22206 Agenda

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• 2/22/06 Agenda
• Quiz on reading pages 214-225
• 2) Finish Socratic Seminar Political Parties
• 3) Discuss/Review Reading
• 4) Lecture Interest Groups and PACs
• 5) Introduction to IIIC The Media Detect the
  Bias
• 6) Lecture the Media

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• Please get out a separate sheet of paper. Thank
  you!
• Title the paper Chapter 9 Quiz and put your
  heading in the upper right corner.

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• Amicus Curiae briefs are used by interest groups
  to
• Inform their members of current events.
• Gain a forum for their interest with court cases
  they arent involved in.
• Recruit new members.
• None of the above

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• 2) Lobbying refers to
• A) Activities aimed at influencing public
• officials and the policies they enact.
• B) The use of money to defeat an
• incumbent.
• C) To withhold money as a punishment for
• disloyalty.
• D) None of the above.

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• 3) To members of congress, the single most
  important thing lobbyists provide is
• A) Media coverage
• B) Vacations
• C) Proper discussion of the issues in
• newspaper.
• D) money for their next reelection campaign.

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• 4) A Political Action Committee (PAC) is
• A) A group that is not allowed to be affiliated
• with an interest group.
• B) Not allowed to raise money for an interest
• group.
• C) The political arm of an interest group that
• is allowed to raise funds for that group.

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• 5) Bundling is a strategy used by PACs to
• A) Limit the amount of money that can be
• given to elected officials.
• B) Combine different issues in one interest
• groups.
• C) Increase the amount of money that can
• be given to a candidate.
• D) None of the above.

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• 6) The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) of
  1971
• A) Eliminated nearly all interest group
• activity.
• B) Required all candidates for office to
• disclose the source of their funding.
• C) Limited how many times a person could
• run for congress.
• D) Was ruled unconstitutional by the
• Supreme Court.

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Discuss/Review Reading Pages 214-225
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• Finish Socratic Seminar Political Parties

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• Do you think political parties are a cause or
  effect of conflict in our federal government?
• Do you think political parties hinder or help the
  publics understanding of important issues?
• Do you think we should make it harder for
  people/businesses to give money to political
  candidates? (Campaign finance reform)
• Do you think third parties, like libertarians and
  the green party, should have greater influence in
  American politics?
• Which political party do you think will be most
  successful in the next 10 years? Justify your
  answer.
• Which political party do you think best
  represents the interests of women/minorities/busin
  ess owners/the wealthy/middle class people?

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• Open your IN to page 36. 2) Title the page
  Interest Groups and PACs and get ready to take
  lecture notes
• This lecture will cover IIIB of the Course
  outline.

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• Introduction to IIIC The Media
• Detect the Bias

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• Open your Interactive Notebooks to page 38. Thank
  you!
• Title the page The Media
• Lecture

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• Homework
• Read pages 305-315 in the textbook.
• Take at least one page of notes on page 40 of
  your Interactive Notebook.
• Title the Notes The Mass Media