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Launch: Meet in your groups and choose a representative to explain to the class what your political party stands for. After listening to all the representatives, cast your vote in the form below.

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Directions: Your final unit exam is tomorrow. You need to review the following assignments:

Political Parties Lecture Notes
Political Parties Article Questions
Elections Webquest Notes
Elections Lecture [...]

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Mass media & public opinion
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Please read this article on media influence. Annotate the article by highlighting main ideas and writing in your questions and comments in the margins. Then answer these questions. Submit your work by the end of the class period. Late work will not be accepted.

Tags: campaigns, elections, media, media bias, media influence

Elections, voting, and voter behavior
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Launch: Download the notes template for today’s webquest.
Directions: Visit each of the websites linked from the notes. Read or watch the information at each site. Take notes on the main ideas and any key terms. Be prepared to answer the focus questions at the end.
Notes Template: Word Doc

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Launch:
What are 3-5 political issues you care about? What is your stance on them? Post your answers on your blog.
Examples: Health Care, Gun Control, Welfare, Immigration, Abortion, Drug Legalization, Capital Punishment, Environmental Protection, Same-Sex Marriage, Taxes, etc.

Political parties
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Homework: Invent your own political party. Come up with a name, [...]

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Launch: In groups of three, read and annotate this article. Please use different colored pens. After each person has annotated, switch papers and respond to their annotations. Do this twice, until everyone has read and responded to each others work.

After the launch, read this article by yourself and answer these questions.

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Launch: Why is some immigration illegal? Why is it necessary to regulate increases in immigration? Post you response as a comment to this post.

Citizenship
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Citizenship Test: Word Document

Extra Credit Opportunity: Read this article on immigration. Annotate and summarize. Write 3-5 discussion questions and your answers. Due Friday.

Tags: citizenship, immigration, naturalization

Today I would like you to get into your groups and begin researching the following topics:

Meaning & Purpose of each right in the Bill of Rights
Establishment Clause
Limits on Free Speech
Examples of Cruel and Unusual Punishment
3-5 additional topics of your choice

Be sure to save (bookmark) all your sources. You will need to link back to them [...]

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