In groups of 5-6, you will help your classmates understand why they would vote for your assigned political party.  You will present the information and provide your classmates with a resource to reference the information. Every group member will do 2 parts from below:

Information you must provide to the class:

1) Summarize the history of the party (When did it start? How/where did it start? How has it changed over time? Any major milestones? Etc.) [5]

2) Explain the party’s ideological roots (use political ideologies and spectrum to explain) [5]

3) Give the profile of the current Federal leader of the party [5]

4) Give the profile of the candidate that ran for the party in the last election in your riding. [5]

*For Bloc Quebecois, use any riding

5) Compare and contrast at least two public opinion polls on the party (a news story reporting on a poll is fine as long as it gives the percentages) – explain who is the most popular, how has that changed over time, where the poll was taken, how many people answered, etc. [5]

6) Research the party’s platform/beliefs on at least 4 different topics: [5 each] and create a commercial to sell your platform to the class.

• Senate Reform, Crimes and Justice, Environment, Economy – jobs & employment, Immigration/Refugees, Democratic Reform, Energy, Foreign Affairs, Health Care, Human Rights, National Security, Media, Social Welfare, etc.

7) Provide one recent (within 6 months) news story about the party. [5]

• Summarize the article and include the source
• Provide an analysis of how the party is portrayed in the article (note any possible biases, is there an agenda? Who is the author?).
• should not be from the party website

1. Commercial
2. Provide bibliography of all sources used in MLA format – Use Bibme.org
   • place at the end of each section above
3. Reference material for the class.
4. Provide a list of group member responsibilities.

Remember, any writing you do needs to be in your OWN words.

Marks:

10 marks for individual portions (at least two parts per person)

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10 group marks for presentation and aesthetics (commercial? completeness of project? Proper bibliography? List of responsibilities? Did you work together well? Does everyone play a fair role in the presentation? Design and looks of reference? readability of reference?)

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