Main Objective
Students will define 3rd parties and identify the obstacles and effects of 3rd parties in an election.
Additional Objectives
- evaluate the role of voting behavior in planning a successful campaign for elected office.
Third Parties & Political Behaviors
90
Minute Curriculum
Activities
– Introduction: Register to vote- PPT: “Day 9- 3rd Parties and Voting Behavior” (slides 2-5)
– Direct Instruction: PPT: “Day 9- 3rd Parties and Voting Behavior” (slides 6-10)
– Data Analysis: “Third Parties Throughout History”
-Direct Instruction: PPT: “Day 9- 3rd Parties and Voting Behavior” (slides 11-20)
– Read & Discuss: “How Elections Reduce Americans to Stereotypes” by Dante Chinni PPT: “Day 9- 3rd Parties and Voting Behavior” (slides 21-22)
Materials
-Introduction:
- PPT: Day 9- 3rd Parties and Voting Behavior.pptx
- Computer/tablet/phone with internet access
– Direct Instruction: 3rd Parties
- PPT: Day 9- 3rd Parties and Voting Behavior.pptx
- 3rd Parties & Voting Behavior Interactive Notes.docx
- Third Parties Throughout History.docx
-Direct Instruction: Voting Behavior
- PPT: Day 9- 3rd Parties and Voting Behavior.pptx
- 3rd Parties & Voting Behavior Interactive Notes.docx
- Web link for video on slide 20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eermkiaFoWc
- How Elections Reduce Americans to Stereotypes.docx
– HW: Campaign Strategy-Targeting Voters
- Campaign Strategy-Targeting Voters.docx
- Computer/tablet/phone with internet access
60
Minute Curriculum
Activities
– Direct Instruction: PPT: “Day 9- 3rd Parties and Voting Behavior” (slides 6-10)
-Direct Instruction: PPT: “Day 9- 3rd Parties and Voting Behavior” (slides 11-20)
– Read & Discuss: “How Elections Reduce Americans to Stereotypes” by Dante Chinni PPT: “Day 9- 3rd Parties and Voting Behavior” (slides 21-22)
Materials
Direct Instruction: 3rd Parties
- PPT: Day 9- 3rd Parties and Voting Behavior.pptx
- 3rd Parties & Voting Behavior Interactive Notes.docx
-Direct Instruction: Voting Behavior
- PPT: Day 9- 3rd Parties and Voting Behavior.pptx
- 3rd Parties & Voting Behavior Interactive Notes.docx
- Web link for video on slide 20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eermkiaFoWc
- How Elections Reduce Americans to Stereotypes.docx
– HW: Campaign Strategy-Targeting Voters
- Campaign Strategy-Targeting Voters.docx
- Computer/tablet/phone with internet access
30
Minute Curriculum
Activities
– Direct Instruction: PPT: “Day 9- 3rd Parties and Voting Behavior” (slides 6-10)
-Direct Instruction: PPT: “Day 9- 3rd Parties and Voting Behavior” (slides 11-20)
Materials
– Direct Instruction: 3rd Parties
- PPT: Day 9- 3rd Parties and Voting Behavior.pptx
- 3rd Parties & Voting Behavior Interactive Notes.docx
-Direct Instruction: Voting Behavior
- PPT: Day 9- 3rd Parties and Voting Behavior.pptx
- 3rd Parties & Voting Behavior Interactive Notes.docx
- Web link for video on slide 20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eermkiaFoWc
– HW: Campaign Strategy-Targeting Voters
- Campaign Strategy-Targeting Voters.docx
- Computer/tablet/phone with internet access
Standards
- Iowa Core: SS.9-12.PSCL.1
- Understand the rights and responsibilities of each citizen and demonstrate the values of lifelong civic action.
- Iowa Core: SS.9-12.PSCL.5
- Understand strategies for effective political action that impact local, state, and national governance.
- Iowa Core: WHST.11-12.7
- Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
- Iowa Core: RH.11-12.7
- Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
- Iowa Core: RH.11-12.2
- Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.
