Compare THREE countries discussed in the assigned reading. In your comparison, you should address

  • The population of each of the three countries that you select
    • The size of the population
    • Diversity
    • Religion
  • The location of the nations that you selected
    • Where they are located
    • What are the hazards common to this location (natural, health-related, and acts of terrorism)
      • Indicate the occurrence of any of the hazards
    • How the intersections of these hazards make the citizens of each of these nations vulnerable
  • The legislative and judiciary systems
    • The structure of these systems
    • The role that the systems play in developing and achieving the homeland security policies and strategies in these nations

Project One Paper Checklist

Basic requirements: (40 points)

  • Cover page (points)
  • Minimum 5 pages double spaced (the cover page is not part of the five pages) (points)
  • Times New Roman 12 font (points)
  • Page number bottom right (points)
  • Grammar CHECK AND TRIPLE CHECK (your paper will suffer if your grammar is inadequate) (35 points)

Content Point distribution (60 points)

  1. Introduction
  • The paper has a heading stating INTRODUCTION (points)
  • The paper explains why the topic is relevant to the Homeland Security discourse (points)
  • The paper identifies the thesis statement: THE THESIS STATEMENT IS THE QUESTION THAT YOU ARE ANSWERING. (points)
  • The paper identifies sequentially how you will address the thesis statement in the paper. (points)
  1. Discussion
  • The paper has a heading stating DISCUSSION (points)
  • The paper follows THE EXACT SEQUENCE indicated in the introduction section that the student will use to discuss the thesis statement (points).
  • Each idea identified in the sequence (in the introduction) is an italicized subheading with subsequent discussion ideas (points)
  • The analysis is supported by in-text citations in APA style (points)
  • *****NOTE: DO NOT CUT AND PASTE. If you plagiarize or copy other students’ work, you will earn a ZERO on the paper and be reported to the Universitys Academic Honesty body for disciplinary actions.
  1. Conclusion
  • The paper has a heading stating CONCLUSION (points)
  • Has points that relate to the introduction (points)
  • Have ideas beyond merely identifying the introduction topics and discussing the students opinions about what was learned and the relevance of what they learned. (points)
  1. Reference
  • The paper has a heading stating REFERENCE (points)
  • All references MUST be in APA style. (points). Each reference MUST be cited appropriately inthe text.