Day 3

1.  Complete the following pages in Potato Debate:
     a.  Sierra Club, AARP and AMA
     b.  Vocabulary and matching

2.  10 minute debate prep

3.  USDA Potato Debate

Day 2

4* Union and Campaign Contributions
7* Finish Thank You for Smoking scene #2
1.  Interest Groups Quiz
2.  Dr. Evil
3.  Potato Debate
HW=review notes


"Hard" money vs. "soft money":
--"Hard money" refers to tightly regulated contributions to candidates, while "soft money" refers to unregulated, unlimited contributions to political parties for so-called "party-building" activities. Traditionally, soft money donations have been used for get-out-the vote drives, voter registration efforts and ads that say "Vote for Democrats" or "Vote for Republicans." Potential uses of soft money, however, were limited by Congress with the passage of the 2002 campaign finance law known as McCain-Feingold.

Day 1

1.  Review weekend Tweets
2.  Political Socialization Test
3.  Begin with Unit 4:  Interest Groups

 OPEN THE FOLLOWING AND PUT THEM INTO THE SAME "NOTE"

• You need Interest Groups Viewer's Guide
• You need Interest Groups PDF
• You need Dr. Evil Viewer's Guide

HW=review Interest Groups notes

Day 2

1.  Liberal/Conservative Brainstorm
*stereotypes, issues, colors, names of politicians, states, music, tv, images

2.  Complete either red or blue section of the liberal conservative viewpoints handout under Ch 3

3.  Complete your talking points for HW

Day 3 we will mocktail

Day 1

1.  Decode Parent/Guardian ideology surveys
2.  Finish Inside Guantanamo and complete reflection
3.  Decide with your partner who will complete the red section and the blue section of the ideology chart under chapter 3.  Use this website
HW=get your partner's notes for chart

Day 3

1.  Take out parent political ideology survey and analyze the results
2.  Finish Inside Guantanamo
3.  TICKET TO LEAVE  Answer the following questions in a paragraph:

• Did George Bush act within his Constitutional authority when he opened GTMO using an executive order?
• Do the detainees deserve a trial?  Explain.
• Should GTMO be closed or remain open?  Explain.
• What dilemmas would a President face if he/she decided to close GTMO especially in light of ISIS? 
• As an Ignatian Congressperson would you vote to keep GTMO open or closed?

Day 2

1.  Federalism Test
2.  Finish Hip Hop Presentation (Political Subculture)
3.  What do you know about Guantanamo Bay?
4.  Complete vocabulary portion of Guantanamo Viewer's Guide & begin Guantanamo Analysis
HW=Think about WHERE YOU STAND ON THIS ISSUE