Role To Media

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You are attending an international journalist event and have been chosen to give a presentation of the roles of the media in influencing government and its citizens. Identify and describe the possible roles of the media in influencing government and its citizens using specific descriptive examples. Please create a PowerPoint presentation to assist you in your presentation.

As you complete your presentation, be sure to:

  • Use speaker’s notes to expand upon the bullet point main ideas on your slides, making references to research and theory with citation.
  • Proof your work
  • Use visuals (pictures, video, narration, graphs, etc.) to compliment the text in your presentation and to reinforce your content.
  • Do not just write a paper and copy chunks of it into each slide. Treat this as if you were going to give this presentation live.

Presentation Requirements (APA format)

  • Length: 8-10 substantive slides (excluding cover and references slides)
  • Font should not be smaller than size 16-point
  • Parenthetical in-text citations included and formatted in APA style
  • References slide (a minimum of 2 outside scholarly sources plus the textbook and/or the weekly lesson for each course outcome)
  • Title and introduction slide required

Totalitarian State Or Ethnic Conflict

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Write a paper on a current event article that discusses restrictions on freedoms by a totalitarian state or an article on ethnic conflict within a nation. Summarize the article and explain why this issue is important to the global community. What outside influences might help change this issue? How? Is the article neutral? Why or why not?

Be sure to include a scanned copy of the article in your submission in addition to citations. Articles may not be more than one month old.

Criteria of the paper

1. identifies newspaper article

2. Summarization of the article

3. Identifies How Affected

4. Evaluates Source Credibility

5. What/How Outside influences might change Issues

6. APA Format

Description of the Type of Funding

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Potential Funders

The Resource Center has recently been looking into the issue of high drop-out rates at high schools in the community. As Project Manager, you are trying to start a new educational program for high school students. The Executive Director is supportive of your plan for a new program, but a program like this is not currently in the budget.

Your Executive Director asks you to look for grants that could potentially fund this program, so you start your search for grants that may be appropriate to apply for. She asks that you create a brief summary of 3–5 potential funders she can present at the next board meeting.

Using the tools provided in Appendix B in the Resource section of Winning Grants Step by Step, identify 3–5 potential funders for the program.

You will need to complete the following form to submit to the Executive Director:

Name of Grant and Funder

How You Found It

Description of the Type of Funding

How does the grant fit with the Resource Center’s missions, goals and objectives?

Be sure the following information is found in your table:

  • 3–5 funders listed along with:
    • Information on how these funders were identified, including where you heard or read about the funder and a link or explanation of where the grant information can be found.
    • A description of the funding including dollar amount, eligible recipients/programs, due date, and any other relevant information.
    • An analysis of where the grant does and does not fit with the Resource Center’s mission, goals and objectives.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

  • Research potential funders for different types of grants.ASSIGNMENT PREPARATION

    Throughout this course, you will be playing the role of a Project Manager working for the non-profit The Resource Center, an organization that serves low-income families in your community offering a variety of resources from emergency food to classes for individuals seeking their GED.

    The mission of The Resource Center is to empower children, youth, and adults in poverty to transform their lives through work, education, and employment.

    The overall goals of the organization:

    · Increase education and employment opportunities for those in the community living below the poverty level.

    · Increase food security for families in the community.

    Objectives:

    · Increase the employment rate each year for those being served by the organization.

    · Increase the number of adults with high school diplomas or GEDs.

    There are 11 people employed by your organization, as well as a Board of Directors. You report directly to the Executive Director, who reports to the Board of Directors. Also reporting to the Executive Director are the Development (Fundraising) Director, the Program Director, the Volunteer Director, and the Finance and Human Resources Director. Each of these directors has employees reporting to them as well: The Event Coordinator reports to the Development Director; the Program Coordinator reports to the Program Director; the Volunteer Coordinator reports to the Volunteer Director; and the Finance HR Coordinators both report to the Human Resources Director. The last person in the organization is the Executive Director’s Executive assistant.You can see a chart version of this organizational hierarchy below:

    · Resource Center Org Chart [PNG] .

    For each of the assignments you will approach as the Project Manager for The Resource Center keeping in mind all of the information provided about the organization and the people you work with.

How to Write a Critical Evaluation of the Establishment Clause

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General Information: This assignment requires students to evaluate a question that does not have a definitive answer. Specifically, students will write an argument as to how the Supreme Court would rule on the inclusion of the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance if the issue were to be brought before it again.

This is an area that people have strong opinions. Having said this, your personal opinion is NOT important for this assignment. Instead, it is your understanding of the Court’s approach to this area of constitutional interpretation to determine whether they would rule “under God” fails or passes the Lemon Test. Students should carefully study Patterson’s discussion of the Establishment Clause and the following court cases using Oyez prior to beginning the assignment:

  1. Engle v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962)
  2. Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963)
  3. Wallace v. Jaffree, 472 U.S. 38 (1985)
  4. Locke v. Davey, No. 021315 (2004)
  5. Van Orden v. Perry, 545 U.S. 677 (2005)
  6. McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Ky., 545 U.S. 844 (2005)

How to Write a Critical Evaluation of the Establishment Clause: Critical thinking is the “ability to interpret, analyze, synthesize, or evaluate information, issues, and ideas and apply creative thought to formulate a substantive opinion, solve a problem or reach a conclusion.” In order to evaluate this question from a more critical perspective, i.e. use information appropriately to investigate a point of view or conclusion, students should format their paper in the following manner:

Introduction: this is a paragraph where students should introduce the topic and state their thesis (argument). The thesis should be confined to a single sentence at the end of the introduction. This paragraph should be no more than five sentences long.

Analysis: The body of your essay focuses on the argument stated at the end of your Introduction. If you make the argument that the Supreme Court would find “under God” to be constitutional, then you must explain why this inclusion passes all THREE parts of the Lemon Test and support this argument using three distinct court cases, i.e. this section should have approximately three paragraphs (one per test). If you make the argument that the Supreme Court would find “under God” to be unconstitutional, on the other hand, then you must explain why this inclusion fails at least ONE part of the Lemon Test and support this argument using one court case, i.e. this section will have a minimum of one paragraph.

Revolving your answer around the relevant course material represents the key to your analysis. Your argument must derive from your understanding of the relevant course material, i.e. the Lemon Test and court cases, and should be logical and centered on facts. In other words, students should not only summarize Patterson or court cases, but explain why this particular court case is relevant to the question at hand. This explanation is critical as it demonstrates to readers why this particular case supports your claim. In addition, students should refrain from using outside sources.

Conclusion: The final paragraph is not a time to restate your thesis or the main ideas already discussed in the essay. Instead, a good conclusion emphasizes the significance of your analysis and nicely ‘wraps up’ the argument of your paper. Conclusions should be approximately four or five sentences in length.

One final note, students are encouraged to reference the rubric attached to this assignment for a more detailed grading breakdown for the assignment.

Turning in the Assignment: After completing the assignment, upload a DOC, DOCX, or PDF file to Brightspace no later than April 11 at 11:59 PM. Email or Google Doc submissions will not be accepted under any circumstances. If you have questions about how to upload a file please take a look at How to Submit a Written Assignment in Blackboard.

Thesis

Thesis is insightful; paper contains a clear sense of audience and purpose.

Paper contains an awareness of audience; thesis demonstrates thought on the writers part, but may be too general.

Paper is substantially below average and may be off-topic, may have no apparent thesis or a contradictory one.

5 points 3-4 points Less than (or equal to) 2 points

Structure/ Organization

Organization is effective and appropriate. Structure is carefully planned.

Structure and organization demonstrate thought on the writers part, but may contain some weaknesses.

Paper may display little or no apparent sense of organization; paper lacks development.

5 points 3-4 points Less than (or equal to) 2 points

Evidence/Support

Each paragraph develops the thesis with logical arguments and conclusive evidence. Evidence is interpreted and clearly connected to thesis.

Evidence may not be thoroughly analyzed (over-reliance on summary of cases), or may not be clearly related to the writer’s thesis.

Evidence may be inappropriate and/or off-topic; may consist of generalizations, faulty assumptions, or errors of fact.

16-20 points 8-15 points Less than (or equal to) 7 points

Documentation Sources are properly and correctly documented using a consistent format.

Documentation is generally adequate.

Essay may fail to handle borrowed material responsibly and/or to document appropriately.

8-10 points 4-7 points Less than (or equal to) 3 points

Grammar/Mechanics

Paper contains evidence of careful editing and few mechanical or grammatical errors. Sources are restricted to Patterson and the cases.

Paper contains relatively few grammatical/mechanical errors; papers is readable and edited. Sources are restricted to Patterson and the cases.

Errors may interfere with readability or indicate problems with basic literacy or a lack of understanding of basic rules. Sources are not restricted to Patterson/cases.

8-10 points 4-7 points Less than (or equal to) 3 points