Barrack Obama's path to the presidency analyzed
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Barrack Obama's path to the presidency analyzed
- 1. Whose speech is this? What are the main messages?
- 2. Barrack to the future – what does it take to be President of the United States? Look at the map above. It displays the results of the US election. Which colour is Barrack Obama’s? Use map evidence.
- 4. This is the ‘popular’ vote. Is the system still fair?
- 5. Is this system fair? Why? What could this system be based on?
- 7. Use both maps. Suggest ways in which the electoral college system works. Refer to map evidence. The maps suggest that the number of electoral point given to a state is….. For example….. Barrack Obama won…… electoral points and needed ……. To win… However, Barack Obama won ….. Of the popular vote.. I think that this system is fair / not fair because……
- 8. Where? What? Why? Who? What are these people up to?
- 11. Listen • List the hazards. • Imagine, what would you be thinking, feeling, doing if you lived in New Jersey?
- 12. Imagine this was your house. Describe how you would be feeling.. Imagine this is your house. Describe how you would be feeling.
- 13. 5 days later?
- 14. Haiti • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin- america-20177372
- 15. • http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher- network/teacher-blog/2012/nov/04/hurrican- sandy-teacher-resources-news-round-up
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- May wish to print out 1:1 for less ableYoutube speech highlights: http://youtu.be/9X_liJoPV8cImage found on the public gallery at wordle.net
- http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/President/2012/
- http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/President/2012/
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20009195
- You may wish to print this 1:2http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/electorl.htm
- Print this 1:2Wikipedia US Electoral College System: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States)Wikipedia list of US states by population: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_populationHighlight the difference between population density and total population. Be critical of the data…
- What are these people doing?Image from Guardian Eyewitness
- https://historymusings.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/full-text-obama-presidemcy-november-3-2012-president-barack-obamas-speech-at-fema-headquarters-hurricane-sandy-storm-relief-update/
- FemaSpeechImage created using wordle.net
- Audio updates. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/audio/archive/201210300003.mp3
- Images from Guardian eyewitness
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20203055