Q Team Five Topic Team Five will be leading this class discussion forum based on a topic relating to the role of businesses in lobbying, politics, political processes, or campaign financing. By the beginning of this lesson, as outlined in the Course Schedule, a member of Team Five will post 1. an interesting academic research paper, essay, video, or other presentation from an informed source; 2. a short summary of the key points of analysis or opinions in the source material and an explanation of why the team concluded that this was interesting material for review by the class; and 3. a set of three provocative questions to guide the class discussion. Please see the discussion forum below for the initial post from Team Five that contains the discussion information. Discussion Participation Instructions for the Entire Class Step One Review the cited source material selected by Team Five along with their posted summary and questions. Consider whether the analysis or opinion expressed in the source material is sound and persuasive. Is it based on an accurate understanding of the facts? Post a short statement with your reaction to the source material. Step Two Choose at least one of the questions and prepare, edit, and post a careful and thoughtful response to the question in a paragraph or two. You may cite outside sources or course materials in your response. Step Three Review the posts of your classmates responding to the questions posted by the team. Select two classmates who answered a different question than you did or who answered the same question differently. Prepare and post a reply to your classmates addressing the substance of their answer. All initial entries should be posted no later than 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday of this week. You must reply to at least two colleagues by no later than 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday. Reminder After posting to the discussion forum, you will not have the ability to edit or delete your post. Please compose and edit your content in a word processing program first. Use the editing process to refine your work and correct errors. Then, copy and paste into the discussion forum.