Welcome to the 2k24 Presidential Election Unit #Davis7!
It's the 2024 presidential election season! We decided to have a short unit on this year's presidential election where we will learn & discuss the topics below:
- What are the qualifications to be the president?
- Why are these the qualifications?
- What do you think should be the qualifications to be the President of the United States?
- Why do you think the stated qualifications are the only qualifications to be the President of the United States?
- Should there be certain/other qualifications to vote in the United States? What are they…Why do you feel this?
- The Twenty-Sixth Amendment provides, “The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age.” So…Why is the voting age in the United States 18 years old? Do you think the voting age should be higher or lower than the current age?
- What are the important issues in the 2k24 Election?
- How do both Democrats & Republicans generally view these issues.
- Do we see similarities in how the candidates feel about the issues & the general majority of the parties?
- Do we see any significant statements that support the above question or go against their respective party beliefs?
- Who are these issues important to & why?
- What issues do you think older voters care more about than younger voters?
- What is the Electoral College?
- Why did the Founding Fathers believe this process was a good idea?
- How has this process been both successful & failed at times?
- Do you think we should keep this election process? Why/why not?
- Why do candidates attack one another with television, social media posts, interviews, etc.? Do you think it is effective?
- Why do we have only two large political parties & how do smaller political parties & ideas fail to succeed in elections?
- If you could change one thing about the election/electoral process/etc. What would it be and why?
