Aug. 20, 2008: Democratic National Convention

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Activities:

1. Use newspaper words and pictures to make a poster welcoming the Democrats to Denver.

2. Pretend you are campaigning to be the leader of your family. What would you do to make life for the family better? Write five planks for your platform.

3. Create a "Democrats Who's Who" scrapbook. Cut out newspaper stories about well-known Democrats and paste them in a notebook. Write a sentence telling why each person is important.

4. Why would Denver be a popular place to visit for (a) historians, (b) sports fans, (c) cowboys and (d) athletes?

5. Select three newspaper stories about issues that are important to our country. Paste each story on a piece of paper. Then write a brief paragraph that explains why the story should be discussed at the Democratic convention. What should the Democrats do about each issue?

This week's standards:

• Students identify key ideals of the United States' democratic republican form of government. (Social Studies: Civic Ideals & Practices)
• Students understand the ideas, principles and practices of citizenship in a democratic republic. (Social Studies: Civics)
  
  (standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)