This document provides instructions for an assignment to craft a proposed constitutional amendment. Students are asked to write an amendment from the perspective of one of three American political cultures - individualists, traditionalists, or moralists. The amendment must further an important value of a representative republic. Students must also explain how the other two cultures would view the proposal and suggest a compromise amendment that could gain support from at least two cultures. The document provides examples of well and poorly worded amendments and restrictions on amendment content.

1. Create your own Constitutional Amendment
Purpose: the purpose of this assignment includes the following:• To craft a constitutional
amendment that furthers an important value crucial to a representative republic and
demonstrate understanding of how a constitution differs from a law/policy. • To determine
and explain how the three political cultures would view such a proposal considering each
culture’s values. • To determine what compromise constitutional amendment might fnd
common ground between at fewest two of the three political cultures. Your Constitutional
Amendment/Social Responsibility Assignment will require you to submit a typed essay
proposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. For this exercise, you will be creating a
proposed constitutional amendment from the perspective of, and consistent with, one the
three competing political cultures of the United States, where each culture desires the
following public good:• Individualists seek liberty • Traditionalists favor order • Moralists
promote equality After a brief introduction stating your goals, begin your essay by
articulating the wording of your proposed amendment. As the Constitution is a document
designed to fulfll ideals, you must be able to put in concrete words the change that will
achieve a better governmental system. Isolate your proposed amendment as its own
paragraph and be very clear. Keep this in mind about our constitution or any other:
Elements of a constitution either grant a power to government, prohibit it, or some
combination of the two; you are not merely expressing a desire of government to “do
something good,” you are seeking to change the powers of government. Poorly-worded
example: People should be free to fy around in balloons. A better example: Congress is
prohibited from employing any of its powers, constitutional or statutory, to apply
restrictions on the creation, commerce or use of lighter-than-air fying vehicles. Two rules
for the content of your amendment: 1. You may not deny any state its equal representation
in the U.S. Senate, as dictated in Article V. 2. Your amendment may not declare as a right
some tangible beneft for which government would be obligated to appropriate funds to
provide (e.g. “free” health care, college education, etc.) Your score will be determined by
how well you address these elements. The Social Responsibility Rubric is attached to give
you clear descriptions of what constitutes addressing each element to earn ratings of poor,
fair, good and excellent. To construct a well-organized essay, follow the steps below in
order. Make sure to address each question directly and specifcally. The structure and
mechanics of your paper are of less importance than your ability to address the issues
presented below. Each step includes an (overly brief) example to help get you started in the
right direction.#Create #Constitutional #Amendment