Choose any topic from the list below. The assigned readings for each topic are listed in the Course Outline in the syllabus and are uploaded in Course Documents. The date right next to the topic is the due date for the summary. You will see that the topics are ordered chronologically as they appear in the Course Outline in the syllabus.
The Reading Summary consists of two parts:
1) a summary of the main arguments in the readings, assigned for your topic and your own opinion/critical evaluation of these arguments. The summary should be 3-4 pages long. Your opinion should be about 1-2 paragraphs.
2) powerpoint slides, accompanying the summary. The slides should be your presentation of the readings you are summarizing – feel free to include images, political cartoons and whatever else you believe is applicable and makes for a good presentation.
The DEADLINE for the Summary depends on the topic you choose – see the due date for each topic below.
Your summary and slides should be emailed to me as 2 attachments in a single email. (Please do not email the summary separate from the slides.) Email to:dessie.zagorcheva@gmail.com.
The Reading Summary could be done individually or as a group project. Groups should be no more than 3 students and could work together via Blackboard Collaborate Ultra or any other platform. If you’d like to do a group presentation, please let me know ASAP.
I will grade this assignment based on the following criteria:
a) how well you have understood the readings and the main arguments in them
b) how clearly you have summarized the main points
c) have you included some evidence/examples in order to support or oppose these main arguments
d) have you expressed your own opinion on the topic or any of the most important arguments in it
e) is the Reading Summary submitted by the deadline
Reading Summary Topics for your choice and due dates:
1) What is Politics?
2) What is Power?
3) TWrite a Short Biography of Frida KahloTypes of Government
4) The U.S. Constitution and the Design of Government
5) Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
6) The Congress
7) The Presidency
8) The Judiciary
9) U.S. Foreign Policy
10) The Democratic Peace Theory
11) Democracy Promotion in U.S. Foreign Policy
12) The Debate on Humanitarian Intervention
13) Leadership in American Politics
14) The Global War on Terrorism
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