Develop the topic into a well-organized essay, following the guidelines below. Correct spelling and grammar will be considered during grading. Part of your grade will depend upon including three required block quotes. If you do not include the 3 required block quotes to support your position, your paper will lose one letter grade.
Be sure to answer all parts of the question. Three pages is the minimum, but you may go a page or two beyond that, if needed. Â Students will generally compose the essay inside their word processor and then COPY and PASTE (using CONTROL V) the text into the space provided below. Note that the deadline for this paper is several days prior to the Final Exam. Â Late papers or papers not submitted in the proper area will lose one letter grade (10 points).
Finally, do not use material from any source other than The Founding and Early History of the Houston-Galveston Area Council. DO NOT copy material from another source and paste it into this essay response box, representing it as your own work. Doing this will get you a grade of 0, and it is not difficult for instructors to detect.
Section 1: (From Chapter 1) Trace the development of the reform impulse within the federal government during the John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson administrations. Â In other words, how did the federal government come to be more interested in helping local governments solve their problems?
Section 2: (From Chapter 2) Explain the historical roots as to why the state of Texas traditionally choose not to get overly involved in the problems facing local governments. It was also reluctant to accept help from the federal government. What were some of the forces that brought about a change in these attitudes?
Section 3: (From Chapters 3–8) Discuss two important projects that H-GAC implemented for the region or discuss two situations within its service region that H-GAC helped to improve (or one of each).
Section 4: (From Chapter 8) Analyze how the Financial Controller (Bill Prince) and his co-conspirators managed to embezzle or misspend nearly $2 million from H-GAC in the 1980’s.
