Order War On Drugs Assessment

Order War On Drugs Assessment
TSEM 102.007, 069
Fall 2022
Ten-Page Writing Assignment
Guidelines
The overall objectives to be met in completing the ten-page written assignment are as follows:
· Prepare and present a compelling substantive interpretation, argument, and/or analysis of a problem or issue in a research paper.
· Gather and use academic resources effectively and according to the standards and rules of academic integrity in formulating and presenting a substantive interpretation, argument, and/or analysis of a problem or issue.
· Understand and evaluate the nature and possible causes and implications of events, behavior, problems, and issues from an informed and intellectually balanced perspective.
· Connect concepts and empirical evidence in logically coherent, valid, and compelling ways.
To complete this assignment, choose an issue, problem, or historical event that has been viewed in different ways by individuals and groups with different perspectives, political positions, and overall contexts. Identify the specific issue and associated problem that it represents, keeping in mind that how the problem occurs for individuals and/or groups is based on their context and its drivers. As you identify your topic, key on the following questions:
· What name is used by individuals and groups in referring to this issue, problem, or event? (e.g., “voting rights,” “the Challenger disaster,” “the war on drugs.”) Bear in mind that the same issue may be referred to differently by different individuals and groups.
· What problem or problems need to be addressed and resolved in this matter?
· How do different individuals and groups see the problem or problems?
· How does individual and/or group context influence how the problem occurs for different individuals and groups.
· What are the different views and perspectives on the nature of this problem and its solution? How does context influence this? (Be sure to identify all of the different positions represented in this matter, whether you agree with them or not.)
· What do the different views of the problem and its solution have in common? What are the differences?
· How, if at all, can the differences be reconciled?
· How does your own context affect the way you have approached the above questions?
· Which of the views and solutions you have identified have the most merit?
· What would you advocate as the solution to the problem? How do you support your position?
Steps
· Identify your topic
· Write a one-page summary of the key issue(s) at stake in addressing this topic
· Research the different views and evidence regarding the topic
· List the different views of this topic and the bases for those views
· Identify the specific problem(s) to be solved.
· Evaluate the different views of how this problem should be solved.
· Write the final paper.
Target dates
· Identify topic/one page-summary – 1 November
· Provide a list of different issues and views present in the topic – 15 November
· Outline the paper – 29 November
· Draft the paper – 8 December
· Final submission – 19 December