Politics in the U.S.

Students are learning about the U.S. political system by examining several bills designed to take money out of politics. During our meeting at the capitol building with Common Cause Hawaii, students learned how financing takes up much of legislators time and prevents them from working with their constituents more directly.

 

The students took notes about three bills (the clean elections act, the fair elections now act, and the tranceparency bill which recently became a law) all aimed at creating more equitable elections between contestants.

Students are now working on creating infographics that will explain these bills to the average teenager. In teams this week they drafted their ideas for the images of their infographics.

MPX10 students are also cruising through the novel Never Fall Down--I've assigned though chapter 8 and several told me they already finished it!

 

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