Here are links to some excellent papers submitted to Judaism and Politics when it was last offered. They cover a range of topics with very different approaches but they all share some important similarities that you should emulate. Each one offers a clear take on a problem, relates the case study to the general themes of the course, and draws on first-rate scholarship. They are also well-written and properly documented. None of them is perfect, of course, but they are good models. (Note: All papers are in Microsoft Word format.)

The Holocaust Remembrance Controversy

The Samaritans and Karaites in Israeli Society

The Prophetic Tradition in Judaism