POL 303 Week 2 Teaching Intelligent Design

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• POL 303 Week 2 Teaching Intelligent Design in the
  Public Schools
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• Write your paper about a hypothetical proposal
  that is before the elected school board for the
  public schools in your city. The proposal stirs
  deep controversy in the community. Opponents
  claim that it would violate the Constitutions
  prohibition against a establishment of
  religion. The proposed mandatory regulation
  states
• The theory of intelligent design shall be
  taught in the public schools of this city in all
  classes where the theory of evolution is taught.
  The theory of intelligent design shall be
  taught as a possible scientific explanation for
  life, and other aspects of the universe, and as
  an alternative to the scientific explanation
  offered by the theory of evolution. For purposes
  of this regulation, intelligent design is a
  theory that certain features of the universe and
  living things are best explained by an
  intelligent cause, not an undirected process such
  as natural selection as claimed by the theory of
  evolution. See IDEA Center. (2004).
  Intelligent design theory in a nutshell.
  Retrieved from http//www.ideacenter.org/contentmg
  r/showdetails.php/id/1136.
• Write your paper from the perspective of a
  community member listed below. In other words,
  for this assignment, you will assume a role.
  Imagine yourself as one of the following people
• The superintendent of the public schools in your
  community.
• The chair-person of the local elected school
  board.
• A little known candidate running for mayor, who
  is challenging the long-time, highly popular
  mayor.

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• The president of the citywide Public School
  Parents Association.
• The pastor of a local mega-church who believes in
  the literal interpretation of the Bible,
  including every aspect of the creation story.
• A high school science teacher who is the elected
  president of the citywide teachers union.
• Write your paper as if it will be read by a
  public audience who are likely to be interested
  in your views given your role in the community.
  With this in mind, write clearly and persuasively
  for that audience. You are not required to take a
  position that your audience agrees with but you
  should write with the purpose of informing and
  persuading that audience. If you know someone who
  plays a role like this in your community, it
  might be interesting to discuss this assignment
  with that person.
• Your paper must clearly state your position on
  the constitutionality of the proposed school
  regulation. Your paper should not address broader
  questions about the merits of the regulation but
  it should focus on whether or not the regulation
  would violate the Establishment Clause of the
  Constitution. You must clearly explain and apply
  an interpretation of the Establishment Clause and
  justify your position using part of the rationale
  of at least one of the four different opinions
  authored by various Justices of the Supreme Court
  in the case of Edwards v. Aguillard (1987).
  However, the paper must be written in your own
  words without lengthy quotation from outside
  sources. 
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