All three of the following essay prompts require students to produce a response between 5-6 double-spaced pages. Additionally, students are required to substantiate their arguments with appropriate textual evidence in the form of direct or paraphrased quotations in order to receive credit. I have given these essay prompts as take-home assignments. They could probably be given as in-class assignments with some modification.

Essay Prompt 1: Paradoxes of Self-Government in the Constitution essay (p. 2)
Essay Prompt 2: Interpretating the Constitution: Lincoln and Douglass (p. 3)
Essay Prompt 3: Responding to Injustice in American Political Thought (p. 4)
Syllabus from Fall 2025 American Political Thought class (pp. 5-13)