Your bio for you website.....

Write your bio: with 4 paragraphs

Rough draft and rewrite a final draft;

nName

nTitle...example:  Policy Director, etc.

n1. Personal biographical information: age, school, family info, education, activities, clubs, etc.

n2.Experiences that show you are determined, reliable, persistent, have leadership skills

n3. Qualifications: accomplishments, big and small!

n4.  Future Goals: education, work, the arts, sports, etc.

n5.  Thoughts about life, love, liberty!

Get your PARTY started!!

10/21-28   Create Your Party website

1. Name of your Party  2. mascot and logo; 3. slogan;  4. theme song;  5.Campaign Team; Candidate Profile (pix and bio) each one needs a title, a 3 paragraph bio about your life, experience, ideas, qualifications; picture

Brainstorm ideas in your notebook for Your Party 

3 each

1. Name of your Party

2. your mascot and logo; 

3 slogan;   

4. theme song; 

Pro or Con Presentationi

uGO TO PROCON.org---and---wisetosocialissues.org

u1. Define the issue assigned.

u2. Partners will present findings (pro and con) for this plank to the whole class. Your position is…..

u3. What is your position.

u4.  After each presentation, we will vote as a class whether to (1) adopt, (2) modify, or (3) reject each position or "plank." Record the results of the vote.

uWhich plank position would you adopt for your Presidential Campaign in this class????

HW for weekend; and, review for TEST on principles of democracy, government, and voting behavior.

HW:  p 175
Answer q. 34.
Analyze political cartoons
answer 35, 36 

Should 'illegal aliens' be allowed to vote?  Why or why not?

TEST

Fundamentals of Government;  explain; give an example

1.Democracy

2.Social contract---between people and a government

3.Justice

4.Common defense

5.General welfare 

6.Domestic tranquility

Fundamentals of Democracy

1.Worth of the Individual 

2.Equality of all people  

3.Majority Rule, minority rights

4.Necessity of compromise

5.

Parties, elections and voting.

1.nominate

2.general election

3.factions

4.Watchdog

5.Name the 2 major political parties, and their mascots!

6.What is the purpose of a two party system? 

7.What is voter apathy?  What is the cause?

8.How do most people get their information for choosing a president?

9.Name 3 groups that vote consistently for one party.

10.Name 5 factors that influence how you vote.  


 

You started in class...finish for hw. Voter Habits!!

uHW  APATHY, apathetic:  not caring

u 

uAnswer the questions under tables on 165, 166, 167. 

uUse the text and Explain why people don’t vote;

ucite 3 reasons for who votes;

u3 reasons why people don’t vote;

uFocus on statistics from 2004:  Explain how gender, race, education age, and region influence voting.  Make a statement about each demographic and how they voted in 2004.

Democratic and Republican Website Research....

uGo to the Democratic and Republican websites.  Locate and 2 positions of each party: choose from  terrorism, jobs, health care, immigration, education.

u3 bullet points for each; facts/ evidence; info

uBuilding a Party Platform

u1. each group research one issue to research from the list below.

uterrorism

uThe military

ujobs and the economy

udiversity and equality

ucivil liberties & national security

uhealth care /Obamacare (AHCA)

ueducation

uenvironment

uimmigration

uenergy

Recommend a OBAMACARE program to your family; and yourself or friend at 26 yrs old.

CW:  go to Calilfornia Covered;
1 review and research health plans
2 list 3 good choices for you family; rank order #1-3
3.list 3 good choices for you or someone you know for the age 26; rank order 1-3
4.  What is catastrophic coverage?  H0w much does it cost? 
5.  Explain the penalties if you don’t enroll….
Complete for HW: Present /share with your parent/s; help them chose; get their signature
Write a complete paragraph explaining why you chose #1.  Topic sentence, 5 supporting
details/evidence; conclusion.  BE SPECIFIC.