Civics          1st sem. '08-09
NOTEBOOK Assignments

  
  1. Your major intelligence(s)   (Aug. 28)
  2. The 4 theories of how government originated  (Lab, 9/3/08)
  3. The 3 major types of government  (Lab, 9/3/08)
  4. Locke and Hobbes and the Social Contract. (Notes from Mr. Pahl 9-4-08)
  5. The major economic systems: Capitalism, Socialism, Communism and Mixed. (Notes from Mr. Pahl 9-9-08)
  6. The timeline from the Articles of Confederation to the ratifying of the Constitution
  7. Definitions of 5 categories of ALIENS: Resident alien, non-resident alien, enemy alien, illegal alien and refugee.
  8. Newspaper or internet story-based (or your textbook) WHAT I DID AS A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN.  Part 8A. "The Plan". What can you do in relationship to this story, or something related to it?  Write out your plan.   Part 8B. Actually pull it off.  Do it.  Write about what you actually did.  For Extra Credit, video it, youtube.com it, etc.
  9. Outline pages 492-496 in the book.  This section tells you about influences on voters.  Study this for the Friday test.
  10. Tell Mr. Pahl whether you are more liberal or conservative, based on the online tests.  Write out and explain what the tests said you were and what you think about that.
     
  11. Write out all the answers to the learning TARGET questions for the Elections unit.
  • Purpose.  Why are elections necessary?
  • Types.
    • What is a general election? 
    • What is a primary election? 
    • What is a special election?
  • Two Party System.
    • How does a 2 party system influence our elections?
    • What role does a 3rd party play in an election?
    • What are nominating conventions held by each party?
  • Campaigning
    • How do interest groups effect elections?
    • Describe recent campaign finance reform and why it is necessary
    • What place do polls play in elections?
    • How do the media effect elections? What role does media play?

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