ENDURING UNDERSTANDING
Political parties provide citizens with an organized way to influence government policy and enact the will of the people.
Each political party disagrees on what a government's role and size should be. The battle between these two ideas forms the basis of modern politics and elections.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How does an individual influence public policy?
What purpose and function do political parties serve in the United States?
After KWL discussion involving key terms:
conservative, liberal, moderate, ideology, political parties, political spectrum, begin group reading:
p. 590 -
while reading, students fill out cluster web of "Roles of Political Parties" -
POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES - WORKSHEET AND POWERPOINT
Political parties provide citizens with an organized way to influence government policy and enact the will of the people.
Each political party disagrees on what a government's role and size should be. The battle between these two ideas forms the basis of modern politics and elections.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How does an individual influence public policy?
What purpose and function do political parties serve in the United States?
After KWL discussion involving key terms:
conservative, liberal, moderate, ideology, political parties, political spectrum, begin group reading:
p. 590 -
while reading, students fill out cluster web of "Roles of Political Parties" -
POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES - WORKSHEET AND POWERPOINT
ideologies_survey.ppt |
6.15_ideology_wkst.doc |