Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Midterm

 Midterm: Parties, Politics & Campaigning

Andrews/Fall 2020

 

 

Please respond to 3 of the following topics. Your responses should be 2-3 paragraphs in length. Spend approximately 20 minutes on each response. These responses are worth 10 points each. You may use your books, blogs and notes.  Please send me your responses BY EMAIL no later than 11pm on Sunday, October 25.

 

 

1) Discuss anti-intellectualism in the context of American politics in general and/or the 2020 election cycle in particular. Are we in danger of becoming an “Idiocracy”?

 

 

2) What did the Founding Fathers have to say about factions? Were they right to dwell on this subject… are factions indeed potentially harmful to American democracy? Cite examples as part of your reply.




3)Discuss this year’s presidential and vice presidential debates. In what ways have they been good or poor examples of democracy in action?

 

4) What do Plato and Aristotle have to say about democracy? Are their ideas relevant for our experience in 2020?

 

 

5) Has our national response to the pandemic become politicized this election year? Discuss.

at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Module 15

Module 15   You’ve made it to the final week of classes. I know this has been a very hard semester (and year) for some of you… it has been f...

  • Module 15
    Module 15   You’ve made it to the final week of classes. I know this has been a very hard semester (and year) for some of you… it has been f...
  • Module 14
    Module 14   I hope you all had a safe and uneventful Thanksgiving. As I write, I am hearing whisperings that there may be another lockdown o...
  • Module 12
    Module 12   We are nearing the end of the semester, but the 2020 election and its aftermath continue to dominate headlines as President Trum...