American Political Parties Activity

Assignment Synopsis: You, the student, will make a poster on Piktochart.com applying the American Political Parties lesson/lecture material to your life.

Step #1: From the American Political Parties lecture slides, please obtain the following:
The definition of political parties.
The four functions of political parties.
The definition of political party platforms.

Step #2: Identify the main political party that you currently use to identify yourself. _DEMOCRAT/REPUBLICAN/LIBERTARIAN/GREEN/ETC._

Step #3: Go to https://www.isidewith.com/political-quiz and take the political party identification quiz found there. After the quiz, take a screenshot of your results for top matched political party.

Step #4: Go to your top match political parties’ website. From there, get the following:
Screenshot of the party’s website homepage.
Party Logo
Mission Statement
Party History
Name and Photo of the party chairman.
A link to the party’s platform and a plank from the platform that you found interesting.

Step #5: Now proceed to piktochart.com to make your infographic or presentation of the material you gathered in steps 1 to 4. (This is free!!!) A tutorial for how to make your infographic or presentation at pikotchart.com is found here: https://piktochart.com/piktochart-tutorials/
Your infographic or presentation should include the following:
A title block with:
The American Political Parties Activity
Your name.
The semester.
The date.
The class section number. (GOVT 2305.001 if in-person or GOVT 2305.051 if online).
A Definition Block with:
A title.
The definition of political parties.
The four functions of political parties.
The function that you feel is the most important to consider when running a political party, and why so in detail.
An Initial Political Party Identification Block with:
A title.
The main political party’s logo (Democrat or Republican) that you identified with before the quiz.
A brief statement on why this party is your preferred choice.
A Political Party Quiz Results Block with:
A title.
The screenshots of your results.
Your in-depth opinion on whether your results were as expected before taking the quiz.
A Political Party Exploration Block with:
A title.
Screenshot of your party’s website homepage.
Your party’s logo
Your party’s mission statement
Your parties party history
Name and Photo of the party chairman.
A Political Party Platform Block with:
A title.
The definition of political party platforms.
A link to your parties’ platform.
The text of the plank from the platform you found interesting and why so in detail.

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