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Introduction: Although there is no provision for political parties in the Constitution, they are a major part of national elections. This project is designed to interest students in the current presidential election and the platforms of the various parties.

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Task: Students will become knowledgeable about their government through research and group discussion. Students will work in groups of two teams. Each team will make a power point presentation using the Jeopardy Game format. The questions will address the platform of the major political parties as well as the rights, responsibilities, and choices of each citizen.

Each student will also make a bumper sticker promoting the candidate/party that he or she supports.

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Process: Each group will-

· Research the different party platforms

http://www.democrats.org/about/platform.html

http://www.rnc.org/About/PartyPlatform/Default.aspx

http://www.gp.org/

http://www.carolmoore.net/libertarianparty/convention2004report.html

· Formulate 20 Jeopardy-style questions for their Power Point presentation

· Create individually a bumper sticker for his or her chosen candidate

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Evaluation: A rubric will be used to assess the quality of the student’s work in the group and individually.

Name: ________________________

Teacher:

Date : ___________________

Title of Work: ___________________

Criteria

Points

	1	2	3	4
Created 20 jeopardy questions	Created less than 20 questions, or had more than 10 errors	Created 20 questions, with no more than 10 spelling, grammatical, or content errors	Created 20 questions, with no more than 3 spelling, grammatical, or content errors	20 questions appropriate to subject, no spelling, grammatical, or content errors	____
Created bumper sticker	No creativity shown			Convincing and creative product	____
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				Total---->	____

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Conclusion: Through this assignment students gain a clearer understanding of and appreciation for the various political parties and their platforms.

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Subject Area: U.S. Government 12

Grade Level: 12

Learner Information:

Standards:

Curriculum: Government 12, Standards 12 & 13

Technology: Technology Education, Standard 10

http://tripforteachers.org/

http://alex.state.al.us/

http://www.avl.lib.al.us/

http://www.marcopolo-education.org/

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