1. Political Parties

2. Republican vs. Democrat What does it mean to be a Republican? What does it mean to be a Democrat?

3. Republican vs. Democrat Small Government Lower Taxes National Security Family Values Favor 2nd Amendment Free Market Capitalism Pro-Life Large Government Higher Taxes Individual Rights Gay Rights Gun Control Environmental Issues Pro-Choice

4. Democrat vs. Republican Elephant In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, there was a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” Donkey The Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong- willed animal on his campaign posters. Political Symbolism

5. Conservative vs. Liberal “Conservative” What does it mean to be conservative? “Liberal” What does it mean to be liberal? “Moderate” What does it mean to be moderate?

6. LeftCenterRight Where do they stand on today’s issues?? LiberalConservative Moderate/ Centrist GreenLibertarian DemocratsRepublicans

7. Let’s Play Name that Party One a Piece of Paper draw a donkey on one side and an elephant on the other. If you went to the same art school as Mrs. Nasser, please write in big letters Democrat and Republican next to your masterpiece.

8. What am I? My party’s political platform includes the following environmentalism feminism pro choice rights

9. What am I? DEMOCRAT

10. What am I? “the country does best when the government is less involved in regulating businesses. Lower taxes for businesses and the wealthy is good for the economy because that should lead to more investing, which should then stimulate economic growth.”

11. What am I? REPUBLICAN

12. What am I? “it produced more research and treatment for aids, more childhood immunizations, more research for women’s health, more affordable college loans for the middle class, a new national service program for those who want to give something back to their country and their communities for higher education, a dramatic increase in high-tech investments to move us from a defense to a domestic high-tech economy.”

13. What am I? DEMOCRAT

14. What am I? “believes the government has a responsibility to provide for people through social programs that assist those in need. Also believes that Americans should pay higher taxes and that wealthy Americans and large corporations should pay their fare share to fund government programs.”

15. What am I? DEMOCRAT

16. What am I? “We need to focus on homeland security by investing in our military and putting stricter immigration laws in place.”

17. What am I? REPUBLICAN

18. What am I? “We need to invest more money in education programs that support the middle class.”

19. What am I? DEMOCRAT

20. What am I? “We need strict gun control laws, more money allocated for welfare programs, and more lenient laws on immigration”

21. What am I? DEMOCRAT

22. What am I? I support the 2 nd Amendment

23. What am I? REPUBLICAN

24. Can’t we all just get along? https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=5LitDGyxFh4