Wednesday, November 12, 2008

GOVERNMENT/ ECON. COMMON ASSIGNEMNT PROMPT IDEAS

The following are some specific "Persuasive Essay" prompts some of you sent in for "Government OR Econ." There are some great ideas here. Please post your ideas as comments to this post and share the wealth.


1. Write a letter to congress on the topic of the electoral college. Discuss and evaluate multiple proposals. Recommend one proposal. Defend your position using evidence.

2. Write a persuasive essay about some aspect of economics. Such as free market theory, corporations, advertising, etc. Discuss multiple perspectives on one of these issues.

3. Urban growth. Should the boundary be expanded, limited, or kept the same? Explain multiple perspectives on the issue and defend one position, citing supportive evidence.

1 comment:

Michael Williams said...

Research government types and then write a persuasive essay that identifies the "ideal form of government."