Week 9

WEEK NINE / Week of March 15

 

I hope you all had a restful Spring Break. This week, we will explore the roles and responsibilities of Governors, political actors who have become increasingly interesting, engaged and impactful over time. With respect to the material in Chapter 7, Governors, please write blog entry #11 as outlined below:

 

·     Blog entry #11: Read and reflect on Chapter 7, Governors. Then use your favorite media outlets to research how actual governors have exercised their roles and powers during the pandemic. Find at least 3 examples in which the actions of our pandemic-year governors have illustrated concepts described in our textbook. Cite the concept by page number in your blog entry.

 

We also turn to your research project starting this week. I will post the Research Project assignment to the class website. Please don’t get too far ahead… for now, just think broadly about the assignment and write a blog entry as described below. You should not move forward with your research yet – I will need to work with you to make sure your plans are on track.

 

·     Blog entry #12: Initial thoughts & planning / proposal relating to Research Project. Write a short answer in response to EACH of the following questions. 1) What is the question you propose to answer? 2) What has already been written about it? 3) How is your question unique? 4) What kind of research will help you answer the question? 5) How will this research be conducted? 6) How might your CP or similar organizations use your findings?