🎯 Capstone - Checkpoint 2 ✅ Research and Learning for Project Proposal

Capstone Project Part 2: Research and Learning for Project Proposal

 ✅ For this checkpoint, you will research a possible topic for your proposed amendment. You will respond to a series of questions and include at least 4-5 sources from your research to complete this task. Your project proposal should explain the purpose and possible impact of your proposed amendment on our society today. 

The topic of adding a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution has been widely explored from students to legislators. To help prepare for this Capstone proposal,  research “What should be the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution.” 

One source you can use is Congress.gov. Links to an external site.

• In the search bar add, "Proposing an amendment":

• You will then be given a list of proposed amendments that legislators have put forth. 
• For a compiled list of some proposed amendment topics, review Some Topics of Past Proposed Amendments in Congress. Links to an external site.

Now it is your turn. The Capstone project will give you the opportunity to experience the process in an attempt to add a new amendment to the United States Constitution. 

• Can you think of a right or freedom that needs to be protected in the United States? 
• Is there a new power or a limit on a power that needs to be added to the Constitution? 
• Or is there a function of the Constitution that needs to be revised?

Spend time researching your specific interests with regard to adding an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Your project proposal should explain the purpose and possible impact of your proposed amendment on our society today. 

Consider key factors that helped many Constitutional Amendments make it through the ratification process. 

• Historical events
• Lessons learned over time
• Critics of the Constitution
• Social movements
• Controversial Supreme Court Decisions

For this ✅ Checkpoint, you will submit an interest that you have for your proposal. You will be working with this one topic quite a lot this semester, and you don’t want to get tired of it too early. 

To help you write your proposal, you will find an example of a proposed amendment that was introduced in the House in 2021. You will write a proposed amendment draft like this later in the Capstone Project.See the Example Draft of Proposed Amendment. Links to an external site.

For this ✅ Checkpoint, you will only need to write a one to two sentence amendment proposal statement such as the one below from the Example Draft of Proposed Amendment:

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

Submission

1. Submit an amendment proposal statement that includes topic, purpose, and possible impact on our society today.
   
2. Review the list below and discuss how your proposed amendment connects to one or more of the following categories.  (Answer with at least four analytical sentences.)
   
   • Historical events
   • Lessons learned over time
   • Critics of the Constitution
   • Social movements
   • Controversial Supreme Court Decisions
3. Discuss how the key factor(s) make your proposed amendment a valuable addition to the United States Constitution. (Answer with at least four analytical sentences.)
4. What was the issue or situation that exists to prompt you to decide on this proposed amendment? (Answer with at least two descriptive sentences.)
5. Discuss the purpose of your proposed amendment? (Answer with at least four analytical sentences.)
6. MLA Style citation of Sources:
   
   • Include 4-5 sources from your research to complete this task. At least one source must be primary (original sources such as chart, graphs, diaries, etc.). The majority of your sources can be secondary sources (modern historical analysis, like articles or websites).
     • Primary Source (at least one)
     • Secondary Source
     • For how to compose your Works Cited list, find examples and information from the MLA lesson in your course or by searching Purdue Owl - Online Writing Lab - MLA General Format.