Reading: Political Parties in the Legislature

Reading Response

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Lecture: Political Parties

Quotations on Political Parties

Reading: Electoral Systems and Political Parties Briefing Paper

Reading: Political Parties, Elections, and Pressure Groups

Discussion Questions Concerning Political Parties

Fareed Zakaria on the Rise of Illiberal Democracy (in case your media player does not function)

The assignment: listen to (or read) Zakaria  and offer a thoughtful and scholarly response. I want to keep this assignment open (for a change). However, if you are seeking parameters…

-demonstrate that you have listened to (or read) Zakaria

-1/2 page to 1 page single spaced

-post your response in the comments link below

-be ready to discuss this in class

Chip Hauss on Democratization (Hauss is the author of your textbook and a contributor to the AP curiculum)

The assignment

SQ3R Reading Strategy

CLUES Model to Thinking Critically. This Rocks!

Several Note Taking Strategies

Notes on Quality Presentations

Multiple Intelligences

Thinking Like A Genius

Advice on Processing Possibilities & Rubric

How to Organize and Conduct Interviews

Your Service Contract

The Article

The Response Sheet

Freedom House has set forth to gauge the state of freedom around the world. They have posted an interactive map which encourages the reader to gauge the state of relative freedom in the world. Naturally, measuring freedom is a complex and dynamic task, so feel free take issue with their methodologies or conclusions:

Read and examine interactive maps here

Your assignment is to assess the state of freedom in 1 of the 6 AP country studies assigned to you using the data provided in the Freedom House index. Your essay should be one single spaced page and must use specific evidence. You are to post your essay in the comments link below. As always, you are encouraged to read and respond to the work of your classmates.

Here is a Freedom House reflection on the state of freedom in 2010.

]]> http://www.daniellazar.com/2006/10/07/freedom-just-another-word-for-nothing-left-to-lose/feed/ 0 http://www.daniellazar.com/2006/10/07/the-age-of-misinformation/ http://www.daniellazar.com/2006/10/07/the-age-of-misinformation/#comments Sat, 07 Oct 2006 09:44:30 +0000 Dan Lazar http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4 In a recent dialogue with my beloved AP Foreign and Comparative Politics students I learned that, though they recognize and appreciate the power the internet to transform political culture, they are seemingly unaware of alternative media sources online. Thus, in an effort to wean them from CNN’s intellectual stultification, I offer the following alternatives to the mainstream:

From the Left:

CounterPunch: http://www.counterpunch.org/

Democracy Now: http://www.democracynow.org/

Harper’s Weekly: http://www.harpers.org/

In These Times: http://www.inthesetimes.com/

The Nation: http://www.thenation.com/

The Progressive: http://www.progressive.org/

Utne Reader: http://www.utne.com/

ZMagazine (The Spirit of Resistance): http://zmag.org/

Towards the Center, More or Less:

BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Economist: http://economist.com/index.cfm

Foreign Affairs Magazine: http://www.foreignaffairs.org/

Harvard International Review: http://hir.harvard.edu/

National Public Radio: http://www.npr.org/

New York Times: http://nytimes.com/

Slate Magazine: http://slate.com/

Time Magazine: http://www.time.com/time/

From the Right:

American Conservative: http://www.amconmag.com/

National Review: http://www.nationalreview.com/

New Republic: http://www.tnr.com/

Spectator: http://www.spectator.co.uk/

Amusing Alternatives to “Real” News:

The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/content/

The Specious Report: http://www.thespeciousreport.com/

Bob From Accounting: http://www.bobfromaccounting.com/