Your mission (if accepted) is to provide an issue position paper on an issue of current political controversy, which is of relevance to state or local politics. It may help you prepare for this assignment if you think of yourself as an advisor to the Texas Governor, or other elected official during a political campaign.
Contents
- Must introduce issue and briefly set out your position in debate
- Main text must review arguments on both sides of debate (including use of primary sources). In this section of the paper, you must give equal balanced consideration to both sides of the debate.
- Conclusion- you must explain/persuade reader of the merits of your position in debate. This section of the paper should constitute more than a single concluding paragraph. You need to develop arguments in support of your position in the debate. The goal is to make a powerful, persuasive case on one side of the debate.