1. Warm Up – March 5 1. What is a political party?
Answer the following questions on a post it:
1. What is a political party?
2. What is one advantage and one disadvantage of a two party system?
3. What are third parties? What role do third parties play in a major election? What is a strategy third parties can use in order to actually win elections?
4. What is gerrymandering?
5. What is the electoral college?

2. Unit 3: Political parties and elections
Review

3. Voting
You are only voting on parties you are not in competition with – List the candidate name and then vote on the following:
1. Quality of each group’s pamphlet and explanation of their campaign platform – 10 pts.
2. Quality of the group’s poster – effort and if you think the poster would help draw people in to vote for their candidate – 10 pts.
3. Quality of the group’s speech – is it persuasive? Do you think the group did a good job explaining their candidate’s positions on the major issues? – 10 pts.
4. Quality of the group’s campaign ad/commercial – is the video persuasive? Does it explain the candidate’s stance on the major issues? – 10 pts.
TOTAL Points out of 40 – highest total for each party receives your vote

4. TOD – March 5
Answer the following questions on the same post it as the warm up:
What is the purpose of a primary election?
What is the difference between a primary and a caucus?
Describe the three types of primary elections
What are the six different propaganda techniques used in campaign ads?
What are the four ways of advertising a candidate?