POLS

1. PORTRAYAL OF CALIFORNIA. CLICK ON, http://www.ppic.org/wp-content/uploads/s-318mbs.pdf

Select FOUR OF THE TABLES INCLUDED IN THIS STUDY. STATE THEIR TITLE AND PAGE NUMBER. FOR EXAMPLE: Preference for laws covering gun sales, p. 19. PROVIDE A COMMENTARY ON EACH TABLE. DRAW CONCLUSIONS ON THEIR IMPORTANCE TO UNDERSTAND CONTEMPORARY CALIFORNIA.

 

2.  POLITICAL PARTIES, INTEREST GROUPS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?  DEFINE THE TERMS USING INFORMATION ONLY FROM THE SLIDES AND THE TEXTBOOK, DRAW CONCLUSIONS PROVIDING EXAMPLES ON HOW THEY CAN INTERACT.

 

3. American Political Development. DEFINE IT. COMPARE AND CONTRAST 2 OR 3 OF ITS DIFFERENT ERAS. DISCUSS THEIR INNOVATIONS AND CHALLENGES REGARDING TO POLITICS. USE INFORMATION FROM THE TEXTBOOK AND THE SLIDES ONLY.

 

4.  POLITICAL CULTURE, POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION AND AGENTS OF POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION. DEFINE THEM USING INFORMATION ONLY FROM THE SLIDES AND THE TEXTBOOK. REFLECT ON THEIR INTERACTION. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN BE DO REGARDING THEM TO PROMOTE MORE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN THE U.S.? (EXAMPLES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES ARE WELCOMED).