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Civics March 2009
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Purpose: To recognize the responsibilities of citizenship and acquire skills necessary to affect change. Essential Questions What is citizenship? How do political processes enable or restrict individuals to engage with political issues related to government and society? Focus Questions: What do the ideological terms mean (liberal, conservative, libertarian, etc)? What should every citizen know in order to be able to affectively to participate in democracy? How does the US Congress make laws?
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HW: Rewrite bills if needed or grade stands |
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Review Legislative Branch |
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Purpose: Critically examine political parties, associations, media groups and public opinions that influence government policy and to recognize bias in political rhetoric. Essential Questions: How do political processes enable or restrict individuals to engage with political issues related to government and society? How are citizens informed and influenced? Focus Questions: What represents us better as citizens -political parties or interest groups? How has media transformed politics Do television ads reflect and address the concerns of the voting public How has the internet changed the presidential campaign process? |
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Political Parties
EQ: How do political processes enable or restrict individuals to engage with political issues related to government and society? U: Political parties are not included in the US Constitution and that the Framers opposed them. K: Why the framers opposed "factions", reasons pps were created, and the role they play today. D: Explain the advantages/disadvantages of political parties
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Third Parties:
Why is it so difficult for a viable third party to emerge in the
American political system? U: Third Parties tend to emerge during periods of historical change or stress, are centered on specific issues that many feel are not being addressed adequately by the two major parties and attain short-term popularity; the specific issues are typically absorbed by the two major parties K: The four most significant third parties in American history, and the elections in which they made their mark; each received at least 10% of the popular vote in its associated election D: Determine the issues that were of primary concern and where each party stood on those issues
HW: review the party platforms for two of the third parties that announced candidates for the 2008 election and respond to the qs. user name: litchfield
password: cowboys |
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user name: litchfield password: cowboys HW: Finish Interest Group Assignment |
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EQ: How are
citizens informed and influenced? How has media transformed politics? Do television ads reflect and address the concerns of the voting public? How has the internet changed the presidential campaign process?
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K: How interest groups influence policy U: Most interest groups put their own agenda before the common good. D: Compare political parties to interest groups in order to determine which has a greater influence on policy; what represents us better as citizens -political parties or interest groups?
HW: Study for Quiz: Review all Theme II assignments to date.
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Quiz!
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Be able to discuss the issues raised and your thoughts on not only the issues but the medium used to convey to the public.
Ad Comparison (it takes at least 30 seconds for the commercials to run - be patient!) FYI: All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"... What does One Trillion dollars look like? |
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EQ: How are
citizens informed and influenced? How has media transformed politics? Do television ads reflect and address the concerns of the voting public? How has the internet changed the presidential campaign process?
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Politics and Popular Culture: Television
"Television is no gimmick, and nobody will
ever be elected to major office again without presenting themselves well
on it." HW: Analyze an election TV commercial not covered in class. Qs 1-12 and discussion qs 1-3. More info on "Daisy" |
Politics and Popular Culture: The Internet EQ: How are citizens informed and influenced? Understand: That the stylistic and contextual differences between Web ads and traditional television commercials reflect a paradigm shift in median used to express political messages. Know: How is getting information from the Internet different than getting it from television or a newspaper? How does the interactive nature of the Internet affect our relationship to the material that we view online? |
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