What is an endorsement?
Read the scenario.Four students are working on a group project on the issue of police brutality. They discuss how to present the findings from their research. Three of the students want to make a documentary that includes interviews and video clips. The fourth wants to make a slideshow with quotes and graphs showing statistics. The three students decide to include the statistics in the documentary. The fourth student feels satisfied and agrees to the plan.
What does the Electoral College decide?
Read the scenario.Mari belongs to an interest group that wants to transform the state’s healthcare system. She is lobbying her state’s senators by recommending a healthcare policy that is being used successfully in another state.
Read the scenario.Ismael and Luciana are discussing the Black Lives Matter movement. They would like to make a statement in their community to show that they stand with the organization. Luciana suggests organizing a march."I don’t know if we can do that,” says Ismael."Think about the First Amendment,” Lucia reminds him.
Barack Obama was the first candidate to fully use social media during his run for the presidency. It allowed him to reach the public in a more direct way. Why would this be helpful to candidates?
Read the scenario.Clara is a high school student in the United States. In 2019, she and her classmates participated in the Global Youth Climate Strike.
Read the scenario.A media group is creating a podcast on vaccine safety. They have a list of medical doctors and vaccine researchers they can interview for the podcast. Most people on the list support vaccines and consider them safe and effective. A few doctors on the list are cautious about vaccine overuse, and two doctors are known to be against vaccinating children. The media group decides to interview the two doctors who oppose vaccinating children. The finished podcast is supportive of the doctors’ views.
When Joe Biden accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination to run as their candidate for president in 2020, he said the following:One of the most powerful voices we hear in the country today is from our young people. They're speaking to the inequity and injustice that has grown up in America. Economic injustice. Racial injustice. Environmental injustice.I hear their voices and if you listen, you can hear them too.—Joe Biden, nomination speech at the Democratic Nation Convention, August 20, 2020
Why might an interest group form a super PAC instead of a PAC?
Fewer than 10 companies own 90 percent of all media companies. How does this affect the influence these companies have on public opinion and policy?
What is the definition of petition?
Read the scenario:The founder of an electric car company knows that she sells more cars when lawmakers offer tax benefits to consumers who purchase electric vehicles. One candidate for governor of a large state is in favor of offering those benefits, while the other is not.
How do the media act as gatekeepers?
Read the scenario.Keisha is working on a civics report on the connection between social media and activism. As part of her research, she types the hashtag #SocialJustice into the search engine of a social media platform. The search brings up thousands of posts by individuals, groups, and companies in the United States and around the world.
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