Day 1: Who is running?
Today, you will be starting your campaign. After receiving your candidate's biography, you will be determining their core values and main campaign goals. You will also come up with a campaign slogan for Americans to connect with.
Step 1: Who is your candidate?
You will receive a random biography. This will be your candidate. Learn about that person's background -- their schooling, former jobs, how they were raised. All these things will help connect your candidate to people that want to vote for them. Discuss with your group pros and cons about your candidate. What will Americans like/not like about them? You will want to try to show the good things about them, and avoid negatives (even though your opponents will try to exploit them).
Task 1: Submit a pros and cons list about your candidate with at least 3 points for each side. Submit this on Google Classroom.
Step 2: Party Time!
Every candidate in the US has values, or a belief system. This leads them to choose a political party that best matches their values. Our voting system mainly identifies you by your political party affiliation. In many situations, only 1 person per party can run for that office. For presidential elections, we have primaries that elect the candidate for the 2 major parties: Democrat and Republican. However, most US states recognize about 5 political parties on ballots, and they may occasionally win smaller elections (adding Libertarian, Green, and Constitution parties). There are many others that rarely win or even have candidates running (Socialist Workers, Reform, US Pirate, etc.).
You will be choosing a political party for your candidate that best matches their political views and values. To learn about each of the 5 main political parties, please click the links below.
Task 2: Submit a document that states your candidate's party affiliation and why. Submit this on Google Classroom.