Students evaluate issues regarding campaigns for national, state, and local elective office.
B. Duration of project This project can take one to two weeks depending on the amount of work desired. The best time to do it is in the middle of October before an election. The purpose of the lesson is to have the students become familiar with how a candidate gets elected and to understand and debate the merits of candidates running for local, state and national office. Students relate current events to the human characteristics of places and regions 2.students distinguish valid arguments from fallacious arguments in historical interpretations 3.students show connections, casual and otherwise between particular historical events ad larger social economic and political trends.