Learning Target: I can form my own opinion about who might be Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate in 2020?
Warm Up: Directions: After looking at today's political cartoon students should ask themselves, why might Nikki Haley be measuring the curtains in today's political cartoon? Hint: Think about whose office she is in.
Political Cartoon: Nikki Drapes
Opening: Directions: The students will watch the video of our opening meeting.
The links show in the video of opening meeting are included below. Students may look at them if they wish. However, students are not required to do anything with these links.
Video: Opening Meeting
Report: Adding Trump's Name To Checks Will Delay Them. IRS Says They're On Schedule - NPR
Governors respond to Trump's calls to "liberate" states from virus restrictions - Axios
Work Session: Directions: The students will 1) watch video with questions, "President Trump probably won’t replace Pence with Haley" and then 2) write a discussion post about who you think Donald Trump should and will have as a vice presidential running mate in 2020. After you have written your discussion post and thought through all of the reasoning 3) submit your answer to the survey question.
Enrichment and Remediation: Directions: The article below is a written version of the video. Feel free to use it or not as you wish. The first auto playing video on that page is another video by Chris Cillizza called, "President and Nikki Haley's complicated relationship." You may want to watch it for additional background information about Nikki Haley.
Article: No, Donald Trump is (probably) not dumping Mike Pence for Nikki Haley - CNN
2) Discussion Post: Trump's Running Mate
3) Survey: Trump's Running Mate
Standard(s): MA6.CN.1 Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
a. Identify and build media arts skills that support a variety of career options, higher order thinking, problem-solving, creativity, cultural experiences, and historical events in a global learning context.
MA6.CN.2 Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
a. Identify and describe trends in the media arts and communicate how the issues of time, place, and culture are reflected to increase innovation and quality of work (e.g. bridging cultural differences, interdisciplinary study, differing perspectives).
Early Finishers: