https://www.rollcall.com/news/meet-democrats-broke-party-impeachment Three Democrats voted against at least one article, but one might soon be a Republican in this December 18, 2019 story.
https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/political-party/276486 is a Britannica School article that explains how "government policy is made by elected officials who are members of political parties. In the United States most elected officials are members of either the Democratic or Republican party, though occasionally members of smaller parties are also elected...Political parties are the products of representative democracy."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lt-f3QQ7-A is a rap video by Smart Songs that teaches concepts about factions, Federalists, Democratic-Republicans, Republicans, Democrats, and third parties.
https://www.crf-usa.org/election-central/political-parties-platforms.html "Political parties are key players in American politics. But the Constitution does not mention political parties. In fact, many of the founders, including George Washington, distrusted permanent political parties, fearing that they would become too powerful. The first two political factions to appear were the Federalists, who supported ratification of the Constitution, and the Anti-Federalists, who opposed ratification. These factions disappeared once the Constitution was ratified. Yet, early in Washington's first administration as president, two new factions formed: the Federalists, who supported Alexander Hamilton and a group that gathered around Thomas Jefferson, called the Democratic Republicans. They were the first real parties." Constitutional Rights Foundation
https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/political-parties/political-party-qualification "The political parties currently qualified to participate in the elections are, in alphabetical order: the American Independent Party, the Democratic Party, the Green Party, the Libertarian Party, the Peace and Freedom Party, and the Republican Party."
https://www.neh.gov/article/red-map-blue-map Aug 29, 2023 "In the 1970s and ’80s, geographer Ken Martis mapped every congressional district and color-coded them by political party, going all the way back to the first Congress." National Endowment for the Humanities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obq1hP62jUo Sep 21, 2016 Historian David Eisenbach examines America's two party system, from Republicans and Democrats to some of the fringe parties. ABC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMh8RCqJf9U Feb 7, 2013 When the French offered up the Louisiana Territory, Thomas Jefferson knew this real estate deal was too good to pass up. How did the President justify the purchase that doubled the size of the United States? Judy Walton provides President Jefferson's reasoning. View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-audacity-behind-the-louisiana-purchase-judy-walton TED-Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcUDBgYodIE Oct 25, 2012 District lines, and the groups of voters within them, may seem arbitrary, but a lot of thought (and political bickering) is put into these carefully drawn lines. From "packing" a district to "cracking" a district--learn how the shape of districts impacts political parties during election season. Lesson by Christina Greer, animation by Smart Bubble Society. View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/gerrymandering-how-drawing-jagged-lines-can-impact-an-election-christina-greer TED-Ed
Take a blank piece of paper from the bookshelf.
Hold the blank paper in the landscape format and fold it in half. After creating the pamphlet, write Political Parties at the top of the cover sheet.
Open the pamphlet and write the Federalists at the top of one page and Republicans (Democratic-Republicans) at the top of the other.
Silently read pages 171-180 Lesson 20: How did political parties develop? from the We the People book to prepare for the assignment.
After reading Lesson 20, write a bulleted list of facts about the Federalist Party on the Federalists page.
Write a bulleted list of facts about the Republican Party on the Republicans (Democratic-Republican) page.
Place a small heading with your name, date, and period at the bottom of the cover page.
Draw a cartoon or illustration that illustrates the disagreements between the Federalist and Republican parties on the cover page of the pamphlet.
Write a paragraph on the back of the pamphlet that answers this question:
According to what you know or think you know about President Obama or President Trump, if each of these presidents were transported back in time to the period when Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison founded the Federalist and Republican parties, which party would each modern president choose to join? Use current and past events to support your conclusion.
Work hard to complete this assignment in class or it becomes homework. Students will present their completed pamphlet for 30 seconds tomorrow in class.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2019/jan/17/2020-election-candidates-list-democrats-primaries-trump-bernie-sanders-joe-biden-elizabeth-warren-kamala-harris-beto-o-rourke-running 190118 Lauren Gambino and Sam Morris provide brief biographies about the current presidential candidates. Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren have confirmed, and Joe Biden look likely – but they’ll have to see off a historically large field of candidates first.