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Scrapbooking the 2016 Presidential Election

Lesson Author
Henke, Joe
Course(s)
U. S. History
Required Time Frame
• Students will work on this project throughout the election process. Project will be due after the election.
Grade Level(s)
8
9
10
11
12
Lesson Abstract
The Presidential election gives a wonderful opportunity, every four years, to spark student interest in the election process and the candidates involved. The scrapbook project allows the students to work with primary sources and current materials and develop a working knowledge of the electoral process.
Description

The scrap­booking the 2016 national election project allows students to work independently or within a group to document the national election.  The project provides an opportunity for students to gain knowledge of the election process and the candidates that are campaigning for various government positions.

Rationale (why are you doing this?)

The Presidential election gives a wonderful opportunity, every four years, to spark student interest in the election process and the candidates involved.

The scrapbook project allows the students to work with primary sources and current materials and develop a working knowledge of the electoral process.

Lesson Objectives - the student will
  • gain a deeper understanding of the candidates, issues, and the election process.
  • follow and analyze election news coverage.
  • research the election, using a variety of print and online sources.
  • identify the major candidates and issues of the presidential election.
  • create an election scrapbook using a variety of sources.
District, state, or national performance and knowledge standards/goals/skills met

Missouri Standards

  1. Relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions
  2. The use of tools of social science inquiry (such as surveys, statistics, maps, documents) Kansas Standards

Benchmark 3: The student uses a working knowledge and understanding of individuals, groups, ideas, developments, and turning points in the era of the Cold War (1945­1990).

5. (A) analyzes domestic life in the United States during the Cold War era (e.g., McCarthyism, federal aid to education, interstate highway system, space as the New Frontier, Johnson’s Great Society).

Benchmark 5: The student engages in historical thinking skills.

  1. (A) analyzes a theme in United States history to explain patterns of continuity and change over time.
  2. (A) develops historical questions on a specific topic in United States history and analyzes the evidence in primary source documents to speculate on the answers.
  3. (A) uses primary and secondary sources about an event in U.S. history to develop a credible interpretation of the event, evaluating on its meaning (e.g., uses provided primary and secondary sources to interpret a historical­based conclusion).
Secondary materials (book, article, video documentary, etc.) needed

 Students will use various websites to research the current election

 Students will be able to use their Government textbook

Students will be able to use various election books, etc.

Primary sources needed (document, photograph, artifact, diary or letter, audio or visual recording, etc.) needed

Useful Websites:

 

www.politico.com/news/2016­elections

 

www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2016/presidential­election­headquarters

 

www.270towin.com/

 

www.sos.mo.gov/

 

www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/Default.aspx

 

blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/

 

www.cnn.com/specials/politics/2016­election

 

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/?nid=top_nav_politics

 

www.rockthevote.com/

 

www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/

 

www.npr.org/      (click on politics)

Fully describe the activity or assignment in detail. What will both the teacher and the students do?

The 2016 Presidential Election Scrapbook project provides students the opportunity to conduct the research about the election, campaign, and the key players in the 2016 federal and state election.  Students will use the internet, primary sources, and secondary sources to find reliable information.  Students will analyze, summarize and form opinions about information presented. Students will produce a scrapbook covering all the different aspects of the 2016 Federal Election of 2016.

Detailed handout is below

 

For this project you need to design a scrapbook with the following sections:

 

  1. Title Page

 

 

  1. Glossary

 

 

  1. Voter Registration Card:

   Go to www.rockthevote.com and register to vote        (print out for your scrapbook)

 

 

  1. Election terminology  (define the attached terms in your scrapbook)

 

 

  1. Candidates Biography
    1. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
      1. How they stand on the major issues
        1. Education:
        2. Economy:
        3. Abortion:
        4. Immigration:
        5. Isis:
        6. Same­Sex marriage:
        7. Social Security:
        8. Taxes
        9. Energy policy:
        10. Military:

 

 

  1. Campaign memorabilia:

 

 

  1. Vice­President
    1. Biography
    2. Why was this person picked as VP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Take the Presidential Pop­Quiz @

http://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/candidate­match­game/

 

  1. How did you answer each question?
  2. Which candidate agreed with you?

 

 

  1. Political Party Quiz: http://www.gotoquiz.com/political_party_quiz_2 https://www.isidewith.com/political­quiz
    1. How did you answer each question?
    2. Which candidate agreed with you?
    3. Missouri Candidates (Republican and Democrat):
      1. Governor
      2. Lieutenant Governor
      3. Secretary of State
      4. U.S. Senator
      5. U.S. Congress for District 6 (Boonville, MO)

 

 

 

I.  2016 Election Results

 

 

 

 

Presidential Election Terms

 

 

Define each in relation to the election.

 

 

  1. Absentee Voting:

 

 

  1. Balanced Budget:

 

 

  1. Ballot Box:

 

 

  1. Bias: .

 

 

  1. Campaign:

 

 

 

  1. Candidate:

 

 

  1. Caucus:

 

 

  1. Citizen:

 

 

10.  Closed Primary:

 

 

11.  Congressional Districts (CD):

 

 

12.  Constituency:

 

 

13.  Constituent:

 

 

14.  Debate:

 

 

15.  Delegate:

 

 

16.  Democracy:

 

 

17.  Early Money:

 

 

18.  Election Day:

 

 

19.  Electoral College:

 

 

20.  Exit Poll:

 

 

21.  Federal:

 

 

22.  Federal Election Commission (F.E.C.):

 

 

23.  Franchise:

 

 

24.  General Elections:

 

 

25.  Gerrymander:

 

 

26.  G.O.P.:

 

 

27.  Grassroots:

 

 

28.  Incumbent:

 

 

 

31.  Issue:

 

 

32.  Landslide:

 

 

33.  Matching Funds:

 

 

34.  Media:

 

 

35.  Mudslinging:

 

 

36.  National Conventions:

 

 

37.  Nominee:

 

 

38.  Non­partisan:

 

 

39.  Office­Block Ballot:

 

 

40.  Open Primary:

 

 

41.  Partisan:

 

 

42.  Party:

 

 

43.  Party­Column Ballot:

 

 

44.  Platform:

 

 

45.  Political Action Committee (PAC):

 

 

46.  Poll:

 

 

47.  Pollster:

 

 

48.  Precinct:

 

 

49.  Presidential Primary:

 

 

50.  Primary:

 

 

51.  Runoff Primary:

 

 

52.  Rhetoric:

 

 

 

55.  Spin:

 

 

56.  Split­Ticket Voting:

 

 

57.  Straight­Ticket Voting:

 

 

58.  Straw Poll:

 

 

59.  Stump Speech:

 

 

60.  Super Delegates:

 

 

61.  War Chest:

 

 

62. Whistle Stop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assessment: fully explain the assessment method in detail or create and attach a scoring guide

Scrapbook Structure

 

TITLE PAGE

 

 

GLOSSARY

 

 

REGISTRATION

 

 

TERMS

 

 

POLITICAL PARTY QUIZ

 

 

BIOGRAPHIES OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

 

 

BIOGRAPHIES OF VICE­PRESIDENT CANDIDATES

 

 

PRESIDENTIAL QUIZ

 

 

POLITICAL PARTY QUIZ

 

 

MISSOURI CANDIDATES BIOGRAPHIES

 

 

RESULTS

 

SCRAPBOOK SCORING GUIDE

 

I. INDEX­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­                           /30 points II. VOTER REGISTRATION PAGE­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­             /10 points

III. GLOSSARY OF TERMS­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­                          /30 points

 

 

IV. PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­                       /60 points

a)                  How they stand on the major issues

  1. Education:
  2. Economy:
  3. Abortion:
  4. Immigration:
  5. Iraq:
  6. Afghanistan
  7. Same­Sex marriage:
  8. Social Security:
  9. Taxes
  10. Energy policy:

 

 

b)                 Campaign memorabilia:

 

 

c)                  Vice­President

  1. Biography
  2. Why was this person picked as VP

 

 

V. PRESIDENTIAL POP QUIZ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­                        /20 points

  1. How did you answer each question?
  2. Which candidate agreed with you?

 

VI. POLITICAL PARTY QUIZ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­                          /10 points

 

 

VII. MISSOURI CANDIDATES PAGES

Candidates­­­­­facts for each candidate

 

1.

Governor­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

         /10 points

 

2.

 

Lieutenant Governor­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

 

         /10 points

 

3.

 

Secretary of State­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

 

         /10 points

 

4.

 

U.S. Senator­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

 

         /10 points

 

5.

 

U.S. Congress for District 6­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

 

         /10 points

 

 

 

 

VIII. RESULTS­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­                                                                                                                               /40 points XV. ORGANIZATION/STYLE­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­                                                                                                                   /50 points

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SCORE­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­                         /300 points

 

 

GRADE­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­                       /