1. A SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON KAREN HUGUENOT JULY 2, 2001 ED 617 DR. RONALD HELMS

2. AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES 7 TH GRADE HOW POLITICAL PARTIES ARE FORMED

3. OBJECTIVES To understand what politics is To understand what a Political Party is To know how Political Parties began in the United States To learn some of the things Political Parties do for Americans

4. MATERIALS POSTER BOARD MARKERS NOTES PAPER PEN OR PENCIL

5. WEB SITES 1. http://www.democrats.org/http://www.democrats.org/ 2. http://www.rnc.org/http://www.rnc.org/ 3. http://www.whitehouse.gov/http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 4. http://www.americanpresidents.org/http://www.americanpresidents.org/ 5. http://encarta.msn.com/find/concise.asp?z= 1&pg=2&ti=761558305 http://encarta.msn.com/find/concise.asp?z= 1&pg=2&ti=761558305

6. STUDENT ACTIVITIES Elect a class President and Vice-President Take notes on the chapter Review game on the chapter Write an essay

7. ACTIVITIES CONTINUED Make a poster that has facts and pictures of the first two political parties in America. Have a class debate between the Federalist and Democratic- Republic.

8. CLASS ELECTION Hold a class election,where students nominate their classmates they want to run for their parties. The parties need to make a list of ideas they believe in. Each party needs to campaign for their candidate and hold an election.

9. VOCABULARY POLITICSPOLITICAL PARTIES NOMINATE CANDIDATEWATCHDOGSDEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANFEDERALISTCIVIL LIBERTIES

10. CLASS NOTES

11. POLITICAL PARTIES Parties form Group of people who share the same ideas Put their ideas into action Connect the government to the people

12. PARTIES IN AMERICA POLITICS is everything about government DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN THIRD PARTIES

13. FIRST POLITICAL PARTIES Hamilton’s party was called the FEDERALIST. * Jefferson’s party was called the DEMOCRATS.

14. CIVIL LIBERTIES Our rights as citizens Both parties have this in common Keep the form of government Cooperate in the time of crises Democracy in our country to work

15. REVIEW GAME HOW POLITICAL PARTIES ARE FORMED

16. Political Parties are groups A. of countries joined together to increase armed forces B. of families who want to control their lives better C. of people who want to control the government

17. C. POLITICAL PARTIES ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CONTROL THE GOVERNMENT.

18. Which of the following is not politics? A. Passing a law B. Getting a parking ticket C. Listening to the radio

19. ANSWER IS C. POLITICS IS NOT LISTENING TO THE RADIO.

20. What does “will of the people” mean? A. The written message people fill out before they die B. A famous candidate C. What the people want

21. ANSWER IS C. THE “WILL OF THE PEOPLE” IS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.

22. The person who runs for office is the A. campaign B. Watchdog C. candidate

23. ANSWER IS C. CANDIDATE IS THE PERSON WHO RUNS FOR OFFICE.

24. What does WATCHDOG mean? A. Politicians are like animals B. Protectors C. The pets that represent each political party

25. ANSWER IS B. WATCHDOGS ARE PROTECTORS.

26. In democracies parties get control of governments by A. Winning elections B. Becoming politicians C. Gaining control of the army or police

27. ANSWER IS A. IN DEMOCRACIES PARTIES GET CONTROL OF GOVERNMENTS BY WINNING ELECTIONS.

28. Political Parties began in the United States because A. not all the leaders agreed on how to run the government B. not all the leaders liked each other C. George Washington wanted them

29. ANSWER IS A. POLITICAL PARTIES BEGAN IN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE NOT ALL THE LEADERS AGREED ON HOW TO RUN THE GOVERNMENT.

30. The party that is not in power A. has nothing to do until the next election B. keeps watch over the party that is in power C. breaks up after each election it loses

31. ANSWER IS B. THE PARTY THAT IS NOT IN POWER KEEPS WATCH OVER THE PARTY THAT IS IN POWER.

32. ESSAY Write an essay on if your think that the two party system is a good system? Why or why not? What kind of system do you think there should be?

33. POSTER Make a poster that has facts and illustrations of either Thomas Jefferson or Hamilton. Find out about their political parties and the ideas they believed in. Why did they form? Pretend you are campaigning for them by using a poster format.

34. DEBATE HAVE A CLASS DEBATE BETWEEN THE FEDERALIST AND DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN.

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