Assigned Items and To Do List- Political Behavior-Unit #D
Unit #D-Public Opinion and Political Parties-Section #1
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:
- Provide critical analysis of the rights and obligations of citizens in the political system established under the Constitution.
- Determine the political processes for the resolution of conflicts through cooperation under the constitutions of both State and the Nation.
- Exercise the right to communicate with their governmental representatives on the Federal, State and Local levels.
Make sure that you check the Syllabus for Due Dates, Post Dates, and Available Unit dates.
What is important:
Item 2.1 in every Module are the Learning Objectives and Chapter Summary of the unit. Students may also want to review the Discussion Questions and Quick-Write assignments prior to starting the unit.
The course readings are central to understanding the depth and breadth of the unit.
The videos have been curated by topic for additional instruction and comprehension. Students are not required to watch them, but they will offer more in depth instruction and understanding of the concepts.
The Student Action Items will incorporate the Instructional Materials and Videos as prompts to Discussions and Quick Writes.
Read the following:
- 1.1 Online Text Reading-Chapter 6- The Politics of Public Opinion
- 1.2 Online Text Reading-Chapter 9- Political Parties
Review the following Instructional Materials:
- 2.1 Political Socialization and Political Parties-Learning Objectives and Chapter Summaries
- 2.2 Political Parties, Socialization, and Polling - Lecture Outline
- 2.3 Graphic History of Political Parties
- 2.4 Re-alignment Elections
- 2.5 Political Polling
- 2.5 Political Polling
- 2.6 Presidential Delegate Selection and Nomination-Party History
- Watch the following Videos:
- 3.1 Assigned Videos- Public Opinion and Polling
- 3.2 Assigned Videos- Modern Day Democrats and Republicans
- 3.3 Assigned Videos- Political Parties
Complete the following Student Action Items- These are the point based assignments.
- 4.1 Discussion-Polling
- 4.2 Discussion-History of the Democrats and Republicans
- 4.3 QuickWrite- Re-Alignment Elections
- 4.4 Teaching Quiz-Political Parties