Washington Jesuit Academy Social Studies7 Middle School > Grade 7 > Social Studies > Social Studies7 > Week 1 Week 12 Special Unit: Presidential Election Nesbitt, Dave Essential Questions Enduring Understandings How do we choose candidates and elect a president? How does the electoral college work? What platform does each party/candidate have? What role does money play in our elections? What role should it play? What role do advertisements play in our elections? How do you evaluate a political ad? How do opinion poles effect the election? What qualities should we look for in a president? Content Students should understand: how our presidential elections work. the major beliefs of each political party. how advertisements shape public opinion. what the major issues of the election are. Skills The steps of the election: Primary/Caucus, convention, general election, electoral college, inauguration. The platform of each party. The history of and current political ads. Bloom's Taxonomy Bloom's Wheel Create a political poster persuading a viewer to support your candidate and their positions. Research your candidate and their position on major issues. Debate your candidate's view on a major issue with your classmates. Evaluate political ads for accuracy and bias. Graph and evaluate poling data. Create a political advertisement demonstrating a persuasive argument Assessments Campaign Poster Performance: Authentic Task Presidential Debate Oral: Debate Presidential Advertisement Project: Visual Arts Students will use ipads and imovie to create short political ads representing their candidates view on an issue. Students will attempt to use persuasive arguments to convince the audience to support their candidate. Learning Activities Watch Presidential Debates Participate in a debate Watch historical and current political ads Create a poster for your candidate Chart poling data Predict the Electoral College results Follow the news and polls daily Schoolwide election using advisories to model the electoral college Modiļ¬cations Resources Atlas Version 8.2 © Rubicon International 2016. All rights reserved
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