Politics

Politics, Week 10 Instructional Plan

This week

1. check student presentation progress
2. upcoming schedule
3. chapter 8 Political Culture and the Media

For next week

1. November 9 – student presentations (week 11)
2. November 16 – Chapter 12 Government Systems and Regimes (week 12)
3. November 23 –  Chapter 13 Political Executive and Leadership (week 13)
4. November 30 – review (week 14)
5. December 7 – reading week, no classes (week 15)
6. December 14 – final exam

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Politics Week 9, Instructional Plan

1. Quick review of midterm scores
2. Discuss upcoming oral presentation and written paper
3. Lecture about Chapter 7 Politics, Society and Identity
4. Complete discussion questions for Chapter 7

For next week

1. Chapter 8 Political Culture and the Media
2. Chapter 8 discussion questions

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Politics Week 7

Politics Week 6, Instructional Plan

1. Complete Chapter 6 Political Economy and Globalization (Monday)
2. Review questions and answer for the mid term exam. (Thursday)

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Politics Week 6, Instructional Plan

This week we agreed to make a small change to the class plan. Instead of reading and discussing Chapter 5 from the textbook (Nations and Nationalism), I suggested we spend some time on a specific writing task. This will help the students organize their thoughts in a more logical order.

Let’s quickly check the answers for the Critical Thinking test.

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