Assessment InstructionsFor this assignment, you will use what you have learned throughout the lesson to analyze two arguments.On September 26, 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon participated in the first televised presidential debate. According to the terms of the debate, Kennedy and Nixon each had the opportunity to make an opening statement. In those opening statements, each candidate presented his argument for the way to help change America.Watch these opening statements and choose one key point from the Kennedy-Nixon Debate to compare and evaluate.Complete the Argument Analysis Graphic Organizer to evaluate each argument.Kennedy-Nixon Debate:Kennedy TranscriptIn the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln said the question was whether this nation could exist half slave or half free.In the election of 1960, and with the world around us, the question is whether the world will exist half slave or half free, whether it will move in the direction of freedom, in the direction of the road that we are taking, or whether it will move in the direction of slavery.I think it will depend in great measure upon what we do here in the United States, on the kind of society that we build, on the kind of strength that we maintain.We discuss tonight domestic issues, but I would not want that to be–any implication to be given that this does not involve directly our struggle with Mr. Khrushchev for survival.Mr. Khrushchev is in New York, and he maintains the Communist offensive throughout the world because of the productive power of the Soviet Union, itself.The Chinese Communists have always had a large population but they are important and dangerous now because they are mounting a major effort within their own country; the kind of country we have here, the kind of society we have, the kind of strength we build in the United States will be the defense of freedom.If we do well here, if we meet our obligations, if we are moving ahead, then I think freedom will be secure around the world. If we fail, then freedom fails.Therefore, I think the question before the American people is: Are we doing as much as we can do? Are we as strong as we should be? Are we as strong as we must be if we are going to maintain our independence, and if we’re going to maintain and hold out the hand of friendship to those who look to us for assistance, to those who look to us for survival? I should make it very clear that I do not think we’re doing enough, that I am not satisfied as an American with the progress that we are making.This is a great country, but I think it could be a greater country; and this is a powerful country, but I think it could be a more powerful country.I’m not satisfied to have 50 percent of our steel-mill capacity unused.I’m not satisfied when the United States had last year the lowest rate of economic growth of any major industrialized society in the world–because economic growth means strength and vitality. It means we’re able to sustain our defenses; it means we’re able to meet our commitments abroad.I’m not satisfied, when we have over 9 billion dollars worth of food, some of it rotting even though there is a hungry world and even though 4 million Americans wait every month for a food package from the government, which averages 5 cents a day per individual.I saw cases in West Virginia, here in the United States, where children took home part of their school lunch in order to feed their families because I don’t think we’re meeting our obligations toward these Americans.I’m not satisfied when the Soviet Union is turning out twice as many scientists and engineers as we are.I’m not satisfied when many of our teachers are inadequately paid, or when our children go to school part-time shifts. I think we should have an educational system second to none.I’m not satisfied when I see men like Jimmy Hoffa, in charge of the largest union in the United States, still free.I’m not satisfied when we are failing to develop the natural resources of the United States to the fullest. Here in the United States, which developed the Tennessee Valley and which built the Grand Coulee and the other dams in the Northwest United States, at the present rate of hydropower production–and that is the hallmark of an industrialized society–the Soviet Union by 1975 will be producing more power than we are.These are all the things I think in this country that can make our society strong, or can mean that it stands still.I’m not satisfied until every American enjoys his full constitutional rights. If a Negro baby is born, and this is true also of Puerto Ricans and Mexicans in some of our cities, he has about one-half as much chance to get through high school as a white baby. He has one-third as much chance to get through college as a white student. He has about a third as much chance to be a professional man, and about half as much chance to own a house. He has about four times as much chance that he’ll be out of work in his life as the white baby. I think we can do better. I don’t want the talents of any American to go to waste.I know that there are those who say that we want to turn everything over to the government. I don’t at all. I want the individuals to meet their responsibilities and I want the States to meet their responsibilities. But I think there is also a national responsibility.The argument has been used against every piece of social legislation in the last 25 years. The people of the United States individually could not have developed the Tennessee Valley; collectively they could have.A cotton farmer in Georgia, or a peanut farmer, or a dairy farmer in Wisconsin or Minnesota– he cannot protect himself against the forces of supply and demand in the marketplace, but working together in effective governmental programs he can do so.Seventeen million Americans, who live over 65 on an average Social Security check of about $78 a month–they’re not able to sustain themselves individually, but they can sustain themselves through the Social Security system.I don’t believe in big government, but I believe in effective governmental action, and I think that’s the only way that the United States is going to maintain its freedom; it’s the only way that we’re going to move ahead. I think we can do a better job. I think we’re going to have to do a better job if we are going to meet the responsibilities which time and events have placed upon us.We cannot turn the job over to anyone else. If the United States fails, then the whole cause of freedom fails, and I think it depends in great measure on what we do here in this country.The reason Franklin Roosevelt was a good neighbor in Latin America was because he was a good neighbor in the United States, because they felt that the American society was moving again. I want us to recapture that image. I want people in Latin America and Africa and Asia to start to look to America to see how we’re doing things, to wonder what the President of the United States is doing, and not to look at Khrushchev, or look at the Chinese Communists. That is the obligation upon our generation.In 1933, Franklin Roosevelt said in his inaugural that this generation of Americans has a "rendezvous with destiny." I think our generation of Americans has the same "rendezvous." The question now is: Can freedom be maintained under the most severe attack it has ever known? I think it can be. And I think in the final analysis it depends upon what we do here. I think it’s time America started moving again.NIXON TRANSCRIPTMr. Smith, Senator Kennedy. The things that Senator Kennedy has said many of us can agree with. There is no question but that we cannot discuss our internal affairs in the United States without recognizing that they have a tremendous bearing on our international position. There is no question but that this nation cannot stand still, because we are in a deadly competition, a competition not only with the men in the Kremlin, but the men in Peking. We’re ahead in this competition, as Senator Kennedy, I think, has implied. But when you’re in a race, the only way to stay ahead is to move ahead, and I subscribe completely to the spirit that Senator Kennedy has expressed tonight, the spirit that the United States should move ahead.Where then do we disagree?I think we disagree on the implication of his remarks tonight and on the statements that he has made on many occasions during his campaign to the effect that the United States has been standing still.We heard tonight, for example, the statement made that our growth and national product last year was the lowest of any industrial nation in the world.Now last year, of course, was 1958. That happened to be a recession year, but when we look at the growth of GNP this year–a year of recovery–we find that it’s 6 9/10 per cent and one of the highest in the world today. More about that later.Looking then to this problem of how the United States should move ahead and where the United States is moving, I think it is well that we take the advice of a very famous campaigner, "Let’s look at the record."Is the United States standing still?Is it true that this administration, as Senator Kennedy has charged, has been an administration of retreat, of defeat, of stagnation?Is it true that, as far as this country is concerned, in the field of electric power, and all of the fields that he has mentioned, we have not been moving ahead?Well, we have a comparison that we can make. We have the record of the Truman administration of 7 1/2 years, and the 7 1/2 years of the Eisenhower administration.When we compare these two records in the areas that Senator Kennedy has discussed tonight, I think we find that America has been moving ahead.Let’s take schools. We have built more schools in these 7 1/2 years than we built in the previous 7 1/2, for that matter in the previous 20 years.Let’s take hydroelectric power. We have developed more hydroelectric power in these 7 1/2 years than was developed in any previous administration in history.Let us take hospitals. We find that more have been built in this administration than in the previous administration. The same is true of highways.Let’s put it in terms that all of us can understand.We often hear gross national product discussed, and in that respect may I say that when we compare the growth in this administration with that of the previous administration, that then there was a total growth of 11 percent over 7 years; in this administration there has been a total growth of 19 percent over 7 years.That shows that there’s been more growth in this administration than in its predecessor. But let’s not put it there; let’s put it in terms of the average family.What has happened to you?We find that your wages have gone up five times as much in the Eisenhower administration as they did in the Truman administration.What about the prices you pay?We find that the prices you pay went up five times as much in the Truman administration as they did in the Eisenhower administration.What’s the net result of this?This means that the average family income went up 15 percent in the Eisenhower years as against 2 percent in the Truman years.Now, this is not standing still, but, good as this record is, may I emphasize it isn’t enough.A record is never something to stand on; it’s something to build on, and in building on this record, I believe that we have the secret for progress.We know the way to progress and I think first of all our own record proves that we know the way.Senator Kennedy has suggested that he believes he knows the way.I respect the sincerity with he–which he makes that suggestion, but on the other hand, when we look at the various programs that he offers, they do not seem to be new. They seem to be simply retreads of the programs of the Truman administration which preceded him, and I would suggest that during the course of the evening he might indicate those areas in which his programs are new, where they will mean more progress than we had then.What kind of programs are we for?We are for programs that will expand educational opportunities, that will give to all Americans their equal chance for education, for all of the things which are necessary and dear to the hearts of our people.We are for programs, in addition, which will see that our medical care for the aged is much better handled than it is at the present time.Here again, may I indicate that Senator Kennedy and I are not in disagreement as to the aim. We both want to help the old people. We want to see that they do have adequate medical care. The question is the means.I think that the means that I advocate will reach that goal better than the means that he advocates.I could give better examples but for whatever it is, whether it’s in the field of housing or health or medical care or schools, or the development of electric power, we have programs which we believe will move America, move her forward and build on the wonderful record that we have made over these past 7 1/2 years.Now, when we look at these programs might I suggest that in evaluating them we often have a tendency to say that the test of a program is how much you’re spending. I will concede that in all the areas to which I have referred, Senator Kennedy would have the federal government spend more than I would have it spend.I costed out the cost of the Democratic platform. It runs a minimum of $13.2 billion a year more than we are presently spending to a maximum of $18 billion a year more than we’re presently spending.Now the Republican platform will cost more too. It will cost a minimum of $4 billion a year more, a maximum of $4.9 billion a year more than we’re presently spending.Now, does this mean that his program is better than ours?Not at all, because it isn’t a question of how much the federal government spends. It isn’t a question of which government does the most. It’s a question of which administration does the right things, and in our case, I do believe that our programs will stimulate the creative energies of 180 million free Americans.I believe the programs that Senator Kennedy advocates will have a tendency to stifle those creative energies.I believe, in other words, that his programs would lead to the stagnation of the motive power that we need in this country to get progress.The final point that I would like to make is this: Senator Kennedy has suggested in his speeches that we lack compassion for the poor, for the old, and for others that are unfortunate.Let us understand throughout this campaign that his motives and mine are sincere. I know what it means to be poor. I know what it means to see people who are unemployed.I know Senator Kennedy feels as deeply about these problems as I do, but our disagreement is not about the goals for America but only about the means to reach those goals.Argument Analysis Graphic OrganizerKey Point:KennedyNixonWhat is the purpose of the argument?What is the purpose of the argument?What is the point of view of the argument? Who is the intended audience?What is the point of view of the argument? Who is the intended audience?What is Kennedy’s claim?What is Nixon’s claim?What evidence is provided to support the claim?What evidence is provided to support the claim?Is a counterclaim presented? If so, how is it refuted or weakened?Is a counterclaim presented? If so, how is it refuted or weakened?How convincing is the argument presented by Kennedy? Use details from the reading to support your opinion.How convincing is the argument presented by Nixon? Use details from the reading to support your opinion.Overall, which debater has a more successful or convincing argument? Use details from their statements to support your opinion.

For my problem statements, I talked about class size, standardized testing and school funding. But I'm perfectly fine with you picking any topic of your choice that will be easier for you to discuss.Assignment: Planning for ChangeReflect on the skills you have practiced thus far in the course. You have identified current issues in education. After determining some of the problems related to these issues, you searched for and critically analyzed literature related to those problems. Informed by scholarly research, you narrowed the focus of a topic to a problem and determined possible problem statements for scholarly inquiry.In this module, you have revisited those problem statements, identified key stakeholders related to a specific problem, and determined essential questions that you will ask stakeholders in order to inform a positive change. You have considered that you must identify, inform, and involve many stakeholders in any plan to effect a positive change. Although many individuals have the ability to identify problems, leaders in education are those who take action to improve situations or solve problems.For this Assignment, you will apply these skills to address a problem related to the case study you have been exploring throughout the course. What problems have you and your colleagues identified as you have explored the case study together?Select one of those problems that you would like investigate further in order to effect a positive change. Assume the role of the leader in the planning for positive change related to the problem you identify and consider the steps you might take to effect change, and how they might inform an action plan for change. Then, download the Action Plan Template located in the Learning Resources section. Use the template as a guide to assist and organize the different items that you need to investigate in order to move the plan for change in a positive direction. (Let me know if you want me to send you the Action Plan Template).Submit a 3-page paper in which you identify the change you would like to implement and explain the plan you would use to bring about the change. Be sure to address all the topics outlined in the template: goals, actions, time frame, stakeholders, and an evaluation strategy. Also include relevant resources that you have located in the library. Note the strategies you, as a leader in education, would take to facilitate change related to the problem you identified. Explain your rationale for the strategy you are proposing.Module 5 Action Plan TemplateUse this template to assist you with developing a plan for positive change. As you develop the plan, consider and reflect on the following questions:·For each goal, who are the stakeholders? What is important for them to know?·What feedback system will you use to keep stakeholders informed?·How can the individuals who are assisting you best be used? What information can they provide to make the plan successful or more meaningful?·What type of evaluation is most appropriate for each goal?·What resources or training is needed? Who will do it?·Who will perform the evaluation and how will it be reported?Goal(Consider Short & Long Term)Action(Training, Investigation, Pilot Study, Interviews, etc.)TimeFrameStakeholdersEvaluation(Formative, Summative, etc.)