- Describe ways that candidates get their messages to voters
- Analyze the role of interest groups in the election process
- Explain how candidates and interest groups try to influence the way people vote
- Explore the importance of the media in election campaigns
- Used notes from Lesson 3, Part 2: How Candidates and Groups Try to Influence Your Vote, to answer the following questions in complete sentences:
- Define direct mail, media, propaganda, and bias.
- List four methods candidates use to get their messages to voters.
- What are the goals of interest groups?
- List the major propaganda techniques that might be used in campaign messages.
- How might opinion polls affect the outcome of an election?
- Evaluate Abraham Lincoln was one of our greatest presidents. He was also awkward and tired-eyed. Do you think that Lincoln could become president in today? Explain your answer.
- Finish Lesson 3, Part 2 review questions by T 30 Sep, if necessary
