U.S. Senator Guidelines and Rubric Students will complete a writing assignment o

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U.S. Senator Guidelines and Rubric
Students will complete a writing assignment on a current member of the U.S. Senate outside the state of Texas, and the due date is August 12. A list of senators can be found using the Senate’s website at www.senate.gov. The paper must meet the following requirements.
• Length and Format
1. The paper must be a minimum four pages in length, not including the cover sheet and Reference page.
2. Characters must be typed in Times New Roman using 12-point font.
Lines must be double-spaced
Margins must be one inch in length.
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Paragraphs must be indented
Subheadings are not permitted as the written portion should only include paragraphs.
• Organization Content, and Sources
1. Separate Cover sheet
a. Your name
b. US. Senator Paper
c. Government 2305
d. Date
Body (Each letter must be a separate paragraph.)
a. Introduction paragraph with thesis statement.
b. Provide a biography of the senator.
c. Describe the demographics, geography, and economy of the senator’s home state this is the state they represent)
d. Provide a summary of three bills the senator either sponsored or co-sponsored within the past four years.
e.
Describe committees the senator currently serves on. Name three groups, industries, or individuals that have donated money to the senator, and the
amounts.
Conclusion paragraph
Sources and Reference Page
a. The paper must include a minimum of six sources to receive full credit Examples of acceptable sources are government websites, major newspapers, political/news media websites, and article databases offered by the Lone Star College Library.
D.
The following sources are prohibited for use in the paper: Wikipedia, the class textbook, and using the same source multiple times. This means that if you use an article from Time magazine then you can’t use another article from lime
Sources must be cited on a separate page (last page of the paper) called
“References using APA citation style. In-text citations are also required.
This means sources must be cited in the body showing where each was used.
4. Students must upload the paper in the Module Three” folder
5. The paper will be graded within a week using the rubric on the next page.

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