Bell Ringer: Journal 35 - Describe what political participation is and the two types of political participation. (in your own words) (10 min)
Objectives:
7.1 Define political participation and distinguish among types of participation.
7.2 Identify examples of unconventional participation in American history and evaluate their effectiveness.
Agenda: (slides 5-8)
1. Unconventional Political Participation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgLqED4uczU (5 min)
2. The Montgomery Bus Boycott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHFPH79Iaoo (8 min)
3. Journal 36 - Is something wrong with a political system if citizens resort to unconventional, and often disapproval-of, methods of political participation? (10 min)
4. Compared with What? on pages 178 and 179. Critical Thinking: let's discuss.
Unconventional Political Participation Assignment:
Other than voting, list four specific ways that Americans participate in politics. For each way listed, indicate whether it is a form of conventional or unconventional participation, and why. Feel free to display this information in a chart or in writing. Due at the end of the period.
Submit Chapter 7 IDs with the Unconventional Political Participation Assignment.
Home Learning:
1. Journal 37 - Explain why the 1965 march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama, though an unconventional form of political participation that led to violence, proved beneficial to the Civil Rights movement.
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