I.Warm-up – Strategies for Gaining Power

Think about the student elections at EOSA. What do you or your classmates do (what are their strategies) to win other students’ votes?

Government:The Nature of Power, Politics & GovernmentFRIDAY10/16/09

Learning Target:I CAN explain 3 different strategies for gaining political power.

Agenda:

I.Warm-up

II.Political Strategies

III.Chip Game

IV.Debrief

V.Exit Slip

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TIME UP

II. Political Strategies 1. Winning by Giving to Get2. Winning by Being Smarter than the Opposition3. Winning by Wiping out the Opposition4. Winning by Collective Action

Game Description Example

Government:The Nature of Power, Politics & GovernmentFRIDAY10/16/09

Learning Target:I CAN explain 3 different strategies for gaining political power.

Agenda:

I.Warm-up

II.Political Strategies

III.Chip Game

IV.Debrief

V.Exit Slip

III. CHIP GAME

Follow these rules to play Chip.

Rules1. For each round of the game, you will have 2 minutes to trade your chips.All trades—including those in progress—must stop when the time is up.2. After trading, the student with the most points will be asked to make a rulefor the next round of trading. That rule will apply only to the next round.

ROUND 1- 2 minutes

Government:The Nature of Power, Politics & GovernmentFRIDAY10/16/09

Learning Target:I CAN explain 3 different strategies for gaining political power.

Agenda:

I.Warm-up

II.Political Strategies

III.Chip Game

IV.Debrief

V.Exit Slip

III. CHIP GAME Chip Point ValuesPink 100 pointsYellow 50 pointsBlue 25 pointsWhite 10 points

Government:The Nature of Power, Politics & GovernmentFRIDAY10/16/09

Learning Target:I CAN explain 3 different strategies for gaining political power.

Agenda:

I.Warm-up

II.Political Strategies

III.Chip Game

IV.Debrief

V.Exit Slip

ROUND 1 Winner: Rule for Round 2:

ROUND 2 Winner: Rule for Round 3:

ROUND 3 Winner: Rule for Round 4:

ROUND 4 WINNER:

IV. CHIP GAME DEBRIEF

1. What happened during the game?

2. What do you think the game was about?

3. During the game, what was an example of• Winning by Giving to Get?• Winning by Being Smarter than

the Opposition?• Winning by Wiping out the

Opposition?• Winning by Collective Action?

Government:The Nature of Power, Politics & GovernmentFRIDAY10/16/09

Learning Target:I CAN explain 3 different strategies for gaining political power.

Agenda:

I.Warm-up

II.Political Strategies

III.Chip Game

IV.Debrief

V.Exit Slip

V. Exit SlipDescribe how the following political

strategies were used in today’s game:

A. Winning by Giving to Get and Building Numbers

B. Winning by Being Smarter than the Opposition

C. Winning by Wiping out the OppositionD (at the bottom) Winning by Collective

Action

Government:The Nature of Power, Politics & GovernmentFRIDAY10/16/09

Learning Target:I CAN explain 3 different strategies for gaining political power.

Agenda:

I.Warm-up

II.Political Strategies

III.Chip Game

IV.Debrief

V.Exit Slip