11/21/14

Today's Agenda
-Take out outline
-Presentations 1st hour:9.3-9.5
                        2nd hour: 9.2 (finish)-9.5

11/20/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Take out outline
-Presentations on 9.1-9.3

11/19/14

Today's Agenda
-Sub day
-Finish preparation
-Quiz

11/18/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Get into your assigned groups
-Prepare for presentation

11/17/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Read page 241 and compose a one sentence summary
-Go over DBA Gallery walk
-Go over this week's project
-Finish campaign poster
-HW: Complete your assigned reading section.

11/14/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Sit in a station. 
-Bush vs. Gore DBQ analysis-Gallery Walk activity
-HW: NONE! Catch up on reading. Chapter 6 & 7. Hint hint!

11/13/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Support or Refute the following statement: Party dealinment will occur in the future. State yes or no and why
-Finish Campaign Posters
-PPT: How parties spend and raise $ and are Political Parties dying?
-HW: 204-208 + outline

11/12/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What are the four realigning elections?
-PPT: American Parties today
-Begin campaign poster activity
HW: 196-204 + Outline

11/10/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Why are multiparties almost always found in parliamentary systems?
-PPT: Brief history of American Parties
-Finish Reciprocal Reading
HW: Read 191-196 & Outline & Finish Reciprocal reading comprehension questions
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Multiparty systems are almost always found in countries that have a parliamentary government

11/7/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What are the five party functions?
-PPT: Finish what parties do for democracy
-Begin reciprocal reading strategy on court case
-HW: 186-191 + outline (if you didn't read it last night)

11/6/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Slide 108
-PPT: Parties do for democracy
-HW: 186-191 + outline
McCain-Feingold summary (re-read-important for background knowledge)

11/5/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Slide 107
-Share out election reports
-Finish interest group project-Present
-HW: Read page 185 (intro next chapter) & Campaign Finance Reform 2002

11/4/14

ELECTION DAY!!!!

Today's Agenda
-BR: Besides Pac's how can politician's receive additional funds for their campaign 
-Collect Predictions
-Assign Roles to watch
-Begin Interest group mini research project
-HW: Watch your assigned race, bring a text to class on the results of your race. Why did he or she win? Why the other candidate lost? What's the significant about this outcome?

11/3/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Why makes PAC's so influential?
-PPT: Mobilizing votes and influence
-Activity: Predict the competitive midterm elections
http://www.270towin.com/
-HW: finish activity