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A WebQuest on Electoral College Arithmetic by John Smith Introducti on Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Credits The Electoral College has been a part of American history since U.S. Constitution was established. This process has chosen most of America's Presidents and will continue to do so until Amendments are passed, if any, to change the process. While the Electoral College has played important parts in history, not many people understand the importance of this process and why it was chosen for making the most important decisions for our country: The decision of electing a President!
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A WebQuest on Electoral College Arithmetic. This is aimed at middle school students. The students will get information from websites and use it to solve a simple math problem using the software Excel, thus combining digital learning, social studies, math software, and math knowledge they have learned in school.
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A WebQuest on Electoral College Arithmetic by
John Smith
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The Electoral College has been a part of American history since U.S. Constitution was established. This process has chosen most of America's Presidents and will continue to do so until Amendments are passed, if any, to change the process. While the Electoral College has played important parts in history, not many people understand the importance of this process and why it was chosen for making the most important decisions for our country: The decision of electing a President!
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The purpose of this assignment will be to take a closer look at the Electoral College using Arithmetic. There are many applications of math in the real world. The Electoral College is just one of them.
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Your task is to use basic mathematical assessment to determine your original view on the Electoral College. I expect all of your opinions to be based purely on the math involved and not on your current political views. We will use social studies in order to learn more about math.
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You will have two weeks to complete this assignment. It is best to do this assignment in little segments instead of all at once because it is a lot of work, but if you take your time and follow all of the steps accurately, you should be successful. The due date for this assignment will be given in class. No late assignments will be accepted.
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• Websites you need to use in order to complete this assignment:
• Electoral College Information I • Electoral College Information II • Electoral College Information III • Electoral Chart (Only use the 2001-
2010 column)
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Step 1:
Research the Electoral College. Search through each of the websites. Write a 1-2 paragraph summary of the Electoral College in your own words. This summary must be typed and double spaced.
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Step 2:
Find how many electoral votes are assigned to each state (Be sure to include the District of Columbia) as well as the population of each state. Create a table listing the states in alphabetical order and include the number of electoral votes for each state and their respective population.
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Step 3:
Calculate x for each state, where x is the Number of people in the state divided by the number of electoral votes of the state. Round the decimals.
Determine the range of the values of x.
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Step 4:
Calculate X for the entire U.S. (Population of U.S. divided by the total number of electoral vote.)
Compare the least x and highest x with X.
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Explain how this assignment has helped your understanding of the Electoral college. Has math helped or hindered your opinion?
Your essay must be typed and double-spaced.
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Research completed and basic understanding of Electoral College
Student did not show any understanding of the Electoral College. Information given showed no research was done.
Student showed little understanding of the Electoral College. Information given showed minimal research was done.
Student showed promise in the understanding of the Electoral College. Research was done, but not fully.
Student understood the Electoral College and spent ample time researching Electoral College for this assignment
Completion of all parts Student did not achieve
what was expected and failed to complete most parts.
Student understood what was expected, but failed to complete some parts
Student completed most parts of the assignment, but left a two or more parts out.
Student completed all parts of the assignment
Mathematical Computations
Student did not complete most or any of the math computations.
Student completed most math computations, but most not correctly.
Student completed all math computations with a few errors.
Student completed all math computations with little to no errors.
Essay QuestionStudent did not complete most of the essay questions. Most parts were left out.
Student did not fully complete both essay questions. Major parts were left out.
Student almost completed both essay questions fully. Some parts were left out.
Student completed both essay questions fully.
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This project should have showed you just how important the Electoral College is in American History and how math can be used in analyzing real life processes. I hope by browsing the websites given that you have learned the basis of the Electoral College process.
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Thank you to these websites for giving great information on the Electoral College. All of these websites are a great place to do research on finding out more about the Electoral process.
Websites for Resources:
www.howstuffworks.com
www.archives.gov
www.historycentral.com
www.fec.gov
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Picture Credits:
Electoral College Picture from
www.katu.comMath Analysis Picture from www.pgcps.org
American Flag Picture from www.greatestcities.com
Based on a WebQuest by Alyson Pilawski, Purdue University Calumet
http://questgarden.com/73/58/1/081118131802/credits.htm
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