Textbook: Candidates and Issues

HW: Read 172; Candidates and Issues.
Explain the importance of party identification, impressions, and issues in how people vote.
Answer. 1-6

Essay on Rep and Dem Websites; contrast essay due Monday.

DUE MONDAY: Write a comparative essay; compare and contrast the Republican and Democratic Websites. Use your T charts as a reference; revisit the party websites.
Analyze each website.
THESIS: ex. The differences between the democrats and republicans are few/many…
ex. The parties serve as ‘watchdogs’ and present different ideas to those of the party in power. ex . It is/not important that the Republicans criticize Barak Obama; it is important that our country question all ideas and present different ideas.

1. Introduction and Thesis
2-3 Compare and contrast the political parties. Each parties positions on the issues.
4. Contrast the most important differences. Include Key people
5. Conclusion; Include your opinion on which positions and people you support and why---based on information on this website.

WHO VOTES FOR WHOM??? and WHY?

HW: Make a chart of key factors influencing voting 168-173
–FACTOR KEY Information #1, 2…3
Income
Education
Gender
Age
Race
Religion
Geography
Party Identification
Candidates, and Issues
GOOGLE TOP TEN POLITICIANS, etc. Choose 2 to discuss with your table.

FYI Assignments due last Friday and Monday FYI

HW: Friday Read p. 130-131; Summarize the successes of each party (1968-2004) , then Write the next paragraph for the Election of 2008
Weekend; p. 158 read and answer 1-4 Why people don’t vote!!

Monday Night Football or Homework???

VOTERS
HW: 164-166 Answer the questions under tables on 165, 166, 167. Use the text to Explain why people don’t vote; explain the reasons; who votes; who doesn’t; cite 3 statistics from tables

Compare and Contrast Republican and Democratic Beliefs: Go to Republican Party and Democratic Party Websites

Complete CLASSWORK: Compare 5 different beliefs or Agenda/issues. List side by side.

Democrats
1.What we stand for
2 .Agenda
Health care
National security
Immigration
Civil rights

Republicans
1.What we believe, stand for
2 .Issues
3. People


HW: Read p. 130-131; Summarize the successes of each party (1968-2004) , then Write the next paragraph for the Election of 2008

donkey and elephant information, in case you didn't finish

The Donkey— Presidential candidate Andrew Jackson was the first Democrat ever to be associated with the donkey symbol. His opponents during the election of 1828 tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist beliefs and slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson was entertained by the notion and ended up using it to his advantage on his campaign posters.
But cartoonist Thomas Nast is credited with making the donkey the recognized symbol of the Democratic Party. It first appeared in a cartoon in Harper's Weekly in 1870, and was supposed to represent an anti-Civil War faction. But the public was immediately taken by it and by 1880 it had already become the unofficial symbol of the party.
The Elephant— Political cartoonist Thomas Nast was also responsible for the Republican Party elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled "The Republican Vote." That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party.

VOTING HABITS IN AMERICA; cw and hw

Voters, voting habits, apathy…
Read the chart, cartoon or table. Answer Question underneath.
P. 154, 155
156, 157
HW: 158 1-4

Getting Familiar with Political Parties: Elephants and Donkeys!

HW: Read p. 116-118 Define terms. Answer q. 1-6
Read p. 119-122 Explain 2 party system
Answer Voices; evaluate the quotation; 121 question on political cartoon

HW and Quiz Friday on p. 68 chart;

See pp. 64-70 in your own words explain: constitution, separation of powers, checks and balances, veto, judicial review, unconstitutional, federal, rule of law
P. 68 answer question under chart

lPRACTICE: Draw checks and balances diagram without looking!!!
I WILL TEST YOU ON THIS DIAGRAM!!! FRIDAY. Draw and insert all text.

p. 70/1 Answer 2, 3, 5,

QUIZ TOPICS answer 8 your choice

1.Prostitution
2.Iraq war
3.Abortion
4.Animal Rights
5.Welfare
6.Cloning
7.Capital Punishment/Death Penalty
8.Health care
9.Legalization of Marijuana
10.Medical Marijuana
11.Climate Change
12.Milk
13.Lowering the Drinking Age
14.Birth Control
15.Drug Advertising on TV