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Citizenship Mr. Ducklow Politics and Public Policy Strand
Citizenship Mr. Ducklow Politics and Public Policy Strand
2. Essential Question: Why cant we all just agree on political issues? 3. Core Concepts: Political Ideology: What are our beliefs about politics? Political Socialization: Where do we get our ideas about politics? Traditional Political Spectrum and the Political Compass o The economic political spectrum o The social/moral political spectrum o Radical/Liberal/Moderate/Conservative/Reactionary o Authoritarian/Populist/Libertarian Foreign policy approaches: isolationist, internationalist/economic-free trader/proglobalization, interventionist, unilateralist, multilateralist, diplomacy Defense Approaches/Spending: Hawk vs. Dove Political ideologies: liberal, conservative, moderate, libertarian, authoritarian Political Parties: Reasons for? Functions of? o Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Greenscore beliefs and party platforms Two-party systemreasons for it; evaluation: time to abandon it? Third Parties in American Politicsrole, types, functions
4: Learning activities (subject to change) Political Philosophy Tests Issues Match Activity Liberal v. Conservative Sorting Cards Game TED Video: Psychology: Liberal and Conservative Brain Political Party Project Articles: Why Most Americans are Liberal and Conservative; Third Party Rising
Videos: 2012 National Committee Speeches; 60 Minutes Interviews with Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. Web resource: Student News Daily: Liberal vs. Conservative Foreign Policy Frayer & Case Study Class notes/lecture/discussion
5: Unit Summatives On Demand Summative (in-class)50 points Personal Political Philosophy Paper (take-home)50 points