Pt1420 Unit 4

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1. What evidence is used to describe the importance or significance of the topic? If there is little evidence used, what evidence could be used to demonstrate the significance of the topic?
There is evidence showing the importance of campaign strategies and how they can affect voter choices. For educational purposes, it is our job as teachers to teach our students in a way as to show them the importance of civic duty part of which is voting, therefore showing the students the ins and outs of the process of elections and bill passing is exceedingly important. This resource give several different lessons that will help improve the in-depth knowledge of our government and the civic process which can only benefit the students and their lives outside of school.

2. Which resource did you choose, and why?
I chose to review the Media and Campaign C-SPAN: Campaign …show more content…
The lesson plan I chose to review the most in-depth was, “Analyzing C-SPAN’s Campaign Coverage Map and Campaign Strategy” which is an almost fully fleshed out lesson plan. It is all about student-centered learning through a project that could either be group or individual, it promotes critical thinking skills when asking students to synthesizing why a candidate chose certain campaign strategies, and fits perfectly into inquiry-based learning through asking the students to step into the role of a campaign manager and view the process through that lens as well. The only reason why I might tweak this lesson is to bring in other lens for the students to view the process through such as the media or fundraising managers. For that reason I might make this lesson resource into a group project and have each member of the team have a different role that is necessary in order to run a successful campaign that way as a group the students get a better view of the process as a whole instead of just one piece of the

Pt1420 Unit 4

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Pt1420 Unit 4

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Pt1420 Unit 4

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Pt1420 Unit 4 Assignment

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Pt1420 Unit 4 Assignment

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Pt1420 Unit 4 Assignment

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Pt1420 Unit 4 Essay

of half, is also 1/4 , so I multiplied the number of voters by ¼, to get the number of votes for candidate B. The second clue also states that the other half divide their vote between A and C in the ratio of 1:4. I took the number of voters who voted for B, and divided it by 5. The ratio 1:4 (A:C) can also be written as 1:5 (A:Total) or 4:5 (C:Total). I took the quotient, and multiplied it by 1 to get the amount of voters for A. For C I took the quotient and multiplied it by 4 (the second part, of…

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Pt1420 Unit 4 Assignment

Analyzing student K written piece, I found out that she is at a transitional stage according to the Developmental Reading and Writing Stages Continuum (Laureate Education, 2014b). The learner can write an opinion, include paragraph development, being to edit and revise for specific purposes and applies spelling strategies to difficult words. As mentioned earlier, I think the learner is in this stage because she has not found a motivation, all she has felt is frustration and is not self-conducted…

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Pt1420 Unit 4 Assignment

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Pt1420 Unit 4 Assignment

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