September 8

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK!

Learning Targets:

• I understand the political spectrum.
• I know where the major political parties stand on major issues.
• I know where I fall on the political spectrum.

Agenda:

• Journal: Are you conservative or liberal? Why? How do you know?
• Travis Presentation (Alyssa next time)
• http://www.cnn.com/videos/studentnews/2015/09/07/orig-sn-0908.cnn
• Political spectrum lecture
• Where do you fall quiz: http://www.ontheissues.org/Quiz/Quiz2014.asp?quiz=Pres2016
• Political Convention
• Name Game

Homework/Whats due:

• REMEMBER: You should be reading 15 minutes of news out side of class. We will have a write up about this reading every Friday class. Some news sites I recommend:
• The SKIMM: http://www.theskimm.com/?r=8ea83a78 (My favorite, daily email)
• CNN Student News: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
• Any local news source.