Locate, organize, analyze, and use information from various sources to understand an issue of public concern, take a position, and communicate the position
Identify and evaluate the means
through which advocates influence public policy, and
identify ways people may participate
effectively in community affairs and the political process
Evaluate the ways in which public opinion can be used to influence and shape public policy
Additionally, the assignment focuses
on critical thinking because the finished product requires that students
express and offer support for their opinion about capital punishment in
Wisconsin by writing a business letter addressed to a Wisconsin legislator.
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