Learning Target: Students will know the basic core beliefs of the two major American political parties. Students will be able to make informed decisions about major American political issues.
Circle: Would you rather give up your freedoms, but be totally safe? Or lose your safety, but be totally free?
World Issues Project: Students will have 20 minutes to work on their World Issues Projects.
Conservative vs Liberal: You will take 5-7 minutes to write down in your groups everything you know about conservatives and liberals. These could be stereotypes, these could be core beliefs, and these could be which way they tend to swing on issues. We will then be making a list up on the board.
Here is a great infographic that shows some basic differences.
https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/left-vs-right-us/
Video: We will be watching this short crash course video to learn some general ideas that liberals and conservatives tend to have. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_k_k-bHigM
Quiz: You will be taking this quiz to see how liberal or how conservative you are right now. At the end of the unit, you will be taking this quiz again to see if you have changed at all.
https://brainfall.com/quizzes/how-conservative-liberal-are-you/
Classroom Reflection: In Google Classroom you are going to reflect on why you think you believe what you believe. Do your parents tell you what to think? Do you do a lot of research into issues and make opinions for yourself? Where did your opinions on these matters come from?
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