C-PAS
OUTLINE: DO I HAVE TO VOTE?
Follow these instructions to complete your C-PAS project. This
project is your exhibition grade for Social Studies class in the 2nd quarter.
There are several sections and each section should be on a separate
paper. You are going to conduct a research (3 articles about compulsory voting)
and a poll. Then you will write about your research and the data you collected
from your poll.
The following are the sections that you need to complete:
HYPOTHESIZE
Choose whether you want to support or not support mandatory
voting (compulsory voting). You are then going to create a thesis statement.
Your thesis statement can be from one sentence up to a paragraph. Below is an
example of a thesis that I wrote:
Thesis: Voting should be mandatory because it will make
elections truly valid, and will show what ALL Americans want for their country.
It will also prompt Americans to become informed on who is running for office.
STRATEGIZE - 1 paragraph
In this section you will explain to the reader what information
you are going to look for.
Example: I am going to search for information about mandatory
voting in countries like Mexico, Argentina, and Australia, where compulsory
voting is currently in effect, etc.
IDENTIFY - 1 paragraph
In this section you will explain to the reader HOW you are going
to gather your information. Describe what sources you're using, etc.
COLLECT
After you collect your three articles about compulsory voting,
you will read them and write notes on the information that you find in your
articles. This will give you background knowledge about compulsory voting.
Document all of that information in your notes.
ANALYZE - 3 paragraphs
After you are done taking notes about your 3 articles, you will
write a proper analysis about the information you found. You should have about
one paragraph per article, three paragraphs in total.
EVALUATION - 1 paragraph
In this section you will write a conclusion about the
information you found in your article. Was it what you were expecting? Did it
correlate with your opinion? Also, state your opinion.
POLL
After you are done with your articles, now it's time to conduct
your poll. You are going to ask 25 people two questions:
A: Do you think voting should be mandatory in the United States?
B: Why or why not?
Remember that you are asking only people you know. Ask family members,
teachers, and peers. After you ask those 25 people, check the percentage of
people who think voting should be mandatory and the variety of reasons they
gave.
ROUGH DRAFT (Organize & Construct)
In this section you will write a 5 paragraph rough draft of your
entire findings throughout your project. This can be very simple, if you follow
the step-by-step directions below:
Paragraph 1 - Background information about the issue (compulsory
voting)
Paragraph 2 - Explanations of other points of view
Paragraph 3 - Why you don't support those views
Paragraph 4 - Conclusion with a persuasive summary
Paragraph 5 - Include information from your poll
FINAL DRAFT (Monitor & Confirm)
Have SOMEONE ELSE, revise your rough draft. Please make sure
that grammatical and spelling errors are corrected. You need to turn in both
your rough draft and your final draft.
After you are done, use the scoring sheet at the end of the
packet titled "Assessing Your Work" to score yourself. Be honest.
This
project is due on Friday, December 21st, 2012 at 3pm. If you are going to be
absent on the last day of school, please make sure that it is turned in on
Thursday, December 20th.
