1. I.Warm-up – Strategies for Gaining Power Think about the student elections at EOSA. What do you or your classmates do (what are their strategies) to win other students’ votes? Government: The Nature of Power, Politics & Government FRIDAY 10/16/09 Learning Target: I CAN explain 3 different strategies for gaining political power. Agenda: I.Warm-up II.Political Strategies III.Chip Game IV.Debrief V.Exit Slip 6 mins left 5 mins left 4 mins left 3 mins left 2 mins left 1 min left TIME UP

2. II. Political Strategies 1.Winning by Giving to Get 2.Winning by Being Smarter than the Opposition 3.Winning by Wiping out the Opposition 4.Winning by Collective Action GameDescriptionExample Government: The Nature of Power, Politics & Government FRIDAY 10/16/09 Learning Target: I CAN explain 3 different strategies for gaining political power. Agenda: I.Warm-up II.Political Strategies III.Chip Game IV.Debrief V.Exit Slip

3. III. CHIP GAME Follow these rules to play Chip. Rules 1. For each round of the game, you will have 2 minutes to trade your chips. All trades—including those in progress— must stop when the time is up. 2. After trading, the student with the most points will be asked to make a rule for the next round of trading. That rule will apply only to the next round. ROUND 1- 2 minutes Government: The Nature of Power, Politics & Government FRIDAY 10/16/09 Learning Target: I CAN explain 3 different strategies for gaining political power. Agenda: I.Warm-up II.Political Strategies III.Chip Game IV.Debrief V.Exit Slip

4. III. CHIP GAME Chip Point Values Pink 100 points Yellow 50 points Blue 25 points White 10 points Government: The Nature of Power, Politics & Government FRIDAY 10/16/09 Learning Target: I CAN explain 3 different strategies for gaining political power. Agenda: I.Warm-up II.Political Strategies III.Chip Game IV.Debrief V.Exit Slip ROUND 1Winner:Rule for Round 2: ROUND 2Winner:Rule for Round 3: ROUND 3Winner:Rule for Round 4: ROUND 4WINNER:

5. IV. CHIP GAME DEBRIEF 1.What happened during the game? 2.What do you think the game was about? 3.During the game, what was an example of Winning by Giving to Get? Winning by Being Smarter than the Opposition? Winning by Wiping out the Opposition? Winning by Collective Action? Government: The Nature of Power, Politics & Government FRIDAY 10/16/09 Learning Target: I CAN explain 3 different strategies for gaining political power. Agenda: I.Warm-up II.Political Strategies III.Chip Game IV.Debrief V.Exit Slip

6. Describe how the following political strategies were used in today’s game: A. Winning by Giving to Get and Building Numbers B. Winning by Being Smarter than the Opposition C. Winning by Wiping out the Opposition D (at the bottom) Winning by Collective Action Government: The Nature of Power, Politics & Government FRIDAY 10/16/09 Learning Target: I CAN explain 3 different strategies for gaining political power. Agenda: I.Warm-up II.Political Strategies III.Chip Game IV.Debrief V.Exit Slip