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C9. Conceptual Understanding/Experience/Thesaurus/Inductive

Description:
This lesson will help students develop a deeper understanding of presidential candidate experience. Students are provided a synonym, asked to select 3 cases that illustrate the synonym, and then asked to explain how the cases are sort of different from each other.

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 three cases that are a good match for each synonym.
• Column 2: A synonym of "Experience" has been provided.
• Column 3: Briefly explain how all the cases about the synonym are sort of different from each other.
  

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