OverviewIn the Social Sciences, it is necessary to make connections between what is happening in the world and what you are learning in your course. You my be used to taking more traditional exams online. In addition to a short essay exam reviewing the textbook (next week). You will need to complete several small assignments for a final project that builds upon each other to help you tie the follo
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Overview
In the Social Sciences, it is necessary to make connections between what is happening in the world and what you are learning in your course. You my be used to taking more traditional exams online. In addition to a short essay exam reviewing the textbook (next week). You will need to complete several small assignments for a final project that builds upon each other to help you tie the following key course concepts.
1. Civil liberties and Rights
2. The role of Supreme Court decisions in policymaking
4. Civil rights legislation
What do you have to do?
You have been asked to create a 3-5 double-spaced report on an undeserved population, detailing the case law and legislation that has been passed related to the community/group you have chosen. You will need to have at least 3-5 external resources to complete your paper.
This report should include the following.
1. Definition of your community
2. Description of at least 2 Supremen Court cases and/or laws that have affected your community (either positively or negatively)
4. Your assessment of the current status of your community (think about whether anything else may be needed to ensure equality for this group).
4. Citations properly fomatted.
The first parts of your final paper will be graded based on the completion of the assignment and will help you do the research for your final paper. The final assignment will e graded based on the analysis of your findings and must include the key course concepts from the Green-page text.
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