This assignment is a “think piece,” which is an essay that requires you to interact with a subject and develop your own interpretation based on that experience.  After your initial analysis of a specific topic, you should synthesize that with other outside research to support your ideas.  You should use a minimum of two other scholarly, peer-reviewed resources found in the APUS library. 

Specifically for this assignment we will use an interactive map of westward expansion from 1860 to 1890. You can access it at this URL:http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/akh10_int_expansion/ (The interactive map will often not work with Google Chrome). Once you have the map open, click on the boxes for Major Cities, Railroad Networks, Improved Agricultural Land, and States and Territories.  At the bottom of the map, you will notice the decades 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1890.  Click on each of these decades in succession and you will see the ways in which the country changed. The goal of this assignment is for you to interpret, synthesize, and analyze what you are seeing on the map. You will make a well-organized argument, support that through research, and then write a conclusion for your findings.

Analysis is the process whereby the researcher separates something into its component parts.  In an analytical essay, the writer examines a subject relative to its own terms, and explains the problem by studying the individual parts.  In contrast, synthesis requires that the researcher examine individual unrelated parts in an effort to discover something new.  A good essay will utilize both analysis and synthesis.  Instead of examining the simple facts of a problem, the writer will go beyond the obvious, making connections between different pieces of evidence to discover something new.

As an example, consider a modern map of the world illustrating the growth of the internet over the last thirty years. It demonstrates the new ways in which the world is connected by facilitating the spread of ideas through instantaneous communication. Access to much of the information that once required us to physically travel to a library is now accessible through a computer at home (or a mobile phone in your pocket). Social media has also given us the ability to discuss and debate ideas, not only with our friends and family, but with people we may have never met.  We all have the power to disseminate knowledge around the globe within a matter of seconds.

If you were writing a paper on this topic (this is an example only, as your paper will focus on the period from 1860 to 1890) you could analyze this larger topic by focusing on a specific aspect like use of the internet in online education. You might make the argument that the internet has enabled more non-traditional students to pursue a higher education. Your synthesis would include understanding the connections between your outside research and your argument.

This essay should be at least three double-spaced pages of text (Times New Roman, font size 12) and you must consult a minimum of two academically credible sources. Bibliographies and citations can be in MLA format. 

The short paper must include a cover page with your name, course number and course title, instructor’s name, and date. You must also include a bibliography at the end of your paper. While composing your paper, use proper English. Do not use abbreviations, contractions, informal language, passive voice, or first/ second person (I, you, we, our, etc). Before submitting your paper, check your grammar and use spell check. Remember, the way you talk is not the way you write a paper.

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 In this activity you are going to apply what you have learned this week about policy as well as apply what you have learned in this course so far to create a basic presidential campaign plan.

Imagine that you have been serving the past few years as the governor of your home state or a U.S. Senator representing your home state. You have done great work and face no challenge in winning the nomination of your party to run in the General Election. In your campaign plan, please address the following:

Part 1: Campaign Details

1. What is your home state?
2. What is your political party?
3. What is your campaign tagline or slogan? Almost all recent presidential campaigns have had a theme song. For example, in 1992, Bill Clinton used the song,” Don’t Stop,” by Fleetwood Mac. In 2012, Republican nominee Mitt Romney used the song, “Born Free,” by Kid Rock. What is your campaign theme song? Why did you select that song.
4. Select someone to be your Vice Presidential Running Mate. You can pick anyone that would eligible, per the Constitution, to serve as President. Why did you select this person to be your vice presidential running mate? How do they help improve your chances on winning the General Election?

Part 2: Your Issues

1. Select and describe two (2) domestic policy issues your campaign is advocating.
2. Why did you select these domestic policy issues to focus on? Use polling data from a reputable polling source such as pew research to support your decision.
3. For each domestic policy issue write a simple one sentence “elevator pitch” that you would use to easily communicate your position to the masses.
4. Select and describe two (2) economic policy issues your campaign is advocating.
5. Why did you select these economic policy issues to focus on? Use polling data from a reputable polling source such as pew research to support your decision.
6. For each economic policy issue write a simple one sentence “elevator pitch” that you would use to easily communicate your position to the masses.
7. Select and describe two (2) foreign policy issues your campaign is advocating.
8. Why did you select these foreign issues to focus on? Use polling data from a reputable polling source such as pew research to support your decision.
9. For each foreign policy issue write a simple one sentence “elevator pitch” that you would use to easily communicate your position to the masses.
10. Part 3: Your Strategy

Considering the electoral college vote, which specific states would you campaign in. Keep in mind you have limited resources and that you can’t campaign in every state. Think about what states you would need to win in order to win the general election. Based on historical data, do you actually have a chance to win. Would you be able secure enough electoral votes to win the general election by these states.

To help you think about this part of the assignment you may want to find online and play with an “Interactive Electoral College Map.” Here are some website that you could use to help:

http://www.270towin.com/

http://uselectionatlas.org/TOOLS/evcalc.php

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/electoral/

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/map/predict.html

Be sure to include a reference list of all sources that you used to complete your paper.

Read the below overview of this course. Discuss how you can apply the concepts learned in this course to your current or future career. How might the lessons you have learned positively impact your career success? (MINIMUM OF 150 WORDS)

                                                                        Course Overview 

Provides a critical overview of the public policy process and effects on public, nonprofit, and private organizations. Students identify the steps in the public policy and analysis process, including problem identification, policy formation, and implementation, as well as evaluate techniques within various public sectors and nonprofit organization environments. Students implement successful strategies using case analysis and demonstrate understanding of the policy steps as students apply them to a public policy moving through their state, city, or county legislature or policy regulation within the public agency. Explain the policy environment to include official policy makers and unofficial participants. Evaluate the major stages in the public policy process. Differentiate administrative politics and policymaking. Analyze the methodological problems in the study of public policymaking. Summarize theories of public policy decision-making. Discuss the relationship between public policy and budgeting. Assess future alternatives for reforming the relationships between government and the economy. Analyze the impact that education and healthcare policies have on the future of policymaking.

How do we decide what parts of an emergency reaction plan should be made public vs. kept a secret to avoid giving too much information to terrorist groups?

REPLY TO MY CLASSMATE RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE? (A MINIMUM OF 200 WORDS or MORE)

                                                    CLASSMATE’S RESPONSE

When determining to share an emergency plan with the public we must provide generic information with very limited details. With the previous terrorists’ attacks that have been done, we must study their plans of attack to have knowledge of the avenues they would be looking for to make a successful attack on our cities. For example, the following information would be kept secret: 

a) Response Process – this information would allow terrorist to know exactly who would be responding to the scene and their duties (Florida Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, 2014). 

b) Concept of Operations – this information would allow terrorist to know what that personnel are being deployed, our threat classification, and the process in which we respond (Florida Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, 2014). 

c) Roles and Responsibilities – terrorist would have knowledge of local, state and regional roles and responsibilities (Florida Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, 2014). 

d) Training and Exercise – terrorist would have knowledge of our training program development, implementation, and exercise the schedule would be (Florida Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, 2014). 

If any of this information was available to terrorist, it would make it easier for them to attack law enforcement, medical response personnel, assisting agencies, and all of the personnel that would be in place to attempt to destroy their plan of attack. Any information that would assist them in committing a terrorist act should be kept a secret. Information to water supply, safety facilities, and exit routes should be announced only at the time of an event. Citizens that we believe to be normal often times work for or support terrorist groups and can’t be trusted. However, any information that is made public is also accessible by the terrorist organizations that will, in turn, modify their plans to counter the strategies designed to minimize chaos and destruction. This creates a dilemma regarding how much information related to emergency planning for a terrorist attack should be made public versus what should be maintained on a “need to know” the basis to avoid giving the enemy the opportunity to adjust their plans accordingly (Spindlove & Simenson, 2013).

References:

Florida Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. (2014). The state of florida terrorism incident response annex Retrieved from https://www.floridadisaster.org

Spindlove, J. & Simenson, C. (2013). Terrorism today: The past, the players, the future (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice

 Starbucks Case Study

Read the three articles noted below about an actual union-organizing effort involving Starbucks in New York City: Use the link for the case.

• Judge Says Starbucks Violated Workers’ Rights at NYC Stores
• NLRB Orders Starbucks to Reinstate Two Workers, But Not a Third
• Court Sides With Starbucks In Dispute Over Labor Union Pins

After reading all the articles and considering additional research, address the following questions (feel free to use supplemental authoritative resources in your response):

• Do you think the administrative law judge and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) went too far in overruling Starbucks? Why or why not?
• How much leeway should an employer have in setting standards for conduct, customer interaction, and attire in the workplace?
• Does the NLRB decision unfairly limit Starbucks in the management of the stores? Why or why not?
• What is your view of the court’s decision?

Ensure to provide references.

Attached is a sample work by a student from another school I found on the internet through Coursehero. Please be advice this attachment is just for a guide and note photocopy. Ensure Safe Assign work.

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