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Election 2016:Culture Wars

“This kind of hostile environment creates division within the cultures themselves, and it pits the bulls against each other while the matador watches from a safe place.” Slide2

Culture Wars and Wedge Issues

Culture Wars:

The divide between two sides of Americans with different priorities and moral compasses that results in conservative vs. liberal debates

Wedge Issues

: divisive issues that quickly separate voters to strongly support or oppose a candidateSlide3
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Clinton vs. Trump

Donald Trump:

Republican Candidate

Not traditional candidate and has little support from Republican Establishment

Hillary Clinton

Democratic Candidate

Very traditional and established candidate who does not have mass support from large section of her partySlide7

Assignment 1

Read the articles and summarize each one on a sheet of paper or typed on a document.

Approx

1 paragraph for each article

Explain what these articles tell us about the election and what a 3

rd

party candidate could do to win the election from Trump or Clinton.Slide8

Reading Quiz (use notes and articles)

1

st

Article: Who has been alienated by the result of recent culture war battles?

2

nd

Article: What does this article say about the future of the Republican Party and “Culture Wars”?

3

rd

Article: How do Obama’s 2008 and 2012 victories inform us about 2016?

4

th

Article: What does the success of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump say about what voters want? Why?Slide9

Reading Quiz

Get

into groups and compare responses to develop the best answers

possible.

Write new answers down on one sheet of paper with all names written on the top.Slide10

Culture War/ Wedge Issues

Gun Rights

Immigration

Abortion

Gay Rights

Electability

As a group, put together a document that discusses the stances of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on each issue using at least 3 sources.

Use their campaign website as one source

One source needs to be pro-candidate and the other needs to be

anti-candidate

Identify BiasSlide11
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Project Guidelines

You are to create a fictional 3

rd

party candidate who could theoretically beat Trump and Clinton in the national election based on their positions on key issues.

This person will need to be a combination of current third party and former major party candidates from the 2016 election cycle (at least 3

).

Examples:

Green Party, Libertarian Party, Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Tim Kasich, Chris Christie, Carly Fiorina, etc…

Evidence will need to be provided to prove where the various stances come from.Slide13

Demonstration of work

Make a

website (

W

eebly

or

Wix

is recommended)

Include separate pages for:

Homepage:

name, biography, party

name, slogan, and image

Beliefs:

Candidate

belief statement (campaign speech)

Commercial:

15

s

econd commercial

Path to Victory:

Page

that demonstrates the make-up of

the fictional

candidate and demonstrates proof that he/she could win over Trump and Clinton

Works Cited:

MLA formatted page with all sources usedSlide14

Grading

25 points:

Assignment 1, Group Quiz answers, Issues stances

25 points:

Group feedback and teacher observation (collaboration skills and engagement, in class work ethic)

50 points:

Website (Douglas County Creativity and Communication rubric)Slide15

Recommended Task List

Research American public opinion polls on assignment’s issues

Find candidates that closely match American opinion

Develop candidate and argument for victory and cite sources

Build website and the different pages

Complete Path to Victory page and add to works cited page

Complete rest of website pages

Link website to google doc on main assignment page