Read pp. 99-126

Know the following terms:  independents, interest group; lobbying; political action group; professional associations; single-issue interest group; trade associations; two party system, multiparty system.

The materials in this chapter will be part of Test One to be taken Sept. 29- Oct. 5

Browse  the following links:    Politics1 - Guide to American Political Parties (good, brief account of parties and links)        Political Parties (quick outline of parties from 18th century to present )  Political Parties( another good, brief account)

Interest Groups (good, brief)

FORMAT OF RESPONSE QUESTIONS:
      1. Select one of the following questions.
      2. Your answer should be at least 200 words.
      3. Choose  a simple font (arial, courier), font size 10 or 12.
      4.  Be sure to save your work.
      5. Your work should be a Word document or saved as a Rich text file,

Microsoft Office 2007 – If you are using this new version of Word you may need to save your documents as Microsoft Office 2003 documents with the .doc rather than the .docx extension.  If you are using Microsoft Works or WordPerfect word processing program, save your file and change the “save file as” to Rich Text Format.  This will allow your document to be opened by your instructor using any word processing program.     
      6. Send this question and the others from Chapters 4 and 6 as a single document using the WebCT Assignment link.
      7.  There is a five ( 5) point penalty for late work. Work will not be accepted two (2) days after the date due.

GRADING RESPONSE QUESTION:
  1. on the content of the response.
  2.  the mechanics of the answer.  (the Edited English standard will be used see below). 
  3. 20 points for the question.

Select one of the following questions: Due Sept. 26 ( Fri.12:00 noon). 

1, Compare the principles/goals of the Democratic and Republican parties?  Are they different? how?why would a citizen choose one party over the other?

2. What is the role of interest groups( all types of interest groups) in shaping the policies of the two major political parties?

3.  Are interest groups a good thing for the two major political parties? why/why not?  do they allow citizens more of a voice in shaping policies of the United States?

4.  Discuss reasons for the decline in party identification.

5.  In the United States we have a two party system yet one party tends to dominate the national government after each election.  Explain why one party will dominate from one election to the next.

Grading Standard  Edited American English is the form of English which is used in newspapers and magazines, in textbooks and fiction works, and in memos and letters.

Type I:  Gross Errors (-10 pts. each)

              A. fragment (ex.   Because I had a flat tire.)

              B. lack of subject/verb agreement (ex. The man were having a nervous breakdown.)

              C. fused/run-on sentence (ex. I had no choice I had to take the test.)

              D. incorrect tense or verb form (ex. The boy gone to the store for his father.)

Type II:  Major Errors (-5 pts. each)

              A. comma between subject and verb(comma fault) (ex. The mother,gave her son the apple.)

                 B. comma splice (ex. We went to the store,we  got some bread and milk.)

                 C. failure to show possession (ex. My husband pants are dirty.)

                  D. no indentation at beginning of paragraph and incorrect paragraph form.

Type III: Minor Errors ( -2 pts. each)

               A. misspelled words or incorrect capitalization

                B. misused homonyms or words used incorrectly

               C. commas added unnecessarily or commas lacking

               D. punctuation missing or incorrect

                E. incorrect pronoun agreement

               F. misleading pronoun reference

               G. unnecessary shift of tense or person

               H. words left out/dangling or misplaced modifiers.