Our Goals
1) Students will learn how Representational Democracy operates in America.
2) Students will understand how a Two Party System developed in America.
3) Students will know the differences between redistricting and gerrymandering.
4) Students will be able to recognize the relative political strength of a voter depending on their political landscape.
2) Students will understand how a Two Party System developed in America.
3) Students will know the differences between redistricting and gerrymandering.
4) Students will be able to recognize the relative political strength of a voter depending on their political landscape.
Our Objectives
1. Establish an understanding of America's political beginnings with the Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
2. Analyze the affects of Third Party candidates in elections and examine the Election of 1860.
3. Explore the shifts in Democrat and Republican political alignment under the Kennedy and Reagan Presidencies.
4. Investigate why, despite their being various opinions, America has always had only two major political parties.
5. Evaluate the benefits, drawbacks, and flaws in drafting spatial redistricting and the practice of Gerrymandering.
2. Analyze the affects of Third Party candidates in elections and examine the Election of 1860.
3. Explore the shifts in Democrat and Republican political alignment under the Kennedy and Reagan Presidencies.
4. Investigate why, despite their being various opinions, America has always had only two major political parties.
5. Evaluate the benefits, drawbacks, and flaws in drafting spatial redistricting and the practice of Gerrymandering.