HCCS Foundations of American Government The Constitution Discussion & Responses Foundations of American Government – The Constitution
After reading Chapter 2 (The Constitution), read also the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and Constitution. These documents are all located in the textbook, or you may simply google them. After reading these documents, post a discussion thread by answering the following questions.
Why is the Declaration of Independence important? How can it be related to our forms of government under the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution?
Why did the Articles of Confederation fail? How is the current Constitution different from the Articles of Confederation?
What section of the Constitution do you find most interesting or important?
In order to receive credit, you are required to:
Answer the questions in a discussion thread divided into paragraphs.
Penalties for not following this requirement will range from 5 to 10 points.
Provide comprehensive answers by using the textbook as the primary source of information.
Penalties for not using the textbook as the primary source of information will range from 5 to 20 points.
The discussion thread should be in at least 250 words.
Penalties for not following the length requirement for any response/reply will range from 5 to 30 points.
Reply to at least three classmates in at least 70 words per reply.
In your reply, identify something you had not previously been aware of or something which challenges you to think differently.
Each reply will be worth five (5) points.
Submit all discussion posts within the due date.
No late submission will be allowed or graded unless it involves a documented emergency or accommodation.
Avoid copy-and-paste and unnecessary quotations.
Use paraphrasing instead of quoting.
You should use a quote only when the same idea cannot be stated differently or when doing so would diminish its academic value. The latter is not applicable in our case and the former is rarely needed.
Provide, when paraphrasing, in-text citations and references in the APA writing format.
Penalties for not providing in-text citations and/or references will range from 10 to 40 points.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated. A failing grade for the assignment and/or the course will be awarded pursuant to the SPC Academic Integrity Policy. https://go.spcollege.edu/AcademicHonesty/
Click HERE for help with APA in-text citations and references. See also the video below.