Lesson Plan: Citizens United v. F.E.C. and Modern Campaigning
Grades 7-12
What, if anything, should be done about the prevalence of money in politics and its impact on campaign advertising? The number and types of campaign advertisements draw frequent criticism during campaign season, but candidates and their campaigns usually choose to allocate more than half of their campaign expenditures to various forms of advertising. With the increase of dollars flowing into politics over the last decade, the quantity of political advertising has skyrocketed. Students will explore the potential effects of the increase in campaign ads and compare advertising by campaign committees with that from Super PACs.
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