Archive for month: November, 2019

• What was the aggregate voter turnout for the 2000 election?
• Is this turnout level higher or lower than normal election turnout?
• Based on the outcome of the 2000 election (George W. Bush elected), what key variable(s) might best explain the outcome; rules, political realities, strategies, or choices?
• Were there any demographic patterns that played a major factor in the selection of the winner?

Final Paper

American democracy is celebrated globally as the example for all other democracies to model their governments upon. Despite this prestigious reputation, the United States has lower voter turnout rates than many other democracies.  

During this summative assignment, students will analyze and compare voter turnout for Presidential elections over recent decades. Students will examine three recent election turnouts to assess voter behavior. The three voter turnout case studies to be examined are for the Presidential elections of 1996, 2000 and 2008. Each case study will compare and contrast the characteristics designated in the template below. After completing all three voter turnout case studies, students will evaluate what policies, efforts and actions were successful at increasing voter turnout. The complete assignment should be between eight to ten pages in length. 

Scientist believe it is not a matter of “if”, but “when” regarding a global pandemic with high mortality. It is estimated that the 2009 H1N1 virus infected 90,000,000 (ninety million) people in the US alone. We were lucky and it had a very low mortality rate. If it has a death rate of even just 5%, 4.5 million Americans would have died! Had it been as virulent as the Spanish Flu discussed in Ch. 32, with a mortality rate of 20% the death toll would have been 18 million people. Ebola has a mortality rate of 50% (!) which would have meant 45 million people would have died had H1N1 been similar.

Can anything be done to minimize the chances of an outbreak of this magnitude occurring? If an outbreak starts, can communities protect themselves (what would it take, is it realistic in our global times)? What would it take to survive such a pandemic (think about basic needs and supplies – how long would they last?).

Be realistic in your discussion – no “Mad Max” fantasy – though there could be some reality to the fiction you have seen… think about what we observed after 9/11, Katrina, what Puerto Rico is still going through after the devastating hurricane. How do those events relate to what might happen in a global pandemic?

300 words

 Why is it important to utilize educational materials such as brochures, videos, or web sites with animations and photos when learning about and the anatomy and physiology of disease for yourself, and in preparation for teaching others?