1. WARM UP LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION
Unit 4: American Politics Lesson 6: Role of Citizens & Grassroots Politics
WARM UP
Take the test I handed you as you walked in.
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES!
LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How do individuals and community groups influence politics?
Essential vocabulary:
Civil Rights Act
Referendum
Voting Rights Act
Ballot intiative
Recall election
Suffrage
Lobbyists
Constituent
Grassroots organization
Canvassing
Public hearing

2. Unit 4: American Politics Lesson 6: Role of Citizens & Grassroots Politics
Class Website:
UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
Lesson One:
Performance Task Deadlines: October 30
Lesson Two:
Lesson Three:
Performance Task Deadlines: Nov. 9
Lesson Four:
Performance Task: Nov 6
Lesson Five:
Performance Task: Nov 9
BENCHMARK / MIDTERM: Friday, Nov 6
UNIT 4 TEST: THURSDAY, November 12
Lesson 3 Performance Task (OR DO PROJECT):
Select a candidate that is running for President in Write a guide for them describing what they will need to do to secure the nomination of their party and win the presidency. Your guide should apply at least 10 of the vocabulary terms from this Unit (and preferably from this lesson). OPTIONS INCLUDE:
Write a draft campaign plan
Write a newspaper article after the candidate wins that looks back on their path to the Presidency
Write a letter from the Candidate to their parent or spouse explaining what they’ll be doing while they’re away from home for the next year and a half.

3. WHAT WAS THAT? Louisiana Literacy Test Suffrage – the right to vote
Used to keep blacks from voting
Suffrage – the right to vote
15th amendment – gave male freed slaves the right to vote after the Civil War
19th Amendment – gave women the right to vote (1920)
Grandfather Clause -- you have to take the test to vote…UNLESS your grandfather was eligible to vote.
In the 1880s, the only grandfathers that were eligible to vote were WHITE

4. Vocabulary
1964 Civil Rights Act – ended segregation and required equal treatment of all races in all situations. Signed by President Johnson
1965 Voting Right Act – ended poll tests and poll taxes; required states with history of racism to let the Federal government control local elections

5. Discussion What is power? What gives people power?
POWER – the ability to do what you want even when others are trying to stop you
What groups have power in society today?
What groups lack power today?

6. Black Lives Matter Movement
How has the Black Lives Matter movement organized and put pressure on public officials?
Social media
Street protests
Confronting Presidential candidates
University of Missouri student organizing:

7. How people influence government
Community organizing
Petitions
Voting
Letters to the editor
Calling / write to electeds
Protests
Civil disobedience
Etc.

8. Citizen Engagement
How can you get elected officials to do what you want them to do?
Public comment – you can sign up to speak before city council, county commission, or school board meetings
Public hearings – governments (local and state) hold public hearings on bills before they vote on them. This gives everyone a chance to sign up to testify for or against the bill

9. Let the People be Heard
REFERENDUM – citizens vote directly for/against a law
Bypasses the legislature and governor
A rare example of DIRECT DEMOCRACY
North Carolina DOES NOT ALLOW ballot initiatives

10. More Civic Engagement Vocabulary…
Civil disobedience – intentionally and publically breaking a law that you believe is wrong in order to make a point about justice & injustice in society
Strikes – workers leave the job and refuse to work in protest of bad wages, poor working conditions, poor benefits, etc.
North Carolina Wal-Mart Strike:

11. What issues would you take action on?
Racial profiling?
Police brutality
Poverty
Public Education
Immigrant rights
Gay rights
Environmental protection
To stop a war
Drug policy reform

12. COMPLETE REVIEW PACKET!!!! ANSWER ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS FOR EACH LESSON:
WORK & REVIEW TIME:
Haven’t done your Project?
Just do the Lesson 3 Performance Task:
Select a candidate that is running for President in Write a guide for them describing what they will need to do to secure the nomination of their party and win the presidency.
Your guide should apply at least 10 of the vocabulary terms from this Unit (and preferably from this lesson).
FORMAT OPTIONS INCLUDE:
Write a draft campaign plan
Write a newspaper article after the candidate wins that looks back on their path to the Presidency
Write a letter from the Candidate to their parent or spouse explaining what they’ll be doing while they’re away from home for the next year and a half.
THEN: play “Win the White House” on
Complete review packet
EXAM TOMORROW:
COMPLETE REVIEW PACKET!!!!
ANSWER ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS FOR EACH LESSON:
Lesson One:
What are the ideological and policy differences between the major political parties?
Lesson Two:
What is the difference between partisan and non-partisan elections?
How are citizens represented in local and state government?
Lesson Three:
How do political parties select candidates?
How do candidates run campaigns and influence voters?
Lesson Four:
How are election campaigns financed?
How do politicians balance their obligation to voters with the demands of special interests?
Lesson Five:
How do candidates use propaganda to influence voters?
Lesson Six:
How do individuals influence Politics

14. Quick Quizzes: Lessons 4.3 & 4.4
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WHEN DONE: IS YOUR PERFORMANCE TASK DONE?
EXAM TOMORROW: ANSWER THE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS FOR EACH LESSON:
Lesson One:
What are the ideological and policy differences between the major political parties?
Lesson Two:
What is the difference between partisan and non-partisan elections?
How are citizens represented in local and state government?
Lesson Three:
How do political parties select candidates?
How do candidates run campaigns and influence voters?
How do politicians balance their obligation to voters with the demands of special interests?
Lesson Four:
How do individuals influence Politics