Voters Evaluating Choices

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Why do golfers carry an extra set of pants?

In case they get a hole in one!

Standard 5c

Essential Understandings: Voters evaluate information presented in political campaigns to make reasoned choices among candidates.

Essential Questions: How do citizens make informed choices in elections?

Vocabulary: fact, opinion, media, bias, propaganda,

Candy Questions

Who must ratify

amendments to the Virginia

State Constitution?

How many times has the U.S.

Constitution been

amended?

What part of the U.S.

Constitution states the six

purpose or goals of

government?

Which purpose of

government according to the Preamble is shown in this photo?

Which early document

served as a model for the

Bill of Rights?

Which fundamental principle of government

means that people are the source of

any and all governmental

power?

What does the power of

judicial review mean

that the Supreme Court can

do?

Name one check that the

executive branch has on the legislative

branch.

Who is the head of our national

executive branch, and who is the

head of our state executive branch?

•Executive Executive BranchBranch

What do we call the

powers that are set aside

for state governments?

What are some of the strategies that citizens can use for

evaluating campaign speeches, literature, and advertisements for

accuracy?

Separating fact from opinion.

A fact is something that is known to have happened or something that is known to

be true.

The Constitution replaced the Articles

of Confederation.

George Washington was our first president.

We are in the month of February in the year

2015.

To become a naturalized citizen one must

demonstrate knowledge of American history.

There are 50 states in the U.S.A.

The first ten amendments are called

the Bill of Rights.

An opinion is someone’s best guess, a judgment, or simply

what you think.

Our Constitution is the best plan of government

in the world.

George Washington was a very bad

president.

February is an uncomfortably cold

month.

Naturalized citizens have too many

rights.

We should add Puerto Rico as our

51st state.

The government is not protecting the

Bill of Rights.

Detecting bias – this means to find out and think about the subject in a more objective

manner.

Evaluate sources.

Identifying propaganda (meaning to spread information to promote or hurt a

cause or a group.)

“Mitt Romney is filthy rich and is going to put heavy taxes on the middle class to pay for a very lucrative tax break for

the rich.”

“Barak Obama is a Muslim. If he wins he is going to repeal your freedom of religion, and we will all have to

become followers of Islam.”

These are examples of propaganda!

I love America and freedom!

I give thumbs up to

candidate Ken Kuccinelli for Governor of

Virginia!

I was an educator too, so as a

member of the Virginia House of Delegates, you

can trust me to do good things for

schools!

I’m just a good old

country boy at heart!

9 out of 10

dentists prefer

Colgate!

Put on page 22.

• Divide the left hand side into six squares. In the squares give and example of the following.

• Two facts.

• Two opinions.

• One example of bias.

• One example of propaganda.

• Add color and/or illustrations.

HomeworkHomework: Vocabulary Review Packet : Vocabulary Review Packet (Units 1-4)(Units 1-4)

Due next MondayDue next Monday!!!!!!