DO I HAVE TO? (vote)

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.