The weekly worksheets will help you build all of the necessary
parts for your Final Paper. It is recommended that you review the
Learning Activity assignments and review the Final Paper prompt
before beginning this assignment. This week, you will evaluate the
strengths and weaknesses of the most important document for
Americas national government, the US Constitution. In the
worksheet, you will describe one strength and one weakness of the
Constitution. In addition, you will need to recommend a way to
maintain the strength of this important document and a way to
correct a weakness. This effort begins the process of critically
analyzing key features of our national government.
To complete the assignment, save the

Week One Learning Activity Worksheet
to your computer, fill it out, and submit it via WayPoint.

The Constitution
You are required to develop four paragraphs that explain one
strength and one weakness of the US Constitution, as well as
provide an option to maintain the strength and to correct the
weakness presented.

Scholarly Support
In-text citations must be included in your paragraphs. The
additional resources must be utilized to support your ideas and
cited using APA format. For assistance with your research, the
Ashford Universitys Library provides tutorials and recorded
webinars on a variety of topics. To access these helpful resources,
look for the links located under the [emailprotected] search box on the
library home page. For help with

writing
and

citations
, please review the handouts and tutorials provided by the

Ashford Writing Center
.
A reference list of at least two scholarly resources from the
Ashford University Library with full APA citations is required.
While your textbook can be utilized as a source, it does not count
towards your two sources for this assignment. Two new sources
should be utilized each week to meet the minimum of eight required
sources for the final. By finding and supporting your material with
these sources each week, you will have the research necessary to
construct a strong Final Paper.
The

Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources
table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types.
If you have questions about whether a specific source is
appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor.
Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a
specific source for a particular assignment.
Be sure that the sources you are utilizing to support your ideas
are valid, reliable, and not overly biased.
View the

POL201 Research Guide
for help on how to find and evaluate sources for assignments in
this course.