Name: ______________________________!

Mod: ________
Date: _______________________________!
___ 1. Civic Participation
___ 2. Political Parties
___ 3. Campaign and Elections
___ 4. Polling
___ 5. Interest Groups
___ 6. Media
U3.LP8: Unit 3 Review
Warm-Up
A. This lesson covered ways that people can impact their government
through voting and contacting the elected officials.
B. This lesson covered how organization influence government through
nominating and getting its member selected for government positions.
C. This lesson focused on how candidates organized to win positions in
government.
D. This lesson focused on surveying the general public and how this
information is used by candidates and representatives
E. This lesson focused on organized that influence government from the
outside using lobbyist who contact elected officials directly
F. This lesson focused on the "fourth branch of government" and how is
influences public opinion.

Intro to New Material

Main Idea Supporting Details

LP1: Civic - There are many ways _________________ can impact government. The
Participation most direct way is by _________________ or writing to elected officials.
- We can vote on two things: representatives and _______________.
- When we vote on representatives = ________________ democracy.
- When we vote on issues = _________________ democracy.
- An initiative is when people _________________ a law and put it on a ballot
for people to vote on.
- A referendum is when _________________ write a law and put it on a ballot
for people to vote on.
- A recall is when people vote to ___________ an official from office.

- A political party is an organization that seeks to accomplish specific goals

within the government by ______________ its members to office.
LP2: Political - We have a __________ party system in the United States.
Parties - Third parties provide an ____________________.

- Political Parties are responsible for:

- writing _________________
- _____________________ candidates in caucus
- organizing _________________ elections
- raising campaign _________________ for their candidates

- A ______________________ is a person who is looking to run for and be

elected to political office.
LP3: Campaigns - The _________________ process consists of
and Elections - a nomination, primary elections, and then general elections.
- A campaign is an organized attempt by the candidate to gain
_________________ to be _________________.
 Main Idea Supporting Details

LP4: Polling and - Polling is gathering _________________ about peopleʼs characteristics and
Demographics opinions.
- Candidates and Elected Officials use _________________ information to
plan what to do in government.
- Demographics are the _________________ of a population
- People _________________ things from their government that personally
impacts them. For example, elderly people care about social security and
medicare funding.

LP5: Interest - An _________________ group is a group of people who share common

Groups goals and _________________ to influence government from the outside.
- They usually focus on _________________ issue.
- Lobbyists make _________________ contact with political officials to try to
get their support on _________________.

LP6: Media - Media is a way of communicating _________________ and

_________________ to the general public.
- It is sometimes is called the _________________ branch of government
because it _________________ public opinion.
- Media is good because it keeps government in _________________ and
make voters more informed.
- Media is bad because it can give ___________________ information and
during elections it may predict a winner which will _________________
voters from voting.
- Media does _________________ have complete freedom. It can not
threaten safety or print _________________.
Group Practice

Today, we are going to analyze multiple choice questions from the Unit 3 Assessment in order to
identify major actors and interactions.

- You will see a multiple choice question.

- You will first analyze the prompt, and look for actors and actions.
- Second, analyze each answer choice.

Question 21
Actors

Interaction

Question 24
Actors

Interaction
Question 35
Actors

Interaction

Question 41
Actors

Interaction

Question 43
Actors

Interaction

Question 45
Actors

Interaction

Question 48
Actors

Interaction

Question 40
Actors

Interaction

Question 37
Actors

Interaction

Question 38
Actors

Interaction

HOMEWORK

Look over the copy of the Unit 3 Assessment.

Complete the cover page of the test by identifying the actors and agents in each question
PROMPT.

Independent Practice
Play Boom! Bag with a partner.