2 - Political Parties

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

What is American political culture?
How does the American political system provide for choice and opportunities for participation?
How do citizens, both individually and collectively, influence government policy?

Enduring Understandings

People establish governments to create order, provide security, and accomplish common goals.
Citizens have rights and responsibilities to take action to solve problems in government.

Students will know…

The importance of and difference in American political parties.
How the voting and election processes work in America.
What groups influence American politics
What role the media plays in our political processes.

Students will be skilled at…

[emerging skill] – summarizing information from a text using note taking frames
[emerging skill] – various study & organizational techniques.
comparing and contrasting the main views of the Democratic and Republican parties
evaluating their own political beliefs

Chapters 8 (8.1, 8.2)

Chapters 9 (9.1, 9.2)

Chapters 10 (10.1, 10.2, 10.3)

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