The economy leads the list of American voters’ concerns, but according to an Ipsos/Reuters poll from September, 71% name something else, from democracy to immigration to healthcare.
Using September polling data, this lesson asks which issues decide an election, which ones students themselves care most about, and what the parties are saying about them.
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- PowerPoint and Google Slides with concept intro, discussion, and current event overview
- A separate ready-to-print PDF document for each lesson level
- Thinking questions to connect to the concepts of ideology and security
- Critical thinking activity about personally evaluating important issues
- Research extension about what the parties are saying about the issues
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