The Presidential Race 2016
Vote on Tuesday, November 8, 2016
http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/Campaign-2016.aspx#CandidatesMedia
Ballotpedia https://ballotpedia.org/Portal:Presidential_Elections
Ballotpedia https://ballotpedia.org/Portal:Presidential_Elections
Class dates: January 6 - March 18, 2016
1:20 - 2:30 pm - MWF Introduction Week 1: January 6, 8 Week 2: January 11, 13, 15 Week 3: January 20, 22 Week 4: January 25, 27, 29 Week 5: February 1, 3, 5 Week 6: February 8, 10 Week 7: February 17, 19 Week 8: February 22, 24, 26 Week 9: February 29, March 2, 4 Week 10: March 7, 9, 11 Week 11: March 14, 16, 18 Find your US Representative http://whoismyrepresentative.com/ Find your Colorado state representative and senator http://openstates.org/co/ |
IMPORTANT DATES
Phases of the Campaign http://graphics.wsj.com/elections/2016/calendar/ Colorado Caucuses
October 13, 2015 November 14, 2015 December 19, 2015 January 17, 2016 February 11, 2016 March 9, 2016 |
Republican Debates
August 6, 2015 September 16, 2015 October 28, 2015 November 10, 2015 December 15, 2015 January 14, 2016 January 28, 2016 February 6, 2016 February 13, 2016 February 26, 2016 March 10, 2016 Primary Election Dates Iowa - February 1 New Hampshire - February 9 Super Tuesday - March 1 General Election Debates September 26, 2016 October 4, 2016 (VP) October 9, 2016 October 19, 2016 |
Week 1: January 7, 81. Course Description and Expectations https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nlVsNaUNxA-q6gczprkdBLF1tdUKYr_6Sm0pYCWExYM/edit?usp=sharing 2. Pre-Test https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pIi8TQ2jzffo6v-dgsFoDnFHVermZRM4MQC4Ix4YQew/edit?usp=sharing 3. Website Create a website using weebly.com. Title it "(Your name's)LongViewPortfolio" and then create a separate page on the website entitled "Presidential Race 2016". PUBLISH your site. 4. Register to Vote and print up your confirmation or turn in a completed form.
5. Political Typology Quiz from Pew Research http://www.people-press.org/quiz/political-typology/ Take the quiz (answer 23 questions), - print your results, then on your website write a paragraph or two that explores how well you think the results match what you know about yourself. Do some additional research if you're not sure what any of it means. (check your spelling, grammar, and punctuation). 6. What Factors Shape Political Attitudes? http://www.ushistory.org/gov/4b.asp Read the article and then, on your website, write about how the following factors might influence your political attitudes: family, gender, religion, race and ethnicity, and region. (Check your spelling, grammar, and punctuation). 7. Find Your Candidate Match - How do your beliefs align with the potential candidates? http://www.isidewith.com/ Answer all of the questions (make sure to rate how important each topic is to you. Print your results. On your website write 2 paragraphs about the candidate who aligns most closely with your beliefs. What do you think of this quiz's results? Week 3: January 20, 22Republican Debate January 14 Viewing
In Congress? http://whoismyrepresentative.com/ In Colorado? http://openstates.org/co/ In your town? http://www.lwvjeffco.org/ElectedOfficials.html On the school board? http://www.jeffcopublicschools.org/board/ |
Week 2: January 11, 13, 15President Obama's 2016 State of the Union speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJGZ9rYtcfE The Debates The candidates have built their campaign staffs and fundraising networks. Now it’s time to meet the voters. Candidates focus their personal appearances on the states that vote earliest—Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina—and try to build national followings through the party-sanctioned televised debates. We'll watch highlights of these debates and discuss in class.
Week 4: January 25, 27, 29 How Much Power Does the President Really Have?
What Qualities Should We Look for in a President?
Preparing for Field Trip to the Colorado State Headquarters of Republican Party 1/28/16 -
Republican Debate January 28 Viewing and Discussion
The Issues the Matter to You- What do you believe? What do the candidates say they believe about these issues? |
Conventions to Nominate the Candidates 2016
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), announced that Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will host the Convention during the week of July 25, 2016.
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]The Republican National Committee (RNC) will hold the 2016 convention on July 18-21, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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