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__Project Requirements: __

 * ====You will collect five __(5) articles__ from current news periodicals such as: //Newsweek, Time, U.S. News & World Report, Cincinnati Enquirer, USA Today, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,// or other newsweeklies, newspapers, journals, or foreign press. ====
 * ====You will then need to relate all your articles to various locations within the //Constitution//. (It is important to note that not all newspaper and magazine articles pertain to the //Constitution//.) ====
 * ====Your collections will be graded on appropriateness of the articles to the section of the //Constitution// to which they are matched, the scope of your coverage of all parts of the //Constitution// (including the Amendments), and the breadth of the periodical sources you found. (It would be expected that you would utilize 5-8 different sources) ====


 * ====Each article may only be used once. ====
 * ====Highlight each article where it directly pertains to the portion of the Constitution to which you are referring. ====
 * ====Highlight  the portion of the //Constitution// which applies to that page’s article. ====
 * ====Each article must also be summarized briefly on the page. ====
 * ====The source citation must be clearly labeled and cited in its entirety following the MLA format. ====


 * ====The Constitution part and the essay part of the project must be typed. It must be 1-2 pages in length and with one inch margins and 12 pt. Font, Times Roman print, double spaced. ====
 * ====Each page of the project must be numbered. ====
 * ====<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">You will write a 1-2 page (typed) argumentative (persuasive) paper which either supports or opposes the following thesis: ====

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">"The //United States Constitution// is a healthy document which still serves our nation exceptionally well and does not need drastic change or revision."

 * ====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The evidence and support for your argument will be your collection of __ten articles__ from current periodicals. In other words, you should make references in your paper to some of the articles you collected. ====

**__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Organization of Project (in this order) __**

 * ====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Title page (incl. Title of Project, Class, Name, and the date, any other spice you might want to add.) ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Table of Contents (Must include the following components in this order) ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Articles must be organized in ascending order according to their Constitutional "address" Constitutional "Address" of the article. For example, I,8,3 or VI,2 or Amendment 14.1. Title of the page Source (ex. name of newspaper or magazine) Page number ====