Ch 06 - Beliefs & Behaviors - Class 3

3. What is the naturalization process, and what are recent immigration reform proposals by policymakers?

1. Summarize: Naturalization Process
• What can we learn from watching The Naturalized?
• What is the process for becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States?
• What is on the citizenship test?
• What is the state of immigration reform in the Senate and the House?
2. Analyze: Crossing Arizona
• As you watch the first half (00:00 - 43:20) of Crossing Arizona, prepare to answer the following questions:
• Answer questions #1-11 of the viewer's guide
3. Create: Oral Arguments 
• Arizona v. United States

Ch 06 - Beliefs & Behaviors - Class 2

2. How do different demographic groups vary in terms of political beliefs and voter turnout?

1. Share: Psychology of Ideology
• What did your classmates discover, connect, and question after watching Jonathan Haidt's TED talk? 
2. Summarize: Forms of Participation
• What are the various ways Americans can participate in the policymaking process?
3. Analyze: Turnout by Demographic Groups
• What is the typical overall voter turnout in federal general elections and federal primary elections?
• What does the Census Bureau data indicate about voter turnout for various demographic groups?
• According to page 14 of this Census Bureau analysis of the 2008 election, what are reasons for not registering and not voting?
4. Analyze: Federal Government Shutdown
• What has happened during the past 48 hours?
• What exactly happens during a shutdown?
• What did Senator Cruz do last week?
• What was the did the House do with the Senate "clean Continuing Resolution" bills?
• What is going on within the Republican party?
• What is Speaker Boehner's strategy?
• What do polls reveal about possible shifts in public opinion?
• What is the latest?

Ch 06 - Beliefs & Behaviors - Class 1

1. What are the underlying values of American culture, and what are the underlying values of various American ideologies?

1. Quiz: Chapter 06
2. Evaluate: Amendment Process
• Identify key figures behind the passage of the 13^th Amendment
• Analyze how the 13^th Amendment was proposed and ratified
• Evaluate other attempts to amend the Constitution
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• 1st Period
• 2nd Period
3. Summarize: Political Socialization and American Culture 
• What are the various ways we experience political socialization? 
• What values are considered part of American culture and are accepted by nearly all Americans?
• Case study: Declaration of Independence 
• Case study: Pledge of Allegiance
• Case study: National Anthem
• Author: E.J. Dionne
4. Analyze: American Political Ideologies 
• According to Pew Research, what is your ideology?
• According to the Political Compass, what is your ideology?
• What are the underlying values of liberalism, conservatism, libertarianism, and socialism?
• Case study: Grover Norquist
• Case study: Hillary Clinton
• Case study: Ron Paul
• Case study: Brian Moore
• What is the ideological breakdown of the country?