Government Class Recap - Week of Oct 31 to Nov 4

Friday , Nov 4
- Students should make final edits to  political survey
-  Review Editorial Endorsements
-  Assignment Electoral College reading and map
- Gore vs. Bush 2000 Election Summary 
-   2000 Election State results
- ED Puzzle - Electoral College   Another ED Puzzle Electoral College
TED- ED Electoral College Explained

Thursday,
 - no class

Weds , Nov 2
Final Revisions - Teacher/ School Political Survey
Final Revisions for Personal Survey
Electoral College Map 
NBC News Video Clip on Election


Tues, Nov. 1
- Assigned Summarize, Textcode and Cite article on Community Service
- Reviewed methods of textcoding , and big ideas of article
- Revised Selected Political Survey questions (highest totals) then formulated , structured or rating type answers for each chosen question

Mon. Oct 31.
Class was in Library
Took  Political Gov Survey on Possible Questions to ask Teachers/ Bldg as

Survey - Best Questions to Use
Block 1 Responses - 
Block 2 Responses - best questions to use
Block 4 Responses 
Block 5 Responses 

Rubric / Checklist for Survey Questions

Rubric / Grading Checklist for 15 Questions.

- 10 to 15 Questions
- Have the following types of Questions

 1)  at least  2 Structured or Fixed Response Questions
 2)   at least 2 Rating Questions (agree, disagree, satisfied , not satisified, )
 3)   at least 1 Ranking Questions
 4)  No more than 3 open ended questions.

Classify your questions into the following categories, make sure you have at least 2 for each category.

 1)  Who Are They (the person taking the survey)
 2)  Government Satisfaction
 3) Voting (habits, past history, will they?
 4)  Presidential Qualifications
 5)  Personal Thoughts on Current Events and other issues

Optional Additional  Category -
 6) Power in their Life (do they feel like voting matters, do they have voice, control over their lives)

Survey - Best Questions to Use
Block 1 Responses - 
Block 2 Responses - best questions to use
Block 4 Responses 
Block 5 Responses 

Voting Survey Creating Questions Assignment

Directions: create a 15 question survey to interview people about the elections.  The class will vote on the 5 required questions, and then each person can choose the other 10 to 15 questions.

1)      Proposed Written Questions must be submitted by _______________.

2)      Survey of 3 to 5 people must be completed by:______________.

Question types that need to be included

1)      Structured or Fixed response  -(  at least 2 )

a.       Example  1)    Are you going to vote in Nov 2016?  Yes / No

b.      Example  2)   How many hours do you watch/ read / listen to news

                     __ 0 ___  .5 hr ___  1hr ____  1.5 hr. ___2hrs ___  more than 2hrs

                               

2)      Rating Questions – at least 2

Example 1) :   How satisfied are you with the Federal National Government?

____ Unsatisfied      _____ Somewhat Satisfied    _____Satisfied    _____Very Satisfied   _______Extremely Satisfied 

              

Example 2)    How satisfied are you with your local police?  (or city government)? Or???

 ____ Unsatisfied      _____ Somewhat Satisfied    _____Satisfied    _____Very Satisfied   _______Extremely Satisfied 

3)      Ranking questions – at least 1

Example: Rank the issues in terms of importance (1 to 8) :

a.       ___    Terrorism

b.      ___    Police/Safety

c.       ___   Climate Change

d.      ___   Jobs /Economy 

e.      ___   Health Care

f.        ___   Abortion 

g.        ___   Gun control

h.      ___  Illegal Immigration

4)      Open Ended Questions (not multiple choices, or possible answers given)

                Example 1 : How do you think President Obama has done as President?

 Example 2: What are some important issues that will help you decide who to vote for:

Week of Oct 25 to the 28th - Power, Surveys, and OCC

Monday - Oct 25 


Tuesday 
Types of Survey Questions

Weds - Oct 26th 
- OCC was here in class (library), completed OCC application, on paper and online. Reminders about Questions for Survey due on Friday.

Thurs 
no class

Friday Oct 28th 
Onondaga Lake Survey
Analysis of the Onondaga Lake Survey
10- 15 Political Survey  Questions due
 Community Service Proposal  is due.