UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY PLAYERS

Select one of the players of U.S. foreign policy:

Congress
President
Department of State
Department of Defense
Deparment of Homeland Security
Central Intelligence Agency
National Security Agency

Research and post the link to an article that shares your choice and some way in which they have played a role in the United State's foreign policy challenge of ISIS (ISIL).  Summarize in a paragraph what your agency's involvement has been.  Skim through some other posts of other organizations to prepare you for the flip activity and the Policy Day activity on Friday.

POSTPONED - THIS IS NEXT WEEK'S POLICY DAY BLOG - NONE DUE THIS WEEK -- Does Obama Deserve the Title: "The Environmental President"? A look at his record...

Explore some elements of "The Record".  There are several interactive elements in the site, including excerpts of speeches, fact sheets, etc., accessible once you click on the check mark box on which you choose to focus.

Search one of the topics to find "the other side".  What do his opponents say about his record on... you pick.  Is the record an exaggerated claim, had negative consequences that outweigh the benefit, did his actions not go far enough?

Find one source, paste the link, and explain in a paragraph what the Obama claim was and share what your research countered with.                       try this link instead

Taxation ... really! To raise or to lower, and on whom?

Do Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump's Tax Proposals Add Up?

Listen to the audio of this broadcast from 9/12.  Use the content there as the basis for your search to help you decide where you sit on the continuum...

I love Hillary's --------------------------------------------------------------I love Trump's
tax proposals!---------------------------------------------------------------tax proposals!

Post a link to an article that helps you decide, and explain briefly why you like the one you like better, adding a little of what your article contributed to your decision.

Should there be a path to U.S. citizenship for any Illegals?

Take any claim, made by Pro or Con, and research it.  In your comment to this post first state the claim you selected, then paste the link to 1 quality source and briefly noted evidence that either proves or disproves the claim you selected.  As a class essentially this is debate prep.  You would be well served to peruse some of the research your classmates have posted as well.

Minimum Wage

     After watching the video, like many of my peers, I was lead to believe increasing the minimum wage would be beneficial. Increasing the wage for the betterment of low income families seems reasonable, but the video felt fairly biased on its position towards this topic. Although it is a reality that many families rely off of minimum wage paying jobs, they are not specifically designed to serve that purpose. One major contributing factor in the reliance of minimum wage paying jobs is the lack of uneducated individuals. It does not require much skill to work a minimum wage paying job and that is why uneducated people turn to those occupations. Additionally, raising the wage would incline businesses to lay off their employees. According to the Congressional Budget Office, it is projected that 500,000 jobs would be lost if increasing the minimum wage became a reality. Small businesses could simply not afford to employ many workers which would further cause these companies to close. I want to reiterate the influence higher education has on this issue. The more education, the more skill, the more opportunity to seek a well paying job. Lastly, to be perfectly honest, I did not hold much of a stance on this topic before writing this blog, so I anticipate my loose position to be swayed and change as I learn more about it.

http://minimum-wage.procon.org