1. The electoral college: Halloween edition
Week Three

2. Question of the day
First name, last name, group number Please write ONE thing that surprised you about the electoral system in the United States from the reading and ONE difference between the Moroccan voting system and American voting system.

4. Issue Overview: How the U.S. Elects its Presidents
Caucus:
A meeting of the local members of a political party to select delegates to the national party convention. A caucus is a substitute for a primary election.
Delegate:
A person authorized to represent others as an elected representative to a political party conference.
Elector:
A member of the electoral college.

5. Issue Overview: How the U.S. Elects it’s Presidents
Electoral College:
The voters of each state, and the District of Columbia, vote for electors to be the authorized constitutional members in a presidential election.
Natural Born Citizen:
Someone born with U.S. citizenship includes any child born "in" the United States, the children of United States citizens born abroad, and those born abroad of one citizen parent.
Primary:
An election where voters select candidates for an upcoming general election. Winning candidates will have delegates sent to the national party convention as their party’s U.S. presidential nominee.

6. The Electoral College
Issue Overview: How the U.S. Elects it’s Presidents

7. The Electoral College

8. Bipartisan System – “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
Eric Lyday Right vs. Left. Dailyinfographic.com
Democrat
Republican

9. Electoral College - Halloween Edition

10. Video A – This is Halloween

11. Video B – It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

12. Paper Assignment
You will choose one short story from the following list:
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut
How it Feels to Be Colored Me by Zora Neale Hurston
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
Mericans by Sandra Cisneros
Then, you will choose one topic from the following list to focus on in your analysis of the story:
Physical Setting (Where it is set)
Historical Context (What’s going on in the U.S. at the time)
Author Background

13. Why You Need a Bibliography
Cite your sources!!!
Give credit to the original idea
Know where your information came from
Make sure it is reliable

14. Reliable Sources

15. Reliable Sources

16. Information to Cite For websites: Author’s name Date published
Title of article
Title of Website or Online Source
Website url

17. Put it Together
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved from
Giroux, G. (Oct 10, 2016). How the U.S. Elects its Presidents. Web. Bloomberg Quick Take. Retrieved from elects-its-presidents

18. Homework Read the paper assignment Choose a story and topic
Bibliography due next class
Bibliography must include the ONE story you choose and 5- 7 additional sources
** At the top of your bibliography you hand in next week, please put your story and topic choice at the top of the page with your name.

19. Video A – This is Halloween

20. Video B – It’s the Great Pumpkin