Overview
If you are required to pick a topic for an assignment, failure to post your topic in the appropriate discussion for that paper will result in a delay in the posting of your grades. Each selected topic must be different than the others. Some topics may need to be approved prior to writing the assignment.
Your grade points will be awarded based on the following applicable criteria:
- topic selection
- development of thesis
- documentation and support of views
- relevance of presentation
- use of references
- application and integration of personal experience to the topic
- communication skill and clarity of expression
- unity of ideas
- use of proper grammar and mechanics
- conforming to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association(7th edition)
- adherence to the specific grading rubrics for each assignment
Historical Analysis (15%) Due at the end of week #3 - 3 September 2024
For this assignment you will produce a paper of 5-7 pages of content, excluding the cover page and references using the American Psychological Association (APA) style and format, 7th edition.
You will conduct an analysis of government actions and legal and political responses during one historical period of threat to the United States (listed below). The analysis will center on the precedents from the threat period (law, policy, or case law) and their application to modern homeland security. A focus on the lessons learned from the period to include issues related to civil liberties is expected.
The paper should provide a short description of the threat, the government responses, impacts to civil liberties from the response, and the lessons for modern homeland security. For threat periods with multiple policy responses and Supreme Court cases it is permissible to focus on one or two issues in depth (i.e. World War II threat period has multiple policies and cases for potential examination)
- Undeclared War with France
- Civil War
- Red Scare I
- World War II
- Red Scare II