1. Agenda- 3/8 Grab chromebooks, textbooks, and worksheets!
Last government current events!
Crash Course Government Worksheet- Interest Groups (LS)
Unit 3 Lecture 6- Interest Groups (RS)
Interest Groups Worksheet (LS)
HW: Unit 3 Test and notebooks next Friday

2. Crash Course Government Interest Groups

3. Unit 3 Lecture 6 Interest Groups
-What is an interest group?
-What purposes do interest groups serve?
-What is a lobbyist?

4. What is an interest group?
A collection of people who share certain views on public matters and work to shape public policy to their benefit
Public policy is all of the goals that a government pursues in the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved

5. What purposes does an interest group serve?
1. Stimulates interest in public affairs 2. Represents their members based on shared interests 3. Provides information to government 4. Provides money/votes to candidates 5. Shapes public opinion through propaganda

6. What are the different types of interest groups?
Labor groups
Agricultural groups
Professional Associations
Issue-oriented groups
Religious Organizations
Public Interest Groups

7. What is a lobbyist?
Lobbying The process by which organized interest groups attempt to affect the decisions and actions of public officials Lobbyist (Sydney Allen Wade) Those people who try to persuade public officials to do those things that interest groups want them to do Can lobby any branch of government