Presentation for Community Organizing Notes

http://prezi.com/rzanyvkki9cx/community-organizing-and-human-rights-steps/?kw=view-rzanyvkki9cx&rc=ref-18683796

Ms. Holland’s Final Study Guide

1.        Know five different types of government, be able to define them and supply a country that is an example of each.

2.       Be able to explain the checks and balances between Congress and the Executive branches of government.  Use these words to explain your answer:

                                                              i.      Veto power

                                                            ii.      Power to issue executive orders

                                                          iii.      Power as commander in chief

                                                          iv.      Legislative oversight power

                                                             v.      Senate advice and consent power

                                                          vi.      Budgetary power

3.      Know 5 big political parties in the United States

a.       Be able to explain political interest groups and what “dark money” means to politics.

b.      Know redistricting and why it is important.

4.      Know what federalism is.  Be able to discuss the relationship between federal and state power (see that graph in your notebook/text book)

a.       KNOW THAT BECAUSE THE NORTH WON THE CIVIL WAR, FEDERAL POWER ALWAYS WINS OVER STATE POWER because the southern states wanted to keep state power to keep slavery legal and protect their agrarian (farming) economy.

b.      Know why powers are delegated (given) to the states and which powers are delegated (given) to the federal government AND power that they share.

3 TED Videos, the note for these should be in your notebook

1.   Ernesto Sirolli: Want to help someone? Shut up and listen!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chXsLtHqfdM

2. Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

3.   Five Steps to Tyranny Video

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Information for your City Pamphlets!

City of Los Angeles
http://www.lacity.org/ForResidents/index.htm

San Pedro
http://www.sanpedro.com/

Barcelona
http://w3.bcn.cat/XMLServeis/XMLHomeLinkPl/0,4022,196254847_196260579_3,00.html

San Francisco
http://www6.sfgov.org/index.aspx?page=2

London
http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/Pages/default.aspx

Press Release Format

Format

There is a fairly standard format for creating press releases. It will help your credibility and chances of being published if you present your material this way. Each press release should include the following:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:	These words should appear at the top left of the page, in upper case. If you don't want the story to be made public yet, write "HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL ...." instead.
Headline	Just like a headline in an newspaper. Make sure this describes the content of the story.
City, State/Country - Month Day, Year	These details precede the story and orient the reader.
Body	This is where the actual story goes. There should be more than one paragraph, each paragraph no more than a few sentences. If there is more than one page, write "-more-" at the bottom of the page.
Company/organization info	Include any background information about the company or organization featuring in this press release.
Contact Information	Include contact person, company name, phone/fax, email, physical/postal address.
ENDS or ###	This indicates the end of the press release.
(xxx words)	If you like you could include the total number of words contained in the press release.