Political Parties
C.12.2 Describe how different political systems definne and protect individual human rights.
C.12.7 Describe how past and present American political parities and interest groups have gained or lost influence on political decision-making and voting behavior.
C.12.7 Describe how past and present American political parities and interest groups have gained or lost influence on political decision-making and voting behavior.
Are you Red, blue, or Purple?
What do you know about your political Identity?
History of the Parties
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Profile in History:
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Explore the impact of the Founding Fathers and their inlfuence on Politics in the United States. |
take the tests. Record your results.
Test #1
Test #2
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Test #3
Background Research
Review the following resource. Please document as many similiarities and differences between the two main political parties in the united states.
LINK TO, "What Republicans and Democrats have disagreed on from 1856 to today."
LINK TO, "What's The Point of Political party Platforms?"
Link to writing document: CLICK HERE
1.The Two Major Parties: (for Each political party, write at least 4 platform stances. Use the links below.
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GAME ON!***Friday Challenge: Try to glitch out the game. See if you can manipulate the game to achieve a tie. You will need both candidates to receive 269 votes.
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2.Review the PowerPoint: Be sure to pay close attention to the roles and responsibilities of a political party.
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'3. Watch the Following Crash Course episodes. Why political parties? what impact do they have?
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Just for Laughs... Click on the party symbol below
Use the following links to complete the Link to Leadership activity:
The Living Room Candidate President of the United States |
Link to Leaders google doc LINK |
About the Parties...
Democratic Party http://www.democrats.org/ Republican Party https://www.gop.com/platform/ Review: https://www.idealog.org/en/quiz |
On the Issues:
Current Event Evaluation: CLICK HERE FOR WRITING
voices_of_the_party.docx | |
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File Type: | docx |
American Political Parties:
Good, Bad, ugly?
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