Three Branches of Government Research Essay
The essay question for this unit will be based off of this question:
“The executive branch is considered to be the most powerful of the three
branches of government. Do you agree or disagree? Answer this question
using your knowledge of the three branches of government and the
Constitution.”
I expect students to look at and quote the Constitution for this assignment as well as other
historical documents (i.e. the Federalist Papers) covered in class. For this assignment, you may
use outside research, but I recommend that you constrict research to books in the library and
journal articles. For sources, please use the MLA format of style. If you need assistance in
formatting in MLA, please see me before or after school.
There is no right or wrong answer to this assignment. I implore students to arrive at their own
conclusions through their research. If you have questions, please email me or ask me before
class, after class, before school, or after school.
This assignment is to be three pages, 12 pt. font, Times New Roman. It will be worth 25 points
and will be graded on content, grammar, and structure. Grading will largely be based on content
and structure (13 points for content- Introduction Topic and Conclusions Reached categories, 10
across structure- Information Gathering and Summary Paragraph categories and 2 points for
grammar). Please refer to the rubric.
Three Branches of Government Grading Rubric
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