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ISA’s Educate the Vote
- 1. Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:02 PM ISA’S EDUCATE THE VOTE: EMPOWERING THE Deleted: sis Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:05 PM MILLENNIAL GENERATION. Deleted: Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:09 PM Essential Question: In a democracy, why is it imperative for the rising generation of voters Deleted: Who better else to complete this to have a thorough understanding of politics? task but yourselves? Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:10 PM Goal: Research and analyze a political entity that influences the political behavior of U.S. Deleted: among citizens. In order to be an educated voter, one must be aware of the multitude of influences on Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:10 PM the population. Your group will use the information discovered to not only inform the Millennial Deleted: entities generation (18-24 years old) but also motivate them to become a political participant. Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:10 PM Deleted: and e I would maybe just add the “Task” Here: Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:10 PM Deleted: small You have been chosen to educate your peers in the Millennial Generation about the importance Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:10 PM of political participation. Make a presentation catered to your peers that will inform them of Deleted: topic about the intricacies of political behavior. You will present not only to your class, but also the Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:13 PM Junior class. Your hope is to motivate your peers’ to action in the upcoming election, and Deleted: Individual Research ultimately, to become an informed, educated political participant in our society. Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:11 PM Deleted: entities You are this generation. Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:11 PM The Process: Your class will divide itself into 5 topics. Each topic group will be responsible for Deleted: decide amongst researching their topic, analyzing why it is important to political participation, and creating an Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:12 PM Deleted: itself who will be responsible engaging lesson that not only teaches the topic, but motivates your fellow classmates to Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:12 PM participate in our democracy. Deleted: for each sub-topic and the Step One – Compilation and Analysis of Research: Once the class has selected their Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:12 PM subtopics, your small group will then further divide into subtopics. Your task will be to Deleted: individual research this entails investigate the topic to fully inform others of the importance of this topic. To focus your Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:12 PM Deleted: A webquest will be utilized in research, you will complete a webquest that will direct you to multiple sites that will give you a class to assist you in jumpstarting your plethora of information on the your subtopic. Significant findings will be uploaded to your research. The completed webquest and any group’s google site. subsequent research will be posted on your group’s Google Site. You may not copy and paste information onto the site. It must be your own words. Proper APA Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:16 PM Deleted: their citation is required on each page to give proper credit to your sources. Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:16 PM Step Two – Group Analysis: After your group completes its individual research, group Deleted: you will come together to share your information members will share and analyze significant findings to determine the importance of this entity Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:16 PM in terms of political participation. Consider the following guiding questions: Deleted: sis - What have you learned from you research? Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:16 PM Deleted: it - What from this information might be relevant to your generation? Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:17 PM - How could an understanding of this entity lead to an educated political populous? Deleted: what is (The word entity might be slightly confusing here.) Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:17 PM Your group analysis and overarching discoveries will be recorded on your Google Site. Deleted: shared Susanna Pierce 2/20/12 8:18 PM Deleted: must
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