1. Warm Up Take out a piece of paper and answer the following question: Why do you think candidates need to raise money for their election campaigns?

2. Tuesday, October 13, 2015 Objective: Students will be able to analyze how candidates raise money for election campaigns. Importance: The amount of money raised by a candidate or organization has an impact on what issues are discussed and what legislation is passed.

3. Where the Money Comes From Individuals Small donations Fundraising events such as special dinners Government Subsidies are provided to parties based on their size Political Action Committees (PACs) political arms of special-interest groups and other organizations impacted by elections

4. Federal Election Commission Rules Only $2,500 can be donated by 1 person to any federal candidate Only $5,000 can be donated by 1 person to any PAC Limit of all donations must be below $117,000 per person No PAC can give more than $5,000 to any one federal candidate in an election

5. Special Interests and Campaign Finance 527 organizations: political advocacy nonprofits which are not aligned with a political party but try to influence political policies on certain issues and get people registered to vote are allowed to raise unlimited sums of money Super PACs: PACs that are unaffiliated with any political party, which are allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts they must reveal their donors and cannot work directly with a candidate’s campaign

7. Citizen’s United Explained Read the article silently and answer the questions using complete sentences. The questions are in order. You may write on the reading When you are finished, please place your completed questions in the folder on the front table. Please recycle the reading if you are not going to keep it. Sit quietly once finished. This assignment is due at the end of class today. Students are to complete their own work. Otherwise, a zero will be earned for this assignment.