1. What is a political party? An organized group with shared goals and ideals that joins together to run candidates for office and exercise political and electoral power. Translation, please?

2. Your Task: MAKE YOUR OWN POLITICAL PARTY Only 2 to 3 people per party Decide on a “platform”: three positions on issues that form your core beliefs Make a party name Make a party symbol YOU HAVE NO MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES TO DO THIS

3. Your Task: JOIN WITH ANOTHER POLITICAL PARTY Now this will be a group of 4 to 6 people Decide on a “platform”: three positions on issues that form your core beliefs Make a party name Make a party symbol YOU HAVE NO MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES TO DO THIS

4. Your Task: DO IT AGAIN! Join with another political party – your group will have 8 to 12 people. Decide on a “platform”: three positions on issues that form your core beliefs Make a party name Make a party symbol YOU HAVE NO MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES TO DO THIS

5. Why do you think we did this activity? What was hard? What was easy? What do you think I want you to realize about large political parties?