U.
S Presidential Elections
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The Road to the White House GROUP 1+2
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What does it take to be elected President of the USA ?
What does it take to be allowed to cast a vote in a U.S presidential election ?
Requirements to run for presidency Requirements to be allowed to vote
The candidates' obligations / responsibilities during the campaign.
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U.S Presidential Elections
Scavenger Hunt
Discover more about the USA GROUP 3
a - Where is the White House ?
b - What do they call the President's wife ?
c - What do the stars on the US flag represent ?
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d - What do the stripes on the US flag represent ?
e - What is the title of the US national anthem ?
f - MATCH the word with the symbol ?
(1) WHITE HOUSE (2) STATUE OF LIBERTY
(3) LIBERTY BELL (4) BALD EAGLE
(5) UNCLE SAM
g - Can you name the 4 presidents on Mount Rushmore ?
g - PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE : complete the text .
"I ....................... allegiance to the ............... of the United States of America, and to the .................... for which it stands, one
....................... under God, ............................., with .....................and ..................... for all."
1 - Who pledges allegiance and where ?
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2 - what is it ? it's a promise to be a good
parent ❏ pupil ❏ citizen ❏ soldier ❏
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U.S Presidential Elections
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Parties and Men GROUP 4
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Who are the 2 candidates running for presidency ?
Age place of birth Age place of birth
Political party Political party
Running mate Running mate
Family Family
He says or tweets He says or tweets
The candidates' parties
Main ideas : Main ideas :
Main support Main support
Former presidents Former presidents
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A man to his destiny GROUP 5
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The election process The job of President
What are the 4 steps to presidency ?
Place of work and residence :
STEP 1 :
Period of employment :
Starting time :
Salary :
Responsibilities and duties :
STEP 2 :
STEP 3 :
STEP 4 :
How often are U.S presidential elections held ? What happens on January , 20th ?
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ISSUES at stake GROUP 6
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What are the 2 candidates' policy on main issues ?
He says a strong federal plan is necessary to
contain the corona virus, including more
he has largely left it up to individual states
testing and better equipping of hospitals and
PANDEMIC to combat the pandemic.
medical workers. To restart the economy
RESPONSE In April, he began encouraging states to
safely, he says the U.S. government must
reopen quickly to boost the economy.
provide more aid to businesses and
workers.
He says racism is a problem that needs
urgent attention in the U.S.
He pledges to enact policies to help end He has taken an aggressive stance against
RACIAL racial wealth inequality. protesters who are calling for an end to
JUSTICE
He has called for the government to racism in the U.S
increase investigations of unlawful
treatment of Black Americans by police.
He says he would work to protect and
He says he wants the Affordable Care Act
HEALTH improve the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a
repealed and replaced with something
CARE 2010 law that helped millions of Americans
better.
get health insurance.
To strengthen the economy, he supports He supports increasing the federal minimum
fewer regulations on businesses and tax wage from $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour.
ECONOMY
cuts to give businesses and Americans more He also supports increasing taxes on
money to spend wealthy Americans and corporations.
He says climate change is a major threat
facing the nation and the world.
In 2017, he announced that the U.S. would
He pledges to drastically reduce carbon
CLIMATE withdraw from an international agreement
emissions, launch major building projects to
CHANGE to limit global carbon emissions, saying it
improve transportation systems, buildings,
would hurt the U.S economy.
and industries so they rely less on fossil
fuels or run entirely on renewable fuels.
Some schools are still segregated by race
He has worked to decrease federal funding
and money. He wants to make sure that all
for the nation’s public schools. He proposes
EDUCATION students have the same educational
to give the families the choice between
opportunities. He wants the government to
private and public schools.
provide money to public schools.
He supports increasing the number of
immigrants and refugees legally allowed into
this country.
Restricting both illegal and legal immigration He also wants to create a path to citizenship
IMMIGRATION
is one of his priorities . for undocumented immigrants who are
already living in the U.S.,
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WORK ON WORDS MATCH a word or an expression to its corresponding definition
A list of people trying
A ballot A promise
to get elected
a U.S. state in which
An election organized Republican and
in some states to Democratic
choose candidates for candidates have
the political party's similar levels of
A caucus convention
convention ( only support and which is
members of the considered to play a
political party can key role in the
vote in this election) outcome of
presidential elections
The day when the
greatest number of
US states cast their
votes to nominate
presidential
candidates, who will
eventually compete
"The winner-takes-all" for the White House
oath
rule in November’s
general election.
It is the biggest day in
the US election
calendar apart from
election day itself.
A meeting organized
in some states to
choose candidates for
A candidate who is
the political party's
running with another Super Tuesday A running mate
convention ( only
candidate
members of the
political party can go
to this meeting)
The candidate who
receives the majority
A meeting where a
of votes in the state's
primaries A swing state political party choose
popular vote , takes
their candidate
all of that state's
electoral votes.
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