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=Days 1: Determining Your Place on the Pol. Spectrum= Monday 12/15/2014

Let's use the following to establish an introduction to the Political Spectrum:

Below you will see a picture of the basic American political spectrum. There are several variations to the this spectrum but we want to give you the key concepts to allow you to determine where you fit. Be care not to pigeonhole yourself or others into categories. You can slide along the scale as new ideas and concepts come into your world. Please do not let anyone talk you out of what you believe in.
 * Analyze** the following infographic. Pull out **5** things that you can contrast between the right side and the left side.
 * Note**: This infographic may contain bias so see if you might be able to find that as well

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/22700000/Left-vs-Right-US-Political-Spectrum-us-republican-party-22707903-1415-1022.jpg Infographic File:

Now, based on the information you have just learned, let's begin determining where you fit in on the spectrum.
 * [[file:Determining Your Place on the Political Spectrum reading.docx]]
 * **Comprehension Questions "Determining Your Place on the Political Spectrum"**


 * To end class, write 2-3 sentences stating your political affiliation as you currently understand it. Please explain why you believe you fit in to that particular category. Again, this is subject to change as you evaluate further.**

=Day 2: Liberals and Conservatives in 1800's= Tuesday 12/16/2014 Using yesterday’s article and class work, summarize the core beliefs and values of conservatives or liberals (depending on what your teacher assigns you). Summaries must be at least 3-4 sentences in length.
 * __Journal Entry 18__**
 * Using the textbook, p. 272-276, answer questions on the liberals, conservatives, and radicals in the early 1800's
 * [[file:Liberals and conservatives of teh 1800's Textbook.docx]]

=Days 3-4: Modern Day Libs & Cons= Wednesday-Thursday: 12/17-18/2014 Using Monday and Tuesday’s comprehension questions and readings, create a 25 word summary outlining the differences between conservatives of 2014 vs. conservatives of the 1800s or liberals of 2014 vs. liberals of the 1800s (depending on what your teacher assigns you).
 * __Journal Entry 19__**
 * Controversial Issues - HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT (See HMWK CP or HMWK Honors)**

** Password for below links: information **

 * Gun Control
 * Abortion
 * Assisted Suicide
 * Capital Punishment (death penalty)
 * Affirmative Action
 * Religious Issues
 * Turmoil in the Middle East
 * Immigration
 * Health Care
 * Please feel free to locate an internet article(s) that address controversial topics that you may be interested in, and printout and bring to class.**
 * Political Cartoon**

Political Cartoon Reading Draft Table
-Using one of the four political cartoons, fill out the table found in the above link -Identify and explain the Liberal or Conservative bias that you see in the images.

Using the article that you read for homework last evening, make a claim about your author’s goals or intention concerning your controversial issue. Does your support liberal beliefs or values, or does your author support conservative beliefs and values? Or does your author appear to be moderate by supporting both conservative and liberal values? Use your three examples of political biases to support your claim.
 * __Journal Entry 20__**

Webquest
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 * [[file:Conservative+Liberal+Webquest.docx]]
 * __**@http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/conservative-vs-liberal-beliefs/**__
 * **read over the difference between Conservative vs. Liberal ideologies.**
 * **Write a short explanation of which group you fall into.**
 * __**http://www.people-press.org/typology/quiz/**_
 * **take the quiz to see where you fall politically.**
 * **http://www.people-press.org/2011/05/04/typology-group-profiles/**__
 * **find your group, based on the quiz and in your own words define it.**


 * **http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/conservative-vs-liberal-beliefs/**__
 * **Go through the list of issues displayed on this page.**
 * **Select FIVE, and state which position BEST represents your beliefs and why that is the case.**
 * **If you fall in the middle, you will need to explain which side you are more likely to lean to and why.**

=Days 5-7: Newspaper Publication Project-__Due Monday 1/5/15__= Friday-Tuesday: 12/19-23/2014

Project Task:



Lynch- We will be using //**turnitin.com**// to submit our Newspaper publications. Please review the steps below on how to submit work on //**turnitin.com**//

Submitting Work

 * 1) Click on the assignment that you would like to submit.
 * 2) Click on the blue //**Submit**// button
 * 3) Select //**Single file upload**// from the drop down menu next to the word Submit.
 * 4) Type in the correct “Submission title” ( I will let you know what this is ahead of time).
 * 5) click on the //**choose from Google Drive**//
 * 6) click //**I accept.**//
 * 7) Once you find your document click the //**Upload**// button.
 * 8) On the next screen check to see if you uploaded the correct document and click on the **//confirm//** button