Current Events:
Objective:
Warm-up:
Classwork - Vocabulary Quiz:
- Put your phone in the charging slots in the your area of the room. Phones should NOT be retrieved until every quiz until the end of the period.
- We are starting on the Blue Side of the Scantron. Write your Name and Period in the space provided and indicate if you have Quiz A or B in the Subject space. Flip to the Green Side for the AP Sample questions.
- You CAN write on the Quiz.
- When you are finished place the Quiz and Scantron in the appropriate bins on the counter.
Classwork - Election Subcommittee:
- Access the reading, then respond to the Discussion Questions as you read. Once you have completed the reading and discussion questions, work with your group to analyze voting policies.
- Each group represents a subcommittee of the state legislature. Your subcommittee should discuss the policies outlined and decide whether to support, oppose, or change each policy. Defend your decision with arguments based on information from the article.
Homework:
- Read American Politics Today pages 288-299
- Define/Contextualize through electoral votes