You are a member of a civilian police review board. Search the library and the Internet for information on a case involving police misconduct or judicial misconduct or malfeasance. Use the library, news reports, and the Internet to locate information on the case you have selected.

In your discussion of the case, make sure to discuss the following:

• Details of the case and evaluation of ethical dilemmas involved, including all key details
• Details and evaluation of the code of conduct related to the case, including the ethical responsibility of the officer (including possible differences on how an officer acts off or on duty)
• Details and evaluation of societal opinions of the case, including potential implications for the community or political figures
• Close with a recommendation for the full review board to adopt regarding whether the individual who was involved in police misconduct should be subject to discipline. In your discussion, be sure to address the following:
  • Implications of misconduct
  • Recommended course of action for the officer

American History 105 Final Project

“A Day at the Museum”

For this project, you will be creating displays for a museum exhibit entitled, “Reconstruction: Success or Failure?” Your exhibit will show the changes that occured in America during Reconstruction. Your exhibit will include artifacts, visuals and maps that show how the United States changed after the war.

Requirements for Project

You will have a total of 8 items included in your museum exhibit. You will create each item to help show the impact of Reconstruction. There are 6 required items listed below. Then you may choose the remaining 2 items you would like to include.

Each item must have a 2-3 sentence caption underneath that explains why the item was included in the exhibit.

Every project must include:

1. An artifact related to the Freedman’s Bureau. You could create an advertisement for the services of the Bureau, a letter to the Bureau asking for help, or a story about how the Bureau has helped an emancipated slave.
2. A map that shows the Military Reconstruction Act and how it divided up the South. In your caption, explain what the law was, why it was enacted, and how Southerners reacted to the law.
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4. A diary entry that explains how life has changed since the end of the Civil War. Your diary entry should be written from one of the following perspectives: an emancipated slave, a former plantation owner or Confederate leader, or a Northerner who has moved to the South during Reconstruction.
5. A newspaper article that announces the Compromise of 1877 and explains how it

brought Reconstruction to the end.
6. A creative title for your museum exhibit

Then, you may choose two additional items you would like to include. Possible items you may include:

• – An obituary for Abraham Lincoln
• – A timeline that includes the key events of Reconstruction
• – Additional artifacts, such as letters, newspapers, political cartoons or diary entries
• – Pictures, visuals, tables, maps, or charts

Hate Group

What criteria should be present in order for a group to be considered a “hate” group or a terrorist organization? Is it proper to label a group as a “hate” group simply because its members advocate a political opinion? What if the group does not itself engage in violence but supports another that does through fund-raising or recruiting?

In your classroom reading this week, you learned that the FBI considers the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) to be a domestic terror organization. Do you agree with this assessment? Why or why not? In order to discuss this question, you will need to research the ALF’s activities as well as the FBI’s position.

Recent years have seen a rise in domestic terror incidents. Fortunately, many of them have been interrupted before any damage was done, such as the attempted bombing in New York’s Times Square. These incidents have brought attention to the difficulty of identifying potential individual terrorists. Most recently, a group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been recruiting individuals from western countries, including the United States, to join their fight. Officials are concerned that in addition to recruiting people to travel to the Middle East to join their fight, ISIS might be persuading Americans to commit acts of terror at home.

For this final part of the week’s discussion, examine the methods that ISIS uses to gain new recruits. Are any particular people more vulnerable to being recruited? Why do people living comfortable, safe lives in America and other western countries volunteer to give up those comforts in order to travel to Syria to fight for this group? What can be done to prevent the ISIS and other radical groups from recruiting new members?

APA citations required