Parties & Ideology Part Two

Objective

• Evaluate the major party platforms
• Analyze the impact of ideology and partisanship on public dialogue

Agenda

1. No Current Events Today
1. Get To Work In Groups!
2. Party Platforms
1. Complete worksheet in group of two or three
2. See Platform PDFs on Sidebar
3. Analysis - Democratic Platform - An Uneven Progression
4. Analysis - Republican Platform - Shift from Moderate to Conservative
3. Dangers of Ideology and the Death of Irony
1. Conventions - Party of Inclusion (D)
2. Conventions - Abortion Law & Republican Platform (R)
3. Conventions - Finger Pointing (Both)
4. Homework
1. First Presidential Debate (on Wed 10/8)
1. Time - 9:00 to 10:30 
2. Topic - Domestic Policy
3. Format - Standard Debate
2. The New Cost of American Politics 
1. Worksheet due Tuesday 10/9  (see handout or sidebar)