POTENTIAL WRITING ASSIGNMENT TOPICS – GOVERNMENT 2305
The national government should or should not actually work to uphold or restore morality
and traditional family values (regulate personal behavior).
Government should or should not make specific efforts to socialize the children of
immigrants into the language and customs of their new home.
How can we reconcile individual freedom and national security?
Can we have democratic government without knowledgeable and aware citizens?
Has the behavior of the federal government over the past twenty years inspired citizens to
trust government or caused citizens to mistrust government? Why? Why not?
Discuss which branch of the federal government, executive (the President), legislative
(Congress), or judicial (Supreme Court and lower federal courts) has the greatest impact
on the citizens of the United States.
Has the federal government grown too powerful at the expense of the states?
Evaluate George W. Bush as President.
Evaluate Barack Obama as President.
Explain why ______________________is the person best suited to be elected President
in 2016.
Which political party is better able to lead America in a positive direction (Republican,
Democratic, Libertarian, _________)?