- Identify key issues and the governmental policies that can address the issues.
- Describe how gerrymandering impacts how government implements policies.
- Identify and analyze the different values that are commonly brought to the task of drawing a Congressional map.
In order to...
Understand how different values require trade-offs that impact how a Congressional map is drawn.
Time commitment
One class period (about 45 minutes)
PA Standards Met
5.2.(class).D. - Citizen’s role in political process
5.3.(class).D. - Elections, mass media, interest groups
7.2. - Physical characteristics of places and regions
7.3. - Human characteristics of places and regions
Four Corners Activity
Students: Agree or disagree with these statements? Explain why.
Teacher-led discussion: Why redistricting impacts your life
First, ask students about what political issues do they care about. Then pick one, and as a class trace out why Pennsylvanians aren't getting what they want out of Harrisburg or Washington.
Which values are most important when drawing a map? This popular activity gets students to think about the motivations for why voting districts have their crazy shapes.
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