Election+2008

Election 2008    Prior to research:  Days 1 & 2: Research Issues (computer lab) Two equal number teams assigned: Camp Obama  and Camp McCain . Teams delegate the following assignments to individual team members:  Why your candidate will win (five strengths)-detailed bullet list or paragraph 3. Candidate Weaknesses Why your candidate won’t win (five weaknesses)-detailed bullet list or paragraph <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">4. Political Platform <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">-for each of the <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">8 issues <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">listed below, you will need to gather and type up: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"> ·  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">5 current __statistics__ on the issue (e.g. how many illegal immigrants are estimated now living in the US when researching Immigration Issue) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"> ·  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Your candidate’s position/opinion on the issue (focus on what solutions or laws/legislation your candidate supports) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"> ·  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Your personal position/opinion on the issue including your own ideas on how you would deal with the issue <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"> ·  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Indicate whether your opposing candidate agrees or disagrees (or a little of both) with your candidate on this issue <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">NOTE <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'">: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">in the above issue you __must__ include <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Three different legitimate web resources with full bibliographic information on the web sites used so anyone can locate the information <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Three direct quotes from your candidate talking about the issue <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Assign 3-4 team members per issue and they can then delegate the required work for each issue <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">8 Issues: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">War on Terrorism at home and abroad <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Immigration <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Stem Cell Research <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Education <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Environmental issues, including global warming, land preservation, pollution, etc. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">National Debt/The Federal Budget <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Health Care-private vs. socialized <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Alternative energy sources to oil dependence
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Participate in the class discussion about plagiarism
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Candidate Biography <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">(include home state, family information, educational background, religious affiliation, political party affiliation, and two small photographs of the candidate)
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Candidate Strengths

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Abstracts <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">: in addition to your research assignment, you need to read all assigned articles and write an abstract; included bibliographical info, for each article. You will turn these in with your name on it at the end of Day 2. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'">NOTE**:** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Staple & turn in all work from steps 1-4 with individual names on individual work completed. Also staple together your abstracts, put your name on it, and turn that in a separate pile. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'">Day Three: Preparation of Political Presentations (computer lab) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Delegate your team into the following categories: REPORTER, JAY LENO, CANDIDATE, CAMPAIGN MANAGER, and DEVIL’S ADVOCATE; and then note the following tasks that need to be done: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'">Day Four: ELECTION DAY! Presentations, campaigning, debates, and voting <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'">Grade: 875 points <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Article abstracts-50 points <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Team Research: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">NOTE <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">: Points will be deducted for not adequately citing all your research sources! You can put all the sources on one page, or list them after each issue <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Team Prep/Presentation-250 points <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Individual Voting Ballot-25 points <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'">Additional Resources <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Current Issues materials and web sites <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">theissues.com <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">crooksandliars.com (liberal blog) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">thedailyshow.com (with Jon Stewart) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">politicalcartoons.com <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">youtube.com <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">google.com/images <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">REPORTERS-prepare a PowerPoint (12-15 slides) based on the biography and issues information already researched by your team. Keep the text simple and succinct; use graphics to enhance your presentation; remember Powerpoints should be about 80% graphics and 20% readable text!
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">JAY LENOS-prepare a satire PowerPoint presentation with a minimum of one political cartoon, one video clip, and one text excerpt from a magazine or news article that mocks or disagrees with your candidate. Additional satire may receive bonus points. Use good judgment when selecting your materials. Offensive or tasteless presentations will receive no credit.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">CANDIDATES-prepare a campaign speech (3-4 minutes of amazingly persuasive rhetoric with a written copy to turn in). Choose your most articulate person to give this speech on Day Four at his/her “campaign headquarters.”
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">CAMPAIGN MANAGERS-prepare campaign blitz, including setting up in the classroom on Day 4 some kind of “booth” or “shrine” with the following minimum: one large poster or banner including an original campaign slogan, enough small flyers to distribute to class members and treats. Extra campaigning efforts will result in extra credit, naturally.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">DEVIL’S ADVOCATES-prepare a negative counterattack against the opposing team. Include skits, “commercials,” banners or posters, flyers. Focus on why the opposing candidate is NOT the best choice for the American people-dish the dirt! Use good judgment when selecting your materials. Offensive or tasteless presentations will receive no credit.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Impact','sans-serif'">NOTE <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">: by the end of Day Three, all Powerpoint files need to be emailed to me or given to me on a flash drive to transfer to my computer in the classroom.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Campaign Hoopla-first REPORTER PowerPoint presentations will be shown; then class walks around to each campaign headquarters and listens/takes notes on the campaign speeches by each candidate. Flyers and treats will be distributed at this time followed by a showing of JAY LENO PowerPoint presentations.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Question & Answer Press Conference-candidates will answer questions from the class on election-related issues
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Everyone votes for one candidate on his/her ballot
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Teams turn in the following in this order with all team names on the top document:
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Campaign speech
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Individual notes on speeches
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Ballots
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Biography-50 points
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Eight issues-50 points each=400 points total
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Why candidate will win (strengths)-50 points
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Why candidate will not win (weaknesses)-50 points
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">REPORTERS POWERPOINT-50 points
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">JAY LENOS POWERPOINT-50 points
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">CANDIDATES-50 points
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">CAMPAIGN MANAGERS-50 points
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">DEVIL’S ADVOCATES-50 points