Writing Homework Help

1. Foreign Policy

In order to take your accumulating knowledge of government “out of the classroom,” and place it into the world around you, you must begin analyzing and applying government content to contemporary news issues (within the last 3 months) in U.S. government and politics. The article cannot be an opinion piece, blog, or other personalized editorial and must be a reporting article. You will need to read an article having something to do with Foreign Policy in relation to the US and then discuss it using the following prompt.

For this week’s current event discussion, you can choose a news article about Foreign Policy in relation to the United States government.

In your original post you must:

1. Provide the title of the article, URL, publication date, and a 50+ word summary of the article in your own words.

2. Describe what the article explicitly has to do with either Political Parties or Elections in relation to the United States government in 50+ words.

3. What are your thoughts and feelings after reading this article?

Accepted Resources

Only news stories from the following sources will be accepted. Though these do not represent an exhaustive list of socially acceptable journalism, they provide a good cross-section, with most providing high quality reporting.

The New York Times (M)	CBS News (M)	The Guardian (M)
The Washington Post (M)	NBC News (M)	The Week (M)
The Los Angeles Times (M)	ABC News (M)	The National Review (C)
The Economist (M)	BBC News (M)	Houston Chronicle (L)
NPR (M)	The New Republic (sL)	The Fiscal Times (sC)
Politico (M)	The Associated Press (M)	The Christian Science Monitor (M)
The Atlantic (sL)	Newsweek (L)	The Nation (M)
Texas Tribune (M)	Time (L)	The Hill (sC)
The New Yorker (L)	Reuters (M)	Vox (sL)
Bloomberg (M)	Wall Street Journal (sC)	Slate (sL)
Forbes (sC)	CNN (sL)	The Guardian (sL)

L: Liberal sL: Skews Liberal M: Moderate sC: Skews Conservative C: Conservative

Post must also include:

• Works Cited at least 1 credible source—MUST BE credible source from the above chart.
• 150 original-content words (this means quotes do not count towards word count). This is to ensure you are providing enough DETAILS to support your discussion on this topic.
• Post must be written in paragraph format. Do NOT use numbering or bullet points. There is no need to include the original questions in your post.

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In your response to one classmate you must:

1. Respond to a classmate whose discussion you find interesting.
2. Provide supporting discussion on their topic/issue their news article covers (this means you should read the article they posted).
3. Find a different news article that covers the same topic/issue and provide a new fact that they did not discuss.
4. Discussion should be based on fact, supported with details, and be RESPECTFUL in nature.

Post must also include:

• Works Cited at least 1 source—MUST BE a credible source and different than the one(s) used in your original post.
• 100 original-content words (this means quotes do not count towards word count). This is to ensure you are providing enough DETAILS to support your discussion on this topic.

Classmate’s post:

Title: Biden holds first call with Ukrainian president amid Russian buildup

URL: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/02/joe-biden-ukrainian-president-call-478917

Publication Date: 04/02/2021

Summary: Last week on Friday, President Joe Biden and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky spoke for the first time since President Biden took office. The reason behind their over the phone conversation was the recent threat to Ukraine’s border’s from Russia. The article discussed this Russian threat to Ukraine along with $125 million dollars in lethal aid sent to Ukraine to help them in their fight against Russian-backed separatists.

This article is discussing one of the tactics that the US has often used when dealing with foreign warfare; Early prevention. By supplying Ukraine with the equipment necessary to stave off Russian aggression, the US has to do little to nothing in regards to fighting the Russians themselves. Although we spent $125 million on the newly offered lethal aid, if it helps the Ukrainian Army fight off Russia, then the US will not have to intervene. This is a much cheaper solution to the problem then going to help Ukraine with an army, because raising an army to fight off Russia in Ukraine would most likely get little public support, while being expensive to maintain and it would be hard to settle the public.

In my personal opinion, while the aide we are offering Ukraine could make sense, I don’t really understand how helping Ukraine at the expense of the American taxpayer is supposed to be beneficial to the American populace.

Works Cited

Bertrand, Natasha, and Lara Seligman. “Biden Holds First Call with Ukrainian President amid Russian Buildup.” POLITICO, POLITICO, 2 Apr. 2021, www.politico.com/news/2021/04/02/joe-biden-ukrainian-president-call-478917.

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2. What do you think the author was most concerned with conveying about the natives? What do the authors descriptions and inferences about natives tell us about their society? (Think about how the things they wrote about betray their concerns and interests)

Columbus’s Description of the Discovery of America (1492)

3. Note: Use the online reading The Failure of Reconstruction (1901) to respond to the following question in essay form.

– Which of the reasons listed in the document contributed most to the failure of Reconstruction? Why?

4. Note: Use the online reading to respond to any TWO of the following questions in paragraph form.

1. What is the tone of the document?
2. What is the document about?
3. What do you agree/disagree with in this document?

According to the author:

4. Why was Reconstruction needed?

5. Why did Reconstruction fail?

6. What were the effects of the end of Reconstruction on the South?

7. How did the Republican party promote the conditions towards the failure of Reconstruction?

5. Note: Use the Online Reading: Federalist 21: Hamilton Lists the Weaknesses of the Article of Confederation (1787) to respond to any TWO of the following questions in paragraph form.

1. What is the tone of the document?
2. What does the date in which the document was written tell you about the context surrounding the document?
3. Why were the Articles of Confederation so weak?
4. Why would it be important for the federal government to have power over the states to enforce laws?
5. What argument did Hamilton make for the need of the federal government to raise its own taxes?
6. How would boycotting naturally solve excess taxation in Hamilton’s view?
7. Why would states be wary of taxation from a federal government?

6. Note: Use the Document Imminent dangers to the Free Institutions of the United States to respond to any TWO of the following questions in paragraph form.

1. What is this document about?

2. What emotions is this document meant to elicit?

3. Who is this document for?

4. What is the goal of the author in writing this document?

5. Why does the author believe that democracy is threatened by foreigners?

6. According to the author, why are Catholics incompatible with democracy and liberty?

7. What underlying reasons might someone be wary of foreigners in society?

8. Are there any modern day parallels to be drawn from this document as we yet again wrestle with the issue of immigration in society?