the PBS documentary
"Zero Tolerance" (free on PBS), or "The Abortion Divide" (free on
PBS). Netflix (subscription service required, although there is a
30-day free trial) has a lot of excellent documentaries on many
different topics that we cover in this course.
C. Partake in a local election event of a party or political candidate
running for Congress/Governor/President.
D. Partake in an event related to an interest group, such as Black
Lives Matter, Environmental Protection advocates, Pro-Life/Pro-
Choice advocates, etc.

Based on your selection, write a 750-1,000 words report that includes

the following three sections:

1. A summary of the activity or documentary,

2. Examples of how it related to this class (including page citations
and 2-3 quotations from the text), and
3. A concluding paragraph about what you learned.
This assignment is worth 100 points, so it carries a substantive weight of
about 20% of your final grade. Keep the following guidelines in mind to
avoid having points deducted from your work:

Category Guidelines
The activity or documentary selected is on a
topic that we learned about in our course on U.S.
Activity Choice
politics. The instructor must provide approval.
(Worth 5 points - pass/fail)
Minimum Word
No fewer than 750 words
Count
Maximum Word
No more than 1,000 words
Count
1” margins
12 pt. Times New Roman Font (or Palatino
Format Linotype)
Double-spaced (no extra spaces between
paragraphs)
In the first part of the project, you should use
your own words to summarize your experience.
When citing and quoting the text in the second
part of the project, you must give proper credit to
Summarizing, your source(s). Visit Purdue OWL: Quoting,
Quoting, or Paraphrasing, and Summarizing for instructions
Paraphrasing on how to do this properly. Referencing
someone else’s work also requires that you
select a citation format – APA, MLA, or
Chicago – and use that format consistently
throughout your report.
 Submit the final project in the corresponding
Assignments dropbox. The report will be run
through Turnitin, a plagiarism detection
software. Visit the Academic Honesty section of
Final Report
the syllabus for our plagiarism policy. Your
work must be a product of your own efforts. It
cannot be identical or similar to another
student’s paper. (Worth 95 points)