Day 2

1.  Open Dr. Evil in Ch 7 handouts.
2.  Finish your e-cigarette research.
3.  Present your arguments to the FDA on Day 3
SHOULD WE TREAT E-CIGARETTES THE SAME AS CIGARETTES IN TERMS OF AGE RESTRICTIONS, MARKETING, HEALTH WARNING LABELS?

Day 1

1.  Read the E-Cigarette Tweet I posted on Twitter.
2.  Review lobby project and practice with the Great Potato Debate
3.  Get into groups and complete potato packet
4.  Begin E-cigarette research
5.  We will present on Day3
HW=7.3 Reading

FDA (Food and Drug Administration=Federal Agency)
Should the FDA treat e-cigarettes the same way they treat cigarettes in terms of age restrictions, advertisement restrictions and manufacturing and distribution?

ADVOCATE GROUPS
1.  CASSA
2.  Victoray Electronic Cigarettes Corps
3.  Blueblog
4.  SFATA (Smoke Free Alternatives Trade Association)

OPPONENT GROUPS
1.  Department of Human Health Services
2.  Center for Disease Control
3.  Tobacco Free Kids
4.  American Lung Cancer Society

Lobbyists must pull together a presentation full of facts, stats, stories, quotes, images, etc to convince the FDA to see c-cigarettes from your point of view.

Day 1

1.  Review for ideology/parties test.
2.  Test
3.  Begin Interest Groups (read 7.1 and 7.2 Interest Groups)
 

Day 2

1.  Pass in newspaper article.
2. If you haven't yet voted please do so now.
3.  Complete political party spectrum analysis
4.  Begin Journeys With George
Highlights the media coverage of George Bush on his quest to win the primaries in 2004 against Senator John McCain

Alexandra Pelosi-Emmy Winning American Journalist/Documentary Filmmaker

. Daughter of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and current House Minority Leader

Governor/President George Bush running for 2004 Presidency 

Karl Rove/Political Analyst

Richard Wolffe-American-British journalist

 
HW=Review for Parties and Ideology Test on Day 1

Day 1

1.  Get desks in horseshoe with 6 desks in the front facing the back wall.
2.  Review today's class.
3. HW=journalists finish and print out newspaper article!
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp

Cast your vote!

Day 2

Work day!

Have you finished your research?  Send me a copy of your work.  Title it with your party name and period 4 or 7.

Advertisement people-have you looked at the rubric?

Create a blueprint of your ad and have me approve it before you begin filming.

By the end of the day you should have taken some footage.

Candidates-have you looked at the rubric?  

By the end of the day you should have an outline of talking points for your responses.  

Categories are:

Nationalized healthcare

Immigration

Same sex marriage

Gun control

**remeber that you are speaking to young people so strategize your responses with that in mind!

What do young people want from their government?

What issue do you think is most important to them?

How are you going to make them listen to you?  

How will you build your bridges? 

Day 1

1. Explain the campaign project (COMPLETE THIS FORM).  We will present this on Day 1 of next week.  You will have the week to work on this at school so bring all necessary materials.
2.  Review campaign timeline (get handout from Ch 8).
3.  Review samples political advertisements (get handout from Ch 8).
4.  Get into parties and begin research.  One person create a google doc and fill the information in on your party.

PARTIES
Libertarian Party
Green Party
Democratic Party
Republican Party
American Independent Party
Tea Party
WHAT TO RESEARCH
1.  Origin-how did this party begin?
2.  Basic political ideology or major tenets
3.  Stance on gun control, immigration, nationalized healthcare system, same sex marriage
4.  Party Leaders
5.  What was the party's impact on 2012 Presidential Election