What do Midterm Elections decide in the government?

Which side the government will shift. For example if more democrats are elected than the government will even out (because the government is more republican than democratic), but if more republicans are elected than the government will be mostly republicans.

How are citizens impacted by Midterm Elections?

Before the midterm elections Scott Walker was the governor. Now Scott Walker’s place in the government is up for election. Meaning Scott Walker may not be governor after the midterm elections.

What can citizens do to get people they want elected?

They can help advertise for the person they want to be elected. They can vote the person they want to give them better odds of winning. They could give money to the persons campaign manager to help with ads and commercials.

Why do Midterm Elections exist?

The midterm elections exist to try to balance the government so one side does not dictate the whole government. I think that is good so there can be change in the middle of the presidents term so the president has more challenges or less challenges.

Why is it important for different groups of people to run for government positions?

It is important so the government can get different beliefs so people can get more rights (in some peoples opinion).

Sincerely,

msteigmann

How do you think you have grown as a learner since the beginning of this unit?

At the beginning of this unit I knew very basic information about Native Americans. Now I feel I have explored deeper into Native Americans.

What topic this unit has been most interesting to you? Explain.

The sports mascot part. I learned why the Native Americans wanted to change the sports teams name.

Think about our school values.

• What has this unit made you wonder? Why do we torture Native Americans?
• How has this unit made you feel empathy? I feel so bad for the Native Americans.
• How has this unit strengthened your feeling of Tikkun Olam? I really want to help the Native Americans.

What can we (your teachers) change to make this unit better in the future?

I don’t know, this was a awesome unit!!!!!!!!

Sincerely,

msteigmann

Some Native Americans do not like the term Native American. Explain why they reject this name.

The names are making stereotypes about the Native Americans

One person in the BBC Video said that living in poverty does not mean they are poor. What do you think he meant by that?

That they try to make the best out of their lives

Some Native Americans approve of the team name Redskins. What is their reason for approving this name while others do not?

The name is making the Native Americans more popular

In the CNN segment, there was a story told about a woman who used to approve of the name Redskins, and now does not. What changed? Why does she no longer approve of the name?

Because they are probably adding things to the name Redskin

How can non-Native people help others learn about Native Americans current issues? What can we do to help?

We can raise money for the Native Americans

Sincerely,

msteigmann

Explain how your group worked together before the debate (during research). Did you work well together?

Yes. We all helped out making a speech for the debate. We all got to speak.

Explain how your group worked together during the debate. Did you work well together?

Yes. We all made points and talked about what we should do next.

What can you do differently next time? Why will this help you and your group improve?

We could have gotten more information.

Explain how this debate influenced your opinion on Columbus.

The debate made me realize that there are two sides to Columbus’s story

Sincerely,

msteigmann