The document provides an agenda for a class on nominating and electing leaders. It includes a DO NOW activity asking students if they were surprised by anything they learned about Obama or Romney from a documentary, and why. The agenda then lists notes on the electoral process, a worksheet, and articles to read. It states the objectives are for students to understand the electoral process and explain the electoral college and role of electors.
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Assignment #1: Researching Congress Article I of the U.S. Constitution outlines the powers of Congress. The Founding Fathers saw Congress as the most important branch of government, and this is evident in the fact that the Constitution grants Congress the most powerful function of government – to make laws. Members of the House of Representatives are up for reelection every two years. The Founding Fathers developed this as a mechanism to ensure that this branch of government was accountable to the people and to prevent abuses to power (at the time it was the only part of the federal government that was directly elected, and the Founding Fathers had a bit of a trust issue with the public). Today, Congress has a whole has fallen out of public favor. The latest polling numbers put the Congressional job approval rating at around 12%. One would think that with approval ratings that low we would have constant turnover in the House of Representatives, when actually the opposite happens. In the 2014 election the incumbents were reelected in the House of Representatives at a rate of 95% (in 2010 it was 85%, in 2012 it was 90%, 95% in 2014, and 97% (!!) in 2016). Name recognition with voters is one of the big reasons why House members are reelected over and over again. For this assignment I want you to do your research so you know who your member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Note: Students each term accidently discuss their Florida Representative – be sure you are looking at your representative in Washington DC. Instructions: For this assignment please answer ALL the questions below. The format for this assignment will be a little different. You do not want to write this one as an essay. You will want to go and answer each part. (For example: 1. ANSWER 2. ANSWER). You are required to write in full sentences/paragraphs. You will not earn credit for bullet points or lists. The answers to these questions should be in your textbook or in the links I provide below. Have fun with your detective work. Each section is with a possible 26 points – so be sure you fully complete each section. 1. Background on the Congress a. How many members of in the U.S. House of Representatives? Senate? b. Currently, what party is in control of the House of Representatives? Senate? c. How often are members of the House elected? How often are members of the Senate elected? d. How do we determine how many Representatives we have? How do we determine how many Senators we have? e. Who determines House districts? f. How many House districts are in Florida? How many are members of the Florida U.S. House delegation are Democrats? Republicans? g. Who are the U.S. Senators representing Florida? What party affiliation are Florida’s U.S. Senators? How long have they been in office? 2. Background on your Representative a. Who is your Representative in the U.S. House of Repre ...
1. Do Now
Where you surprised by something you learned about
either Obama or Romney from the PBS documentary
The Choice 2012? If so, what was it? Why were you
surprised?
(Use your notes to refresh your memory)
2. Agenda
1. DO NOW
2. Nominating and Electing Leaders Notes
3. Worksheet 10.4
4. Upfront Magazine- Electoral College 101 and According to the Latest
Poll…
5. Notebook Test
UNIT 3 TEST WEDNESDAY!!!
NOTEBOOK CHECKS BEGIN FRIDAY 10/19 YOU SHOULD HAVE A
1INCH BINDER AND 4 DIVIDERS!!
3. Competencies/ Objectives
Competency: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the
electoral process.
SWBAT list the steps of the electoral process.
SWBAT explain the electoral college and the role electors
play in choosing the president.
5. The Electoral College
Representative Democracy
Popular vote- vote of the
citizens of a country
Presidents are not elected by
popular vote
your vote is for people called
electors
6. Voters Elect Electors
elector- one of the people
chosen from each state and
the District of Columbia who
formally select the president
and vice president.
Electoral college-group of
all the electors
538 electors in electoral
college
7. Voters Elect Electors
Continued
Each state has a number of electors equal to the total #
of senators and representatives it has in Congress.
District of Columbia has 3 electoral votes
100+ 435+3= 538
Electoral votes- votes cast by electors for president and
vice president
8. Electors Elect the President
Adding up the electoral votes of each state won by each candidate predicts
who will win presidential election.
Electors meet a few weeks after election day to officially cast ballots.
The candidate who receives 270 or more electoral votes wins
If no one wins majority the House of Reps chooses from among the 3
leading candidates
If no candidate receives a majority of votes for VP the Senate chooses that
official.
Congress had to choose president in 1800 and 1824 and VP in 1836
9. The Nomination Process
National nominating convention- delegates go to their
party’s convention to nominate candidates for president
and vice president.
Conventions are televised and used to win support.
Platform- a written statement outline a political party’s
views on issues and describing the programs it proposes.
Plank-political party’s specific proposal for legislation or
a statement of a short-term goal regarding a single issue.
Planks are the components of a party platform.
10. Presidential and Vice
Presidential Candidates
Candidates are officially chosen at national nominating
conventions.
To win nomination candidate must win a majority of the
convention delegates’ votes.
Delegates nominate candidates for VP
VP candidates are chosen for ability to win votes
Nominee for president has strongest say in VP candidate