12 Jul Historical Policy Brief
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Historical Policy Brief – Final Draft
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Final Draft Historical Policy Brief (20 points towards Final Grade) – Due Week 8:
For the fourth and final assignment, students will write an Historical Policy Brief on their instructor-approved topic. Through academic research and independent analysis, this final draft should include a title, summary of policy, historical background information, an assessment and a final policy recommendation. In week 6, students submitted a preliminary draft of their Historical Policy Brief for instructor review. After receiving instructor comments on their work, students should apply this feedback when revising their preliminary draft for final submission during week 8. Final drafts should consist of 4-5 pages and follow the structure below and include the following subheadings.
Assignment Requirements:
Historical Policy Brief – Final Draft:
Title
Your draft should include a title that addresses your policy
Summary
Short Introduction
Offer a quick intro to your policy (no more than 3 sentence) that includes your initial (or revised) policy question.
Share an overview of the policy you researched
Discuss associated challenges/concerns
Historical Analogues and Context
Identify precedents or analogues
Provide background of historical policy
Establish origins/root causes of key events
Determine outcomes or consequences
Assessment
Evaluate how and why polices evolved
What lessons were learned
Policy Recommendation
What sorts of actions would you recommended?
Bibliography
Should include no less than 6 academic sources, three of which should be primary and three of which should be scholarly secondary sources from the UMGC library. Chicago citation style required.
Submitting Your Work: Students can submit their work under Historical Policy Brief – Final Draft directions. Click on this assignment, scroll to the bottom of the page where you see “Add Attachments,” and then attach assignment here. Students can also submit this assignment through the Assignment tab. Students will also see the rubric attached to this assignment. Please make sure to review the rubric before submitting your final draft.
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Rubric Name: Applied History Project: Historical Policy Brief – Final Draft
