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Unit Overview:
This unit describes how a person can become politically active in his or her society. The first few lessons describe the history of discrimination and attitudes in society. After this, the lessons explain the role media plays in forming public opinion and how people who wish to influence public opinion use propaganda to influence voters. The unit essay is about how a person can become politically active.
Unit Essay: The Citizen and His Government
The Citizen and His Government The subject of this unit of instruction was citizen activism: how can you as a citizen play a role in your government and cause your voice to be heard. In this essay, you will be writing about the process of becoming politically active. Using the Internet, encyclopedias, and/or books for research, write a five paragraph essay of no less than 600 words on at least three different ways that you, as a young citizen, can become active in politics that would help promote causes that you believe in. Helpful links:US Government Unit 5 Essay ClassIdahovotes.govIdahoLegislature.govIdaho Civic OrganizationsIdaho Political OrganizationsAs you write this essay, consider three ways to become politically active and to promote causes that you believe in. Possible suggestions:
Register to vote and learning about issues. How does one do this? What issues do you most want to follow?
Learning who represents you at the local, state, and national level? If you want to influence your representatives you must first know who they are.
Civic Organizations that promote your agenda: What organizations interest you? How can you become involved?
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Government A Unit 5 Essay Class
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Key Terms:
For this project you must define the terms listed below and explain each term's significance to the unit/era being studied. Your definition should be 2-3 sentences long and may be copied and pasted from a source like Wikipedia, but the significance of the term must be in your own words and based on your own understanding. To fill out a term's significance, ask yourself, "Why is this item included in my study of this unit? Why is this term in a history book?" The answer to this question is your term's significance.
Unit 5 Key Terms:
Bill of Rights
Due Process
Civil liberties
civic duties
Emancipation Proclamation
factions
propaganda
public opinion
mass media
pressure group
public relations
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
glittering generalities (propaganda)
agenda setting
pluralism
bandwagon (propaganda)
card stacking (propaganda)
Below is an example of a key term done with the proper format:
William the Conqueror: William I (c. 1028[2] – 9 September 1087), also known as William the Conqueror (Guillaume le Conquérant), was the first Norman King of England from Christmas 1066 until his death. He was also Duke of Normandy from 3 July 1035 until his death, under the name William II. Before his conquest of England, he was known as William the Bastard because of the illegitimacy of his birth.To press his claim to the English crown, William invaded England in 1066, leading an army of Normans, Bretons, Flemings, and Frenchmen (from Paris andÎle-de-France) to victory over the English forces of King Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, and suppressed subsequent English revolts in what has become known as the Norman Conquest.[3] (I copied and pasted this definition from Wikipedia)
Significance: William the Conqueror is significant because his conquest of England created the first nation state in Europe. His rearrangement of English feudal territories to give himself dramatically more power than the the barons and nobles around him caused him to be the most powerful monarch in Europe and eventually led to the rise of other nation states over the next few centuries. (These are my words based on my knowledge of English and European history.)
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