Unit 3: Political Participation - MS. ERINAKES

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Unit Three: Political Participation

Essential Question #1 : How are voting rights protected, and how have voting procedures been altered to respond to challenges?
Essential Question #2 : What are the functions and impacts of political parties, and how have they adapted to change?
Essential Question #3 : How do electoral processes and campaign finance laws affect political participation?
Essential Question #4 : How do citizens, businesses, and other interests influence lawmaking and policy, and how has government regulated their actions?

lesson # 1:
voting

Lesson 1 PowerPoint Slides
Lesson 1 Workbook Pages
Lesson 1 Videos:

Right to vote: History in US (4:30)
U.S. Elections (4:25)
Ranked Choice Voting (4:07)

LESSON # 4:
POLITICAL PARTIES

Lesson 4 PowerPoint Slides
Lesson 4 Workbook Pages
Lesson 4 Videos:

How Republican party delegates are selected (5:29)
How Democratic party delegates are selected (5:35)
Political party primary elections and caucuses (3:48)
Khan Academy: Primaries and causes (8:12)
Do you understand the electoral college? (5:02)
What if the electoral college is tied? (3:36)

Lesson 4 Readings:

How to pick a V.P.

LESSON # 2:
RUNNING FOR CONGRESS

Lesson 2 PowerPoint Slides
Lesson 2 Workbook Pages
Lesson 2 Videos:

First Past the Post (6:30)
The Alternative Vote Explained (4:26)
Gerrymandering (3:05)
Gerrymandering & SCOTUS (3:05)
Gerrymandering & Race (2:30)

LESSON # 5:
INTEREST GROUPS

Lesson 5 PowerPoint Slides
Lesson 5 Workbook Pages
Lesson 5 Videos:

LESSON # 3:
ELECTING A PRESIDENT

Lesson 3 PowerPoint Slides
Lesson 3 Workbook Pages
Lesson 3 Videos:

How Republican party delegates are selected (5:29)
How Democratic party delegates are selected (5:35)
Political party primary elections and caucuses (3:48)
Khan Academy: Primaries and causes (8:12)
Do you understand the electoral college? (5:02)
What if the electoral college is tied? (3:36)
Lesson 4 Readings:
How to pick a V.P.

lesson #6:
THE MEDIA

Lesson 6 PowerPoint Slides
Lesson 6 Workbook Pages
Lesson 6 Videos:

Party Systems (10:47)
Party Identification (10:50)
Party Polarization in Congress (1:24)

Lesson 6 Readings:

What Democrats & Republicans Have Disagreed on From 1865 to Today
History of Political Parties in the U.S.

lesson #7:
MONEY IN POLITICS

Lesson 7 PowerPoint Slides
Lesson 7 Workbook Pages
Lesson 7 Videos:

Federal Election Commission (FEC) 2:29
Buckley v. Valeo (1:33)
Citizens United v. FEC 2010 (3:50)
What You Probably Haven't Heard About Citizens United (4:24)
Impact of Citizen's United : C-SPAN 3:56)
The Amazing Morphing Campaign Money Map (1:46)
Political Campaigns: Crash Course (9:35)

whole unit
materials

UNIT 3 WORKBOOK

Khan Academy: Unit Three

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