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=**Political Philosophy Selectors**= [|World's Smallest Political Quiz] [|Political Compass] [|Political Typology Selector] [|Philosophy Selectors for fun]



=**Political Beliefs Paper**= Final paper must include what you believe the purpose of government is and your beliefs on each of the following topics: the economy, education, health care, civil rights, taxes, foreign policy, and the environment. =[|Overview of basic political issues]=

**[|Winning the Whitehouse] - Play the game (No Thanks - New Game) and print the certificate**
=**Pointers on Campaigning for your candidate**= • Campaign strategy uses a combination of these [|12 Basic Guidelines] and [|Political Tactics]. • Campaign messages use [|Guidelines] and [|Persuasive Language] • Analyze campaign television commercials - look at advertisements from [|Living Room Candidate] • Find campaign literature for a politician you have an interest in using [|Politics1] as a starting point for campaign sites. You can find examples of buttons and brochures using an image search at Google or Bing. What do you like and not like about the campaign literature and message? • Considering your political party platform, what theme, message, and issues do you want to include in your campaign? What aspects of your candidates do you want to highlight? How are you going to get your message across? • Create a campaign for your Presidential/Vice Presidential ticket. You must include a television commercial, a radio commercial, a billboard, a print ad, a brochure, a bumper sticker and a campaign button or sticker. The campaign must be cohesive, POSITIVE and must include the sponsoring party's name. If any money is spent //(ink and paper won't count, but any other items must be accounted for)//, an expense report must be created, detailing where the money came from and how it was spent.
 * Fundraising is important, if you run out of money, you have to end your turn. I lost by 40 electoral votes.**
 * YOU MUST**

=Model Government=

President - Model Government Assignment Vice President - Model Government Assignment Senators - Model Government Assignment Justices - Model Government Assignment
 * Model Government Role Assignment:**


 * Committees -**


 * Lobbyist Issue Groups - [|Politics1.com]**

[|US Code] [|Drinking Age Law] [|US Code at US Government]
 * Looking up existing code**

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 * Supreme Court Hearing**

= =**Legislative Links**= [|Law Craft] - say no thanks to registration [|Represent Me] [|The Dynamic Legislative Process, The Impact of Congress and How a Member Decides to Vote] there are 3 separate interactive lessons here. Start on them and get through as many as you have time to do.

Find a federal bill at [|Thomas] by searching the topic in the by/word phrase box. Look that bill up at all of the following [|Roll Call], [|Gov Tracks] , and [|Open Congress] then research your bill's sponsor at either the [|House] or the [|Senate]. Then write an explanation of the bill in your own words and basic arguments why the sponsor is supporting it.
 * Bill Research**



Look at the [|Death and Taxes Chart] to get a good understanding of where your money goes. Then complete [|Budget Game] or [|People's Pie] and print your results. [|Budget Numbers] This game might make you understand the problems associated with living on minimum wage a little better. Play [|Spent] and print your conclusion screen.
 * Can you fix our budget situation without destroying the country?**

[|Economic Literacy Quiz] [|WSJ] [|Chuck] [|Economics U$A] [|Economic Freedom Map] [|White Privilege?]

[|Inflation rates] [|US Treasury for Kids] [|Bureau of Engraving and Printing for kids] [|Money Trivia] [|Currency Exhibit] [|Mint Store]
 * Money Scavenger Hunt Links**

[|Money Chimp] calculators at the top menu [|Investment Calculator with variable interest] [|Simple investment calculator] [|Credit score calculator] [|Loan Calculator] [|Insurance Calculators]
 * Personal Finance and Investment Calculators**

[|Do you have what it takes to be a Billionaire?] - #1 - take the quiz and record your score [|Which Billionaire Are You?] - #2 - take the quiz and record your billionaire type [|How well do you know your Billionaires?] - #3 - take the quiz and record your score According to [|The World's Billionaires] answer these questions - #4 - How many billionaires are there? - #5 - Who are the top 3? - #6 - Mess around in the In Pictures section of the site and comment on what your found interesting. - #7 - Take a look at the Sort List By section of the site and pick a list that interests you and comment on it - #8 - Who is the oldest and youngest? - #9 - Where are most of them living? - #10 - Choose one that interests you to investigate further at this and other sites and answer the question, does this person exhibit entrepeneurial ability?
 * The Very Rich - Do they all have entrepenuerial ability?**

GDP Practice problems with answers


**Ballot Research**


 * Take the [|Vote Easy Quiz] and record your results (percentage numbers) on the ballot for the US Representative, US Senate and President.
 * Using [|Project Vote Smart] find out one fact that you think is **important** to know about every candidate on your ballot. Don't do something lame, like their birthday or the number of kids they have. It needs to be something that would influence your vote.
 * Using [|Politics 1 Montana] look at the candidate's websites and write down one important issue that would influence your vote about each one listed.
 * Take the [|Candidate Selector Quiz] and record your score on the ballot for President.
 * If there is anyone left on your ballot you have not researched, Google search for information about them by putting in their name and the office for which they are running. Find something.