Electoral College Appeal

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(11-13-2016, 08:52 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: No one here disagrees with that. The thing is, we've even had discussions about the EC before this. I've been involved with discussions ever since I knew what the EC was and how it worked about how it is an antiquated system and should be gotten rid of. And the 2000 election was before I could even vote. I don't think we should change what occurred with this election, but I think we need to have a serious conversation about the electoral processes in this country. Not just in relation to the EC, but for all of it.

A big assessment I use in the second  is a Document Based Question "Should the Electoral College Be Abolished?". Read 7 documents on it (pro and con), answer questions for each document, and then write your argumentative essay using the documents as evidence. 

I'm going to need to amend one of the documents now, but this is an issue we teach and let the kids develop an opinion about. This is going to be fun to grade this year.