Students will learn about political cartoons and how today’s version — memes — are being used across social media.
Voting and Elections
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Lesson Plan: How Black Women Fought Racism and Sexism for the Right to Vote
Students will learn how Black women have often been at the forefront of activism and advocacy relating to ballot access, voter suppression, and the right to vote.
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Lesson Plan: Political Debates: What the Unforgettable Moments Reveal
Students will learn how televised political debates have impacted modern politics, with an emphasis on the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debate, and their importance to campaigns and elections today.
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Lesson Plan: The Role of States in Elections
Students will learn about the contested 2000 election, analyze the long-term implication of the Bush v. Gore case and investigate what constitutes a free and fair election in the United States.
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Lesson Plan: Poll Watchers and the Long History of Voter Intimidation
Students will examine primary and secondary sources related to voter intimidation to determine how integrity of elections can be ensured.
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Lesson Plan: Gerrymandering
Students will learn about gerrymandering and analyze how it impacts our elections.
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Lesson Plan: Reapportionment & Redistricting
Students will learn the causes and effects of gerrymandering, and how court decisions authorizing race-based gerrymandering have reshaped American politics and created complex legacies.
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Lesson Plan: Citizens United v. F.E.C. and Modern Campaigning
Students will learn how the Watergate break-in changed the way political campaigns were funded, and what that means for today.
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Lesson Plan: Issues and Actions
Two years into President Bill Clinton’s first term, public opposition mounted against his liberal policy efforts on healthcare, gun laws and gay people serving in the military. This conservative movement, fueled by talk radio, was harnessed by Newt Gingrich, architect of the Contract with America, a blueprint to shrink government and reign in spending. Gingrich assembled a slate of conservative Republicans who swept to victory in the 1994 elections, ending the four-decades-long Democratic majority in the House.
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Lesson Plan: Candidates and Campaigns
Students will learn how the midterm elections, often a referendum on the sitting president’s agenda, can set the stage for future policy debates.
