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\nFunding a Way to the Top\n

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\nReview economic vocabulary, presidential election campaigns, and current campaign budgets (2004). Your class will determine how they feel about the amount of money spent on presidential campaigns, they will read an informational article,...\n
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\nReading Comprehension Volume 5, Number 11 : Campaign Finance Reform\n

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\nIn this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a text about campaign finance reform. Students fill in the missing words with choices from a word bank.\n
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\nSocial Studies: Campaign Finance Reform\n

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\nStudents develop arguments for and against campaign finance reform, examine federal and state laws that attempt to limit contributions to political candidates, evaluate various plans for campaign finance reform and formulate their own...\n
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\n\"Cartoons\n\n
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\nCartoons for the Classroom: Money and Politics, A History Lesson\n

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\nIn this current events learning exercise, learners analyze a political cartoon about campaign finance in America and respond to 3 talking point questions.\n
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\nCampaign Finance Reform and Public Opinion\n

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\nStudents discuss the issue of finance reform in political campaigns. Using the internet, they identify the positives and negatives of finance reform and research the problems associated with campaign fund-raising. They share their...\n
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\nLegislators and Representation - Issue Complexity and Compromise\n

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\nStudents research the web sites of state or federal executive departments, and prepare summaries of the department's functions, locations, and programs. They debate the role of interest groups in government.\n
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\nCitizens United vs. FEC\n

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\nViewers investigate the case of Citizens United vs. FEC and how some donations changed the game of advertising during a campaign. They examine just how much money some spend in politics to support a candidate during the election...\n
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\nA Guide to Political Donations\n

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\nVoters determine the outcome of elections, but campaign donors can influence the attitudes of those voters. Explore nine examples of donors and the amounts of money they want to contribute, and the legal ways the groups can or cannot...\n
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\nIs Congress for Sale?\n

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\nStudents research web sites to measure the level of influence campaign donations and Political Action Committees have on their representatives and senators. They discover opportunities for private citizens to lobby elected officials and...\n
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\nShow Me the Money!\n

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\nLearners investigate the importance of campaign finances in elections in the United States by gathering information from various Web sites about campaign finances of different Presidential hopefuls.\n
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\nWorkshop 4: Constitutional Convention\n

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\nHow do new amendments become part of the US Constitution? AP government students explore, analyze, and use the US Constitution to develop a deep understanding of the interworkings of law and government while practicing synthesis and...\n
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\nWho the People? Representative Democracy in North Carolina and Congress\n

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\nOur elected officials are supposed to represent us, but what does it mean when they aren't like us? Budding citizens explore the demographic makeup of the US Congress, the role of money in political elections, and the Citizens United...\n
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\nThe Ad Campaign\n

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\nStudents explore how political candidates use mass media to deliver their messages to voters. Focusing on specific issues in the upcoming election, students create television commercials representing different parties' views.\n
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\nVoting\n

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\nStudents investigate voter participation in the U.S. They watch and discuss a Bill Moyers video, complete a handout, and develop a plan to help a community overcome obstacles to voter participation.\n
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\nPolitical Science: Political Analysis Through Satire\n

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\nStudents identify, analyze and explain examples of politcal satire. They discuss the role of political satire in the democratic process and create and present examples of political satire.\n
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\nA Fallen Giant\n

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\nStudents investigate the economic concepts related to the fall of Enron in order to begin unraveling this complex scandal. They do research in small groups to identify such things as the Securities Exchange Commission.\n
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\nDemocratic Village Elections in China: Comparing Governments of China and the United States\n

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\nStudents explore democratic practices in China. In this global studies instructional activity, students compare and contrast democratic values of the Chinese government with the American government. Students read provided articles...\n
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\nThe Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858\n

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\nEleventh graders examine transcripts of the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates and create a platform for each candidate in the 1858 Senate race.\n
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\nEvaluation of Election Process\n

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\nStudents examine the procedures to elect the President of the United States. In groups, they create their own political cartoon presenting a consensus of their point of views on the process. They identify the strengths and weaknesses...\n
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\nLincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858\n

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\nStudents examine the transcripts of the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates and create a platform for each candidate in the 1858 Senate race. They utilize the candidates' arguments to explore the historical and political impact.\n
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\nBrookings Institution: Campaign Finance\n

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\nThe Brookings Institution provides a directory of articles that examine the subject of campaign finance reform and how it relates to Congress, the FEC, and the Courts.\n
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\nFec: The Fec and the Federal Campaign Finance Law\n

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\nSharp critique of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and its role in enforcing campaign finance rules in the United States. Provides good information on the structure of the FEC, its members, its relationship with other branches of...\n
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\n3 Pt: Campaign Finance Laws\n

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\nExcellent outline of major campaign finance rules in the United States. Brief commentary on their impact provided as well. From a League of Women Voters' pamphlet of 1992.\n
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\nSquare Pegs and Round Holes: Applying Campaign Finance Law to Internet\n

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\nExtensive discussion of campaign finance laws as they relate to the internet. Focus on the election of 2000.\n
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