Political Science DB 1 and3

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 300 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Locate a definition of political science that you like, and in your Discussion Board post, explain why you favor it.

Select a founder of political thought from the list below. Explain why you chose this particular founder. Summarize the founder’s basic ideas.

• Plato
• Aristotle
• Thomas Hobbes
• Niccolo Machiavelli
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• John Stuart Mill
• Tecumseh
• Chico Mendes
• Friedrich Nietzsche
• Kurt Vonnegut

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:

• What did you learn from your classmate’s posting?
• What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
• What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
• What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?