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Politician

The Politician will:

  1. Provide examples of the responsibilities and powers associated with major federal and state officials. (C)

     2. Describe the basic political principles of your nation and explain what documents reflect and preserve these principles. (C)

If the politician addresses the growth and impact of centralized state power, then how is this power (government) represented in this society?

The role of the politician is to write a five-paragraph paper describing the government of their chosen country. Politicians are to generate three focused research questions that enable you to answer the essential question: What "government" does this society value? And why?

Research steps:

      1. Identify topic
      2. Gather information
        1. Locating resources
        2. Scanning and evaluating resources
        3. Make decisions to narrow your topic, developing essential research questions.

Essential Research questions:

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