US Presidential Election ⋆ Intermediate, Themes Background 2016 presidential candidates Basic details of each candidate’s backgroundWhere the Candidates Stand on 2016’s Biggest IssuesWhat happens when … and how The important dates, Feb-Nov, listed and explained2016 Primary Results and Calendar Quickview of the results so far by NYTimes Warm-up What do kids want in a president? (1:20) Kids talk about what kind of person they think the next president should be like.“Slow Jam the News” with President Obama (7:05) Jimmy Fallon and President Obama slow jam the news, discussing Obama’s legacy, accomplishments and thoughts on the 2016 election.44 Presidents A rap song made after Obama became presidentCouch Commander (4:45) What will Obama do after his presidency? Vocabulary Lesson Plans Reading Listening US Presidential Elections Listening task with a gap-fill exerciseDonald Trump on global risk list A reading/listening text in three levels with loads of vocabulary and content questions (7-9) Viewing Quiz Whose side are you on? More Materials
Campaign Marathon CREDIT: Danny Johnston/AP Images (Trump); Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (Clinton); J. Countess/Getty Images (Carson); Joe Raedle/Getty Images (Sanders); Win McNamee/Getty Images (Rubio) Fullscreen Close It already feels like the presidential election has been going on forever. By Rebecca Zissou | November 23, 2015 By the time Election Day rolls around in November 2016, the presidential hopefuls will probably have been out on the campaign trail for more than two years. Why does it take Americans so long? Many other countries manage to elect their leaders in just a few weeks. In a primary, voters head to polling stations to cast secret ballots. Other countries skip all the fuss. Has the process gotten longer in recent years? Yes. The first declared candidate of 2016—Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas—officially kicked off his campaign last March, nearly a year before the first primary and caucuses. Does money play a role in lengthening the campaigns? Is there a silver lining?
Kickstarta läsåret med strategier - Mia Smith Ingen slöjdlärare skulle beordra eleverna att såga utan att först gå igenom hur man använder sågen på bästa sätt, eller beordra eleverna att använda symaskinen utan att först lära eleverna hur man hanterar alla spakar och rattar. I språkundervisningen har vi inga sågar eller symaskiner, men vi använder verktyg. Och även vi måste lära eleverna att använda verktygen. De verktyg jag tänker på är våra språkliga strategier. Jag brukar fråga mina elever vad en strategi är och de brukar komma med kloka svar. Språkliga strategier har vi undervisat länge, och för den som vill födjupa sig vill jag rekommendera Lena Börjessons text Om strategier i engelska och moderna språk från Skolverket. En sammanfattning av de vanligaste icke-digitala strategierna jag undervisar. Men det finns nya strategier, och vare sig vi vill eller inte kommer eleverna använda dem. En sammanfattning av de vanligaste digitala strategierna jag undervisar. För att eleverna ska lära sig måste de naturligtvis öva.
What’s at Stake CLINTON favors raising the federal minimum wage to $12 an hour and providing more tax breaks for working families. She wants the wealthiest Americans to pay higher taxes. She also wants the government to spend more on infrastructure projects like roads and bridges to provide jobs and grow the economy. TRUMP says the U.S. needs to renegotiate its trade deals to make them more beneficial to American companies and workers. He’s also proposed a 45 percent tariff on goods coming into the U.S. from China. To encourage economic growth, he wants to lower the corporate tax rate and simplify the tax code for everyone. CLINTON supports broad immigration reform and, like President Obama, says she favors protections for certain groups of undocumented immigrants, including young people brought here illegally as children. TRUMP promises to build a wall along the U.S. CLINTON believes climate change is an “urgent threat.” TRUMP believes climate change is “a total hoax.”
The 20 Best Podcasts Like Serial It’s been more than a year since Serial listeners everywhere freaked out that the first season of their favorite cult-hit true-crime podcast was ending, knowing that no matter what conclusion the series reached (is Adnan Syed actually guilty of murdering Hae Min Lee in 1999?), it was going to be tough. It’s partially due to the phenomenal success of NPR’s true-crime series that now, months later, we’re still hooked on our daily audio fix, and podcast listenership in the U.S. has doubled since 2008. So if you were a fan of the buzzy true-crime podcast—which was created by the folks behind This American Life, and hosted by veteran reporter Sarah Koenig—you probably now totally rely on compelling stories to keep you company on the subway, walking to work, and while waiting for your coffee, and voraciously hunt down new podcasts. Scroll To See More Images 1 of 20 1. If you’re into Serial, you’ll appreciate Criminal’s episodic take on a new new-crime case. 2 of 20 2. 3 of 20 3. 4 of 20 4. 5 of 20
Topics in US History: Political Parties - The Edge Hi! This is Adam, AP/IB History, English Literature and English Language & History tutor at The Edge Learning Center. Below, I’ve written a brief history of political parties in the US. The development over time of political parties is one of the most complicated yet significant topics in United States History. In his farewell address, George Washington warned the people of the perils of partisan disunity, but today America is at least in part defined by its Red State/Blue State divide. 1790s-1820s: The First Party System For all intents and purposes, the first party system (and inter-party beef) in America compromised the Democratic Republicans, the party of Thomas Jefferson, and the Federalists, which was the party of George Washington’s Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Into the early 19th century, after Jefferson’s presidency, the Federalists lost popularity and petered out. 1820s-1850s: The Jacksonian Era and the Second Party System 1850s-1890s: The Third Party System
ef Classroom Material Inspirera dina elever Vi delar din passion för att ständigt förnya och förbättra engelskundervisningen för dina elever. Därför erbjuder vi kostnadsfritt lektionsmaterial och andra resurser till dig som engelsklärare. Dessa inkluderar bland annat underlag för inspirerande lektioner och obegränsad tillgång till våra moderna språktester online. "Vi älskar engelska" posterAnvänd denna inspirerande poster tillsammans med vår lektionsplan "Vi älskar engelska" och tillhörande video. Aktivitetskort till klassrummet - We will not have theseVåra aktivitetskort ger dig 52 nya pedagogiska idéer hur du kan engagera dina språkstudenter i klassrummet . Vi delar din passion för att ständigt förnya och förbättra språkundervisningen för dina elever. "Nos encanta el español" posterAnvänd denna inspirerande poster tillsammans med vår lektionsplan "Nos encanta el español" och video. Vi delar din passion för att ständigt förnya och förbättra språkundervisningen för dina elever. Gästlärare
Why the Donkey and Elephant? The Donkey— Presidential candidate Andrew Jackson was the first Democrat ever to be associated with the donkey symbol. His opponents during the election of 1828 tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist beliefs and slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson was entertained by the notion and ended up using it to his advantage on his campaign posters. But cartoonist Thomas Nast is credited with making the donkey the recognized symbol of the Democratic Party. It first appeared in a cartoon in Harper's Weekly in 1870, and was supposed to represent an anti-Civil War faction. The Elephant— Political cartoonist Thomas Nast was also responsible for the Republican Party elephant. See the official sites of the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee for more information. —The Editors
2016 Presidential Election “Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt TABLE OF CONTENTS (Revised 9/1/16) (For info on the 2016 General Elections, visit Student News Daily’s General Elections page.) A National Platform is the official statement of a political party’s position on a wide variety of issues. Party platforms and their planks are very important to the electoral process: They give the candidates a clear political position with which they can campaign. Both of the nation’s major political parties create platforms in advance of national elections so that voters have a clear view of the agenda the party will pursue if its members are elected to office. 2016 Republican Party Platform2016 Democratic Party Platform 2016 Libertarian Party platform 2016 Green Party platform2016 Constitution Party Platform ACTIVITIES:1. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. CONSERVATIVE vs. Watch each debate. 1. 2. 3. 4.
Uncle Sam: 1814 Samuel Wilson was a businessman from Troy, NY, that supplied beef in barrels to the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. The barrels were labeled "U.S." When asked what the initials stood for, one of Wilson's workers said that it stood for Uncle Sam Wilson. Cartoonists of the 1800s drew many different versions of Uncle Sam and used him as a symbol for the U.S. The most famous picture of Uncle Sam appeared on a 1917 Army recruiting poster illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg. Uncle Sam is now a recognizable symbol of the United States; he is pictured as a white-haired man with a goatee, wearing a tall white hat decorated with a blue ribbon with white stars, a white shirt, a red bow tie, and a navy blue jacket. Uncle Sam facts and figures: More than four million copies of Flagg’s Uncle Sam poster were printed between 1917 and 1918. To learn more, see the Library of Congress site.
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White House: 1792 The White House is the name given to the official home and workplace of the President of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Every President except George Washington has lived there. It was built between 1792 and 1800; in 1814, it was burned by the British army when they invaded the city during the War of 1812. After the war ended, the White House was rebuilt in the 1820’s and has been expanded over the years. It has been redecorated on the inside and today is open for public tours. The President’s office is called the Oval Office because the room is shaped like an oval. To learn more, including an interactive tour inside, see the White House official site.