Warm-upNotebook Preparedness Reminders

• Have your notebook open to the next clean LEFT HAND page after the end of your “Voting in Virginia” notes.

• Did you get your summary from last class stamped? If not, this is the time to get it from the teacher.

• Title your next RIGHT HAND page “History of Political Parties” and date it

• You should be working on your Checkpoint a little every day.

• It is due on Monday• Do you want to do a

Citizenship test re-take? If so, your contract and Checkpoint are due Monday(honors- you also have to do test corrections)

• Ask me questions if you do not understand any of this!

Warm-up Activity

•As you watch the following video, write down at least 4 new things you learned about voting (on your left hand page)

… on the same page

Read the following quote and explain in your own words what it means.

“Inside the polling booth every American man and woman stands as the equal of every other American man and woman. There they have no superiors. There they have no masters save their own mind and conscience”

-Franklin Delano Roosevelt

History of Political Partiesin the United States

Brainstorm: What are political parties?

Political Parties

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SO… what is a Political Party ?

It is NOT a real party!!

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It is a group of citizens that share common ideas about the way the government should carry out or do its work

Gilbert Stuart’s painting of George Washington

DAILY OBJECTIVES

1. What is a “political party”

2. How did the two-party system developed in the United States?

3. What political party do you belong to?

Academic Pairs Reading ActivityWith your 6:00 partner…

Read pages 84-87 in the“We the People” bookand answer thefollowing questionsin your notebook

(set this up as Cornellnotes)

Reading Questions“History of Political Parties”

1. What is a “political party”? 2. Why were the Framers against political

parties?3. Who were the 2 advisors of Washington

that had disagreements that led to developing political parties? Name the first 2 political parties.

4. Draw a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the 2 parties’ beliefs and ideas.

5. What was Washington’s warning?

Honors Pairs Reading ActivityWith your 6:00 partner…

Read pages 143-146 in the“Government Alive” bookand answer thefollowing questionsin your notebook (Cornell notes)

Reading Questions“History of Political Parties”

1. What gave rise to the first U.S political parties?

2. Why is the U.S. called a “two-party system”?

3. Who founded the first 2 parties and give the party names?

4. Compare and contrast the Federalist and the Democrat- Republicans.

5. What do the terms “red state” and “blue state” mean?

6. Identify a traditional Democrat. Republican.

7. Create a chart comparing the Democrats and Republicans in the 21st century.

CE.5a The Constitution does not mention political parties but…

Different political parties or groups were first formed in the early 1790s…

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Watch this short videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oXpgZ9SSuU

Two rival groups formed during Washington’s administration led by Hamilton and Jefferson. They disagreed on how the government should run

Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson

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Alexander Hamilton believed in : - individual rights- strong national government- president should have more power- a national bank-foreign relations with Great Britain Federalis

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Thomas Jefferson wanted: - individual rights- limit the power of the national government- more power to the states- no national bank- foreign relations with France

Republican

Political Party Symbols

•Read the article called “The Parties’ Symbols.

•In your notebook, list the following question in your left hand column and answer it in the right hand column.

•How did the parties get their symbols?

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Which political party should you join?You need to understand what your political ideology (beliefs) are..

I believethat….

Take the Political Issues Survey…

Watch a summary of the political parties

Click herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lt-f3QQ7-A

Conclusion

1. Look at how you scored on the survey.

2. Read over issues on the party platform you are most likely to support.

How do you feel about your results of the survey ? Where you surprised? Do you agree or disagree?

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Liberals

•Favor more government assistance

•Higher taxes to support social programs

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Conservatives

•Favor assistance to businesses over individuals

•Strong military

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Moderates

•Tend to “Middle of the road”

•Some beliefs are liberal and some beliefs are conservative