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Day 13: Outside
InfluencesTLW: Understand how outside influences
impact the decisions made by the individual and the Congress as a whole.
You are completing all
notes and activities in your groups. You will
hand in one sheet of paper.
Write the objective on one sheet of paper.
(Put the names of your group members.)
Please put your cell
phones away.
In your notes, complete a graphic organizer that shows all of the outside influences on you.
YOU
Parents
Teachers
Friends
How would outside influences impact the following decisions?
1. A student drops out of high school. What are possible reasons why?
2. A student drops out of college. Why?
3. A 24 year old moves back in with their parents. Why?
4. An athlete chooses to use steroids. Why?
5. The President lies about an affair. Why?
Outside influences in Congress
• Lobbyists• Interest Groups (Political Action Committees--PAC’s)•Celebrities
Lobbyists
• Definition:• Example:• Goal:
Interest Groups/ PAC’s (Political Action Committees)
• Definition:• Example:• Goal:
Celebrities
• Definition:• Example:• Goal:
Videos on Lobbyists
• 3 Available on the class website. We will watch one of them together.
• You need to write down any new information you learn about lobbyists.