Unit+3+-+Public+Opinion,+Political+Action,+and+the+Mass+Media



=Unit Three Assignments:= //Note: Reading Assignments are to be completed for the next school day unless otherwise noted// ||= **Homework Assignments** //Note: Homework assignments are to be completed for the next school day unless otherwise noted// ||
 * = **Date** ||= **In-Class Assignments** ||= **Reading Assignments**
 * = **Wednesday**
 * 1.24.18** || * Review Unit 2 Test
 * Begin discussing "The American People" || * Edwards, pp. 162-171 || * No written assignment ||
 * = **Thursday**
 * 1.25.18** || * Discuss "How Americans Learn About Politics: Political Socialization" || * Edwards, pp. 171-180 || * Read __ What's the Matter With Polling? __ " and summarize three problems with polling discussed in the article. Email your response when finished.
 * EC poll assignment due Monday, 1.29.18 (no exceptions, not even absences). ||
 * = **Friday**
 * 1.26.18** || * Discuss "Measuring Public Opinion and Political Information"
 * Watch "Public Opinion: Voice of the People" and answer discussion questions (in Google Drive). || * Edwards pp. 180-183 || * pp. 170-180 Quiz on Tuesday, 1.30.18
 * EC poll assignment due Friday, 10.20.17 (no exceptions, not even absences). ||
 * = **Monday**
 * 1.29.18** || * Discuss "What Americans Value: Political Ideologies"
 * Introduce political ideology assignment (Directions are in Google Drive). || * Edwards pp. 183-189 || * pp. 170-180 Quiz tomorrow
 * Political Ideology assignment due Thursday, 2.1.18 ||
 * = **Tuesday**
 * 1.30.18** || * ** pp. 170-180 Quiz - 20 points **
 * Discuss "How Americans Participate in Politics"
 * Finish Chapter 6 || * No reading assignment || * Political Ideology assignment due Thursday, 2.1.18 ||
 * = **Monday**
 * 2.5.18** || * __ **Group** **Assignment**: __ What is the role of the media?
 * Discuss "The Mass Media Today" || * Edwards, pp. 193-195 || * Read "Forty Years After Watergate, Investigative Journalism is at Risk" and answer accompanying questions. ||
 * = **Tuesday**
 * 2.6.18** || * Complete Watergate background lesson on EdPuzzle
 * Read the //New York Times// film review for //All the President's Men// (it's in the Drive folder) || * Edwards, pp. 196-205 || * No assignment ||
 * = **Wednesday**
 * 2.7.18** || * Begin viewing //All the President's// Men || * No reading assignment || * Work on film review assignment ||
 * = **Thursday**
 * 2.8.18**
 * Friday**
 * 2.9.18** || * Continue viewing //All the President's Men// || * Edwards, pp. 205-210 || * Work on film review assignment ||
 * = **Monday**
 * 2.12.18** || * Complete film review during class || * No reading assignment || * Film review due tomorrow ||
 * = **Tuesday**
 * 2.13.18** || * Finish discussing "The Mass Media Today" and discuss "Reporting the News" || * Edwards, pp. 210-215 || * Quiz tomorrow over pp. 193-205 ||
 * = **Wednesday**
 * 2.14.18**
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 * Schedule B** || * **Quiz over pp. 193-205**
 * Decoding Media Bias Activity || * No reading assignment || * Prepare for Unit 3 FRQs and MC Test ||
 * = **Thursday**
 * 2.15.18** || * Discuss "The News and Public Opinion," "Policy Entrepreneurs and Agenda Setting," and "Understanding the Mass Media" || * No reading assignment || * Prepare for Unit 3 FRQs and MC Test ||
 * = **Friday**
 * 2.16.18** || * Unit 3 Free-Response Question Today || * No reading assignment || * Prepare for Unit 3 Multiple Choice Test ||
 * = **Tuesday**
 * 2.20.18** || * Unit 3 Multiple Choice Test Today || * No reading assignment || * No written assignment ||

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