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Using the Web and other Creative Teaching Strategies for the American Government Intro Class. Lisa Lawrason, Chair Dina Krois, Michael Nagle, and Paul Rozycki. Engaging Students. Weekly e-mail Discussion Board Movie Assignment
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Using the Web and other Creative Teaching Strategies for the American Government Intro Class Lisa Lawrason, Chair Dina Krois, Michael Nagle, and Paul Rozycki
Engaging Students • Weekly e-mail • Discussion Board • Movie Assignment • Web-based interactive lectures = CD-ROM of narrated power point presentations
On-line Student Success Weekly E-mail • Each week every student in the class receives an e-mail outlining the week’s assignments • I often include a “goofy” picture of me
On-line Student Success Discussion Forums • Goals: • Encourage student participation & interaction with one another • Students must show they’ve read the material (summary) & demonstrate critical thinking (evaluation) • Types: • Lectures, Movies, Readings/Outside Books
Movie Postings(Students Must Pick ONE From A List) • West Wing (any episode—identify the title in your posting) • Rosewood (1997-race relations in US South during 1920s) • Boycott (2001-Montgomery Bus Boycott) • Recount(2008-2000 Gore vs. Bush election recount) • Karl Rove: The Architect (2005-PBS Frontline Documentary about Bush advisor) • All the President’s Men (1976-Watergate Scandal) • Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? (2006-Documentary-young professor runs for Congress) • Journeys With George (2003-Bush’s 2000 campaign) • Gideon’s Trumpet (1980-defendant’s right to counsel)
Narrated Power Point Lectures Introduction/Preview Material: lecture outline
Intro Amendments 13, 14, 15 Segregation & Responses Legal Basis Fighting Back & Successes Women Vote Jobs Education Conc. Key Terms Plessy vs. Ferguson Jim Crow Brown Decision Thurgood Marshall Earl Warren Bus Boycott Sit-ins 1964 Civil Rights Act 24th Amendment Voting Rights Act 19thAmendment Title IX Civil Rights
Narrated Power Point Lectures Introduction/Preview Material: lecture outline Text, combined with images & narration are used to “deliver” lecture material
How The Electoral College Works • In order to win a Presidential election a candidate must win a majority of electoral votes (270). Two Key Concepts:
How the Electoral College Works How many Electoral votes are there? 435 (Members of the House of Reps) 100 (Members of the Senate) + 3 (WA DC) 538Total Number of Electoral Votes A majority of 538 =270; in order to win a Presidential election a candidate needs 270 Electoral votes
Narrated Power Point Lectures Introduction/Preview Material: lecture outline Text, combined with images & narration are used to “deliver” lecture material
Back of Bus: Blacks Only Front of Bus: Whites Only
Narrated Power Point Lectures • Hyperlinks make it interactive • Introduction/Preview Material: lecture outline • Text, combined with images & narration are used to “deliver” lecture material
World’s Smallest Political Quiz Click here for hyperlink to quiz
Political Parties Republican Party Website Democratic Party Website
Using the Web and other Creative Teaching Strategies for the American Government Intro Class Lisa Lawrason, Chair Dina Krois, Michael Nagle, and Paul Rozycki