Unit 3 / Part 1 (Political Parties) ppt

Unit 3 / Part 2 (Interest Groups) ppt

1/03

Post mortem Unit II Exam (bring text to class)

Lecture on Political Parties

Unit III Exam Review (personal review, does not need to be

    completed -- keep for cumulative final)

Read Edwards text (Chapter 8 and 11)

(Optional) Extra Credit (Download) due 01/12

01/04

Lecture on political parties and political identification

(Download) "Determine the Democrat and the Republican" (due 01/06)

(Download) SIGs and Iron Triangles assignment (due 01/09)

01/05

Graph work on Political party discussion

Political party simulation classroom activity

Lecture on political party activities

(Optional)  Read this article

01/06

Review of Democrat and Republican questions

Lecture on political party history and role of the third party

Political Party inventory fun

Read David Truman "The Governmental Process" and answer

    questions (due 01/09)  

01/09

Review of Truman article and questions

Review of SIGs and Iron Triangles

Watch a clip from The Distinguished Gentleman

Lecture on Interest Groups

01/10

Exam Unit III -- 50 multiple choice (40 minutes) and one pick'em

    free response (25 minutes)

Read Chapters 9, 10, and 7 in that order

Read V.O. Key, "The Responsible Electorate" and answer questions (due 01/12)