The Social Contract Exercise
| POLS270 Contract Exercise |
The Social Contract Exercise |
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The cruise ship of state U.S.S. LittleBush has sunk with all crew lost. Fortunately the 2500 passengers, a microcosm of the American population, have made it to an unpopulated island that is habitable with sufficient effort. As one of the passengers, you realize that rescue is not likely for months at the very least--and perhaps longer.
Read the details of the assignment.
Read the contracts:
Online Discussion (3/21-4/07);
Participate in an online discussion of the contracts. There are four requirements for each person's online discussion. You need to:
Ask questions about other contracts,
Offer polite criticisms of other contracts,
Defend your own contract, and
Do all of the above with reference to the authors and ideas we are reading where appropriate.
Final Contracts (due 4/14):
Based on the feedback your contract received online through 4/07, rewrite and improve the contract as a group. Turn in a final contract of about the same length as the initial version. Indicate the name of the author(s) of each section. Turn in one copy of your final contract, on paper, on April 14.
Grading Breakdown:
The social contract assignment takes place in several parts. The social contact assignment will require small group work, individual thought and writing, and participation in an online discussion. One component of your final grade will be assigned by other members of your group, as indicated below.
The break-down of the grading for the contract exercise is as follows:
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individual contribution to initial contract & scenario: |
3% |
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individual contribution to online discussion and final component: |
4% |
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grade assigned to individual by other members of their group: |
3% |
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total: |
10% |