Elections Politics And Presidents
American politics are red, white, and blue
1. Presentation: How do American elections work?
2. Relating geography to politics – Red/Blue States
One Nation, Slightly Divisible by David Brookes, The Atlantic Monthly, December 2001
- Distribute cut outs from “Nation Divided” and generate a list of red/blue characteristics
- Draw conclusions as a whole
- Look at Red/Blue America and Purple America Purple America
3. U.S. presidential elections 2008
- Generate questions for presidential candidates that you would like to ask as an Austrian audience… What would Austrians like to know about the next potential U.S. president?
4. Each group chooses a favorite candidate from the current front runners and reads biographies and presidential issues from the candidates' campaign websites (Obama, Clinton, McCain, Giuliani) and fill out presidential graphic organizers.
5. Hot seat interviews
- Candidates take a seat up in the front
- Accept questions from public and answer them in the character of your candidate
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