Day 27
Political Participation: Interest Groups and the Iron Triangle
Learning Targets: Students will be able to....
- Explain how interest groups may represent very specific or more general interests, and can educate voters and office holders, draft legislation, and mobilize membership to apply pressure on and work with legislators and government agencies.
- Describe how in addition to working within party coalitions, interest groups exert influence through long-standing relationships with bureaucratic agencies, congressional committees, and other interest groups; such relationships are described as “iron triangles” and issue networks and they help interest groups exert influence across political party coalitions.
Before you we begin today, provide a 1-3 sentence response to the following prompt. Your response should be a specific claim AND provide a line of reasoning.
If you are not familiar with primaries or caucuses, don’t worry, just make any argument and line of reasoning.
Prompt: Which of the following institutions has the greatest effect in determining the creation and execution of government policies?
- The bureaucracy
- US Congress
- Interest Groups and Corporations
Activity #1: Interest Groups - N-50
LD - an organization of people who share a common interest and work together to protect and promote that interest by influencing the government.
SD -
- Iron Triangle
SD -
Examples - NRA, AARP, MADD, https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/mems.php
Non-Examples - Bureaucracy (CDC, FDA, FEC, etc), Political Parties, PACs
Related Terms - Pluralism, Hyperpluralism, Voting Behavior, Incumbents
While reading the articles linked below, be on the lookout for evidence that you could use to support, modify, or revise your claim regarding the electoral college.
- https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/mems.php
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/eriksherman/2015/04/22/top-10-lobbyists-spend-64m-on-congress-and-agencies-in-3-months/#1aea6f51352c
Close - Exit Ticket - Claim Revision - 10 minutes
Before you leave today, provide a 1-3 sentence response to the following prompt. Your response should be a specific claim AND provide a line of reasoning.*
Prompt: Which of the following institutions has the greatest effect in determining the creation and execution of government policies?
- The bureaucracy
- US Congress
- Interest Groups and Corporations
- You must cite at least 2 pieces of evidence from the statistics provided to support your claim.
- You must explain HOW that evidence supports your claim
AP EXAM PREP - Missing Pieces, Landmark Cases, and Foundational Documents
This document should act as a checklist in your preparation for the AP Exam May 6th. THIS IS BY NO MEANS EXHAUSTIVE! Instead, it is simply a checklist of items.
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