Week 3 Assignments • Week 3 Course Objectives & Introduction This week we will explore the ideas on governance of Plato, Aristotle, John Locke, and Thomas Jefferson. The first two are touchstones for Western Civilization and the latter two have directly influenced America's republican form of government. Please click the link above for additional information on this week's learning. Reminder: This is the final week to get your Service Learning Project approved by your instructor. If you have not done so already, please contact your instructor as soon as possible with proposals for your Service Learning Project. • Week 3 Required Readings and Videos The Constitution: Its Champions and Its Critics: James Madison: The Constitution (1787; 1789) Amendments 1-10 Amendments 11-27 Benjamin Franklin: "Speech in the Convention: At the Conclusion of Its Deliberations" (Sept. 17, 1787) Thomas Jefferson: Letter to James Madison, Dec. 20, 1787 The Federalist Papers: James Madison: Federalist No. 10 James Madison: Federalist No. 47 James Madison: Federalist No. 51 Originalism Versus the Living Constitution Theory of Judicial Review: Whittington: "How to Read the Constitution" (2006) Scalia versus Breyer on Supreme Court Judicial Review (videos) Part I Part II Michael C. Dorf: "Who Killed the "Living Constitution?" Jack M. Balkin: "Alive and Kicking: Why no one truly believes in a dead Constitution" You have two options to view your assigned readings and videos; you may either download the ebook versionOR the pdf version. You will have 4 books total with 3 weeks of readings in each book. For viewing the ebook version, you must first download the free Kindle App to your device. (NOTE: You will not be able to see the .mobi version unless you first download Kindle App) For viewing the PDF version, you should first download the free Adobe Reader for use on your desktop. For your mobile device use the freeAdobe Reader Mobile App. Click the link to the version you want to read. • Week 3 Required Videos Playlist • Discussion Board Assignments 3.1 & 3.2 Discussion Board Assignment 3.1: Post to the Week 3 forum of the Discussion Board (click on the Discussion Board Assignments 3.1 & 3.2 title above) by 11:59 p.m. Central Time of the Sunday that ends Week 3. Please write only the following in the subject line: 3.1 and your last name. In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg was an economist employed by the RAND (Research and Development) Corporation, which provided the United States government with analysis in various areas, including defense. As part of his work for RAND, Ellsberg had access to classified United States government documents about the conduct of the Vietnam War. The documents showed that the U.S. government had consistently lied to the American people about the possibility of winning the war (the documents showed that winning was highly unlikely) and about the number of casualties that would be the result of continuing America's involvement in the war (the casualties would be far higher than the government had publicly stated). Ellsberg photocopied the documents and provided copies to The New York Times newspaper, with the understanding that they would be kept confidential. However, the Times began to publish the documents—which came to be called "the Pentagon Papers." The Times was taken to court by the government to force it to stop publication of the papers. Ultimately, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of New York Times Co. v. United States in favor of the Times. This decision was a landmark First Amendment ruling. Justice Hugo Black wrote the majority opinion, and Justices Brennan, Stewart, White, and Marshall wrote concurring opinions. Chief Justice Burger and Justices Harlan and Blackmun wrote dissenting opinions. This famous Supreme Court case is based on a conflict between the rights of the Executive branch of the government (to classify its documents on the basis of what it considered "national security") and the right of the press to inform the citizens of the country of vital information about the conduct of their government. The Court came down on the side of the citizen's right to know. Compose a brief essay of at least 400 words but no more than 600 words (not including your references list) on the following topic, referring to and critiquing relevant ideas from at least three of the Week 3 readings as you develop your thoughts: Based on your reading of the Constitution's Articles II and III and the First Amendment, and considering carefully the originalist and living document theories of judicial review, make an argument that the decision of the Supreme Court in New York Times Co. v. United States was either correct or incorrect. Note: You may also briefly bring in explanatory information that you have found in your research on the case or on the opinions of the justices—but do not use Wikipedia as a source, as it is not generally considered sufficiently credible for academic writing. Be sure to include in-text citations for such information and also to include these sources in your references list. Remember, this background is not the focus of the assignment and so, should not dominate in your essay. We are not expecting a major research essay, but rather, a thought piece that uses ideas from the assigned readings and, potentially, other resources. Write in essay form (that is, in paragraphs, not in bullet points). Be as specific and precise as you can be. Use the Discussion Board Grading Rubric in the Assignments area to guide your thoughts on what constitutes a high-quality essay. Important Assignment Guidelines: Not following these guidelines will have a negative impact on your grade for the week. 1. Write in Arial font, size 14 (chosen from the drop-down menus on the create thread box in the Discussion Board forum), unless otherwise directed by your instructor. 2. Always name the author whose ideas you are discussing (use the author's full name the first time you refer to him/her; after that, identify authors by their last names). 3. Provide in-text citations for all ideas, opinions, and facts derived from the course readings, whether you simply refer to them, paraphrase them (put them entirely into your own words), or quote them. Place the in-text citation at the end of your sentence but before the period that ends your sentence. The in-text citation should give the author's last name (unless you've used it already in your sentence), the year of publication (if known), and the appropriate page number(s) from the reading (if page numbers are used in the online text of the essay). Do not use the title of the reading unless it does not have an author). Here's an example of a citation for the Thomas Paine reading for Week 1: (Paine, 1776). Here's an example of a citation for the John Locke reading for Week 2: (Locke, 1689, pp. 46-47). 4. Provide a References list at the end of your essay that includes bibliographic references for every reading cited in your essay. Note: Your references list does not count toward your minimum word count. Center the word References (do not underline it, place it in quotation marks, or place it in bold or larger size font). Present your references, listed alphabetically by author's last name. Follow APA formatting guidelines for your list. The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) offers excellent detailed explanations of APA Format requirements. This is the URL for the Purdue OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/1 Note: This URL can also be found in the External Links area our course's Cyber-active site. Here is an example of a references list entry: Locke, J. (1689). Of the beginning of political societies. In Two treatises of government (Chapter VIII). Retrieved from http://idcontent.bellevue.edu/content/CAS/eBooks/Kirkpatr/Book1.pdf Note1: The first line of the reference begins at the left margin. All subsequent lines should be indented one tab. Note 2: Do not include bibliographic references for any reading not cited in your essay. Writing Assignment 3.2: Please post as replies to your classmates' essays on the Discussion Board by 11:59 p.m. Central Time of the Tuesday of Week 4. Please do not give a special label to your responses; they will automatically be labeled "Re: [your name]") Minimum length of responses = 100 words each. Use the Discussion Board Grading Rubric in the Assignments area to guide your thoughts on what constitutes high-quality responses. Note: Write responses to different students each week. You are encouraged but not required to reply to your fellow students who write responses to your essay. Online Students: Write a minimum of 5 substantive responses to your classmates' essays. Residential Students: Write a minimum of 2 substantive responses to your classmates' essays. Important Note on How the Responses Affect Your Week's Grade: Each response is worth 6% of the week's grade. If all of the required responses to classmates' essays are posted and if each response is done well, all points for the responses will be earned. In your responses you should aim to make substantial and thoughtful contributions to the week's discussion; you should build off others' contributions; and you should enrich the discussion with high-quality new perspectives, insights, and ideas. Your essay will be scored on a 100% scale, and then, if necessary, your instructor will deduct a certain percentage for responses that are missing, insubstantial, or short of the required word count. Your instructor will inform you if any percentage points have been lost on a week's assignment. If your instructor does not inform you of any points lost, you may assume that all percentage points have been earned for the responses. • Purdue Online Writing Lab APA Formatting and Style Guide In-depth and accessible guidance all aspects of APA in-text citations and reference lists. Important: Copy and paste this URL into your browser instead of clicking on the link here, as that will work better: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10