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C8. Conceptual Understanding/Experience/Thesaurus/Deductive

Description:
This lesson will help students develop a deeper understanding of presidential candidate experience. Students are asked to select 6 campaign ads and then choose thesaurus entries that are a good description of the case. Students will then be asked to explain why each thesaurus entry is a good match with the case.

To Teachers:

• Read the Roget Thesaurus entry -- "Experience". (Whole class activity)
• Create groups of 3 to 4 students.
• Assign each group an election year.
• Give each group a worksheet.

Materials:
Worksheet Word document | PDF

Worksheet Instructions:

• Go to EASE History -- http://www.easehistory.org/
• Search on "Experience" in EASE History. [Campaign Ads Menu>Pres. Leadership Attributes>Positive>Experience]
• Examine at least 12 cases that have been coded on "Experience".
• Column 1: Select 6 cases that focus on presidential candidate "Experience". List the cases in Column 1 .
• Column 2: Select two or three Thesaurus entries that are a good match with each case. It’s ok to use the same synonym to describe more than one case.
• Column 3: Briefly explain, in one or two sentences, why you think the case and the synonyms are a good match.
  

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