1) Excerpt from Editorial: Time to Graduate from the Electoral College
Louis Vincent
should work, and it has worked-most of the time. A few times, however, the system has failed. In these cases, the candidate with
fewer popular votes gained enough electoral votes to win the election. This occurred during the 2000 presidential election when
more people voted for Al Gore, but George W. Bush earned more electoral votes and became the president. What causes such a
breakdown in the system to happen? Let's return to the example of California and Alaska. A single vote in California has the
power to override thousands of votes in other states. Imagine that only one person in California casts a vote for Candidate A.
That candidate wins the popular vote in California 1-0. He or she gets all of California's 55 electoral votes. Across the country,
thousands of voters in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Delaware
cast their votes for Candidate B. Not one voter casts a vote for Candidate A. These states have a combined 52 electoral votes,
which is not enough to beat California's 55. How can the leaders of our country believe that this system is fair?
Which of these statements makes the BEST counter-argument to the California scenario presented in Section 4?
A)
B)
It would never happen that only one person would vote in an election in
California
Smaller states should have less power to choose the President than larger
states have
Each state is free to allot electors proportionally to the popular vote, not
all-or-nothing
The Founding Fathers' wisdom in creating the Electoral College should be
respected, regardless of changes in conditions.
D)

Adapt the speech you delivered in lesson 2 to an audience of professionals, teachers, and parents. the audience expects a more formal delivery. your listeners also expect you to use media such as images and audio to make your speech more convincing and easier to understand. your assignment should include the following elements: -at least four sources to back up your ideas -media elements to illustrate your ideas -changes to both the style and content of the speech to make it more appropriate to the audience -citations that follow mla guidelines as you revise your presentation, research and cite at least four sources. at least two of these sources must provide supporting evidence, such as charts and graphs or quotes from newspapers or other credible sources. the other two sources can provide material to grab the audience's attention — for example, photos that your audience visualize what you're talking about or music that sets the mood. you can also create original images, but these will not count as sources. here are some types of media that you may use to either show evidence or move the audience: quotes tables, charts, and graphs images video audio (including music) mix up the types of media you use so that no medium is used more than twice. take care that all your sources contribute to your speech in an obvious way. they should either back up what you're saying or make your ideas easier for your audience to understand logically or emotionally. avoid visual aids that are off topic or confusing. ask yourself these questions as you revise: am i still fulfilling the requirements of the speech i gave in lesson 2? is my speech still about a theme in franklin roosevelt's four freedoms speech? do i connect that theme to my own life and to a current issue? are my sources credible and relevant? will they convince an audience of parents, teachers, and professionals? do my media elements enhance my speech? do they set the mood, explain something difficult, or offer convincing proof? do i avoid media elements that are more distracting than ? did i cite my sources according to mla guidelines? did i check my works-cited page against sample works-cited pages to make sure it's correct?

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