Every time our class meets on a Friday, we will spend the first few minutes of class
looking at some of the weird things that made the news recently.

Check out the following sites to look for some weird news.

MSNBC website

Political Cartoons

Political Cartoons are an important part of the media and help us to see
how other people feel about political issues that are going on at the time.

Check out this site to look at some of the most current political cartoons out there.

Political Cartoons

Interest Groups

Interest groups play an important role in our government's decision making process.
Their purpose is to influence government to create laws that will help their group out.

Check out this link to view all of the different types of special interest groups there are out there.

Special Interest Groups

Political Parties

Two political parties control our government. They are constantly competing against each other.
So which are you? Are you more like a Democrat or a Republican?

Check out the following links and take the quizzes to help learn where you fall politically.

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