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C6. Placing Campaign Ads in Context

Description:
This lesson will help students place campaign ads in context.

To Teachers:

• Create groups of 3 to 4 students.
• It might be better to assign each group a campaign year.
• Give each group a worksheet.

Materials:
Worksheet Word document | PDF

Worksheet Instructions:

• Go to EASE History -- http://www.easehistory.org/
• Search on National Security in EASE History. [EASE History Campaign Ads>Issues>National Security]
• Examine at least twelve "National Security" cases.
• Select one "National Security" case.
• Column 1: What do you know about the people, and objects that appear in the case? What do you know about the situation and time period? Use your prior knowledge, EASE History case resources (election maps, learning segments, related clips, etc.) and your textbook to help you place this case in context.
• Column 2: How is the context that surrounds this case sort of similar and sort of different from today’s world?
  
  

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