DO-NOW

We will complete the Do-Now and transition activity after WSMS

DO-NOW

Please complete the Do-Now and transition activity

WHAT IS THE TRUTH?Transition question

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Citizenship Project (Community Service)- October 24th

TEST TALKSFOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN GOVT

Opportunity for test corrections Due next Wednesday Earn ½ of the points back Will be REQUIRED if you got less than 80 You can visit me in study hall/ before or after school

NOT AFTER SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAYS

TEST TALK

Limited govt versus Consent of the governed “meaning” versus “example Don’t talk about an image if you aren’t 100%

sure of what it is

GENERAL TEST TRENDS

Declaration of Independence- 1776 LICE

Articles of Confederation- 1781 Weaknesses, first attempt at a nat’l govt

Constitution- 1781 & on Preamble, Articles, Amendments Establishes the structure of our govt “Supreme law of the land” Does not list all of the laws Other PAGE things

GENERAL TEST TRENDS

CORRECTION HINTS

Check Law School packet SR Preamble sheet Take-home points Study guide

HOW DO YOU STUDY?

What do you do to prepare for a test?

REVIEW- THIS WEEK?

Campaign Financing What is “reform”? What are the main sources of funding? What are the effects of rising campaign costs? What limits have been placed on campaign

finances? Political Parties

EVALUATING CAMPAIGN MESSAGESLooking at campaign materials for accuracy

HOW DO CITIZENS MAKE INFORMED CHOICES IN ELECTIONS?Take-Home Point

Transitioning from candidates to voters’ perspectives

TODAY’S AGENDA

Do-now & transition activity Announcements & test chats Review Introduction to today’s lesson

Vocab & steps to analyzing campaign materials 2008 campaign- what did you find out? Looking at 2008 ads

Take-home point

VOCAB CHATS

What is an opinion? What is bias? What does it mean to evaluate something? What is propaganda?

VOCAB CHATS

Opinion-a view or judgment on a matter Bias- a personal and sometimes unreasoned

judgment; prejudice Evaluate- to determine the significance of Propaganda-ideas, facts, or allegations

spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause

STRATEGIES FOR ANALYZING CAMPAIGNS

1) Separating facts from opinions

OPINION OR FACT?

Ms. Mitchem loves pink.

Ms. Mitchem is awesome.

That civics test was really hard.

We took the civics test on Friday of last week.

A new Rihanna song came out last week, and it’s so great, it should be played all of the time on the radio.

STRATEGIES FOR ANALYZING CAMPAIGNS

2) Detecting Bias

BIAS

Perspective #1: Taylor Swift got a call from her boyfriend, Joe Jonas, while she was on tour. During that phone call, Joe broke up with her. Taylor is super mad that Joe broke up with her ON THE PHONE!!

BIAS Perspective #2: Joe Jonas has been

thinking about breaking up with Taylor Swift for a few weeks. She’s a little needy. After a long day in the recording studio, Joe decides he is going to call Taylor and end it. She’s going to be on tour for the next 6 months, and he wants to move on. He doesn’t understand why Taylor gets upset with the phone-call thing. Would e-mail or text have been better?

BIAS

What biases do Taylor and Joe have?

STRATEGIES FOR ANALYZING CAMPAIGNS

3) Evaluating sources

EVALUATING SOURCES

Where would you go to find a report on the popularity of the President of the United States? A statement from a Democratic Senator A NY Times newspaper survey

Where would you go to get info about the Democratic candidate for President? The Republican Party website A neutral website

STRATEGIES FOR ANALYZING CAMPAIGNS

Identifying propaganda

WORLD WAR II PROPAGANDA

2008 CAMPAIGN

What did you find out?

WHAT I FOUND OUT

Obama was the first major-party candidate to reject public funds since that system began in the 1970s

After McCain accepted public funds: McCain spent $84 million Obama spent $315 million

WHERE DOES THAT MONEY GO?

Up to 80% of campaign funds are spent on paid ads.

Posters, websites Staff Transportation

GROUPS OF 4Let’s count off

2008 ADS

“What Kind” (4) “Strong” (2) “Original Mavericks” (3) “Education” (1)

FACTCHECK.ORG

"What Kind" (http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/school_funding_misleads.html)

"Rearview Mirror" (http://factcheck.org/2008/10/reckless-driving/)

"Original Mavericks" (http://factcheck.org/2008/09/original-mavericks-old-bunk/)

“Education” http://factcheck.org/2008/09/off-base-on-sex-ed/

HOW DO CITIZENS MAKE INFORMED CHOICES IN ELECTIONS?Take-Home Point

Transitioning from candidates to voters’ perspectives