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Please share feedback with the class about what you take away from our Political Participation Unit.
(a)  An activity from the unit you found meaningful. Why? (1-2 sentences)
(b) An activity from the unit that felt useless.  Why? (1-2 sentences)
(c) How has your opinion / idea / knowledge of the democratic process (elections, ballots, voting, etc.) changed from before we did this unit. (2-3 sentences)

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A) One activity that I found meaningful is the one where we looked at different types of injustice around our country such as voter suppression, voters being uneducated, and discrimination. I feel like this activity gave me a lot of points to write about in my letter to the ACLU and also gave me evidence to back up my claims.
B) One activity that I found useless is the plan of attack. It felt like busy work and did nothing to benefit us.
C) I don't care about politics but I think in order to vote you should be educated. We need to start educating people from a young age and need to keep that a constant.

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(a) The proposition outline was really helpful because it educated me about imperative information for voting.
(b) The calling of political figures or contacting teachers because in the end, we never used their opinions for anything. Also, majority of ours didn't even respond.
(c) My family honestly avoids political conversations as there are conflicting views within our family; but due to this unit, I am able to be politically informed and learned a lot about the voting process and the importance of it.

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a. One activity that I found meaningful was writing the letter to the ACLU. I was able to share my feelings about voter participation in the United States.

b. I did not think that asking teachers and other politicians about their opinion on propositions was necessary because many of them did not want to an share.

c. I learned that people should not just vote for people because they are part of a political party. People should do research and learn about that person's views on important topics.

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(a) I found the letter to the ACLU meaningful because it allowed students to get their voice out there and attempt to make a difference.

(b) I found the Petition useless because it didn't actually achieve anything. It was basically just a piece of paper that we had our friends write their names on.

(c) I never really thought about the people who vote without even knowing what their voting on before this unit. Now I realize that many people just go down the line and vote along with whatever party they support.

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a) an activity in the unit I found meaningful was the letter to the ACLU because it helped me get my thoughts out on paper and made me feel like I was making a difference.
b) an activity I found to be useless was the petition as it didn't actually do anything and I know that most of the people that signed it didn't care about what it was for
c) after doing this project I hve a better understanding of the away our democracy works. It also helped me to identify the issues within our country and think of way to fix them.

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(a) Something I found meaningful was doing research for the propositions. It was interesting learning about all the different propositions.
(b) One part that was kind of useless was calling the politicians. I feel this way because most of the time an assistant would pick up and just say to email them at a later time.
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a) The most meaningful activity for me was the open letter. It was interesting to just sort of write freely.
b) The petition felt a little useless because it didn't really have an impact on the people who signed it or the group.
c)My opinion on the democratic process has changed after this unit. It changed because I now know how important it is to vote and voice your opinion. It is also important to educate myself to make an informed decision.

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a) the activity that I found meaningful was researching the propositions. My parents asked me to help them fill out their ballots
b) the activity that felt useless was the plan of attack. We didn't really use it that much
c) it has changed because now I know more about voter suppression, and how this affects elections. I also learned about propositions which was really helpful

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a) the activity i found meaningful was when we had to do the petition. It really shows how people trying to support a proposition have to get out on the streets and ask strangers for signatures to show and support their prop
b) I felt that the 6 word memoir was pointless since we didn't do anything with it and it was just something that took up our time and took us away from other work
c) My opinion changed because i think its more important now to vote and how important and crucial education on current events are and what we can do to get educated about these topics

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a) The open letter was meaningful because I was able to share my opinion to others.
b)  I don't see why we did the petition because I didn't learn anything from doing it.
c) Before the project I felt that people were more informed on what they were voting for. I now see that people need helping learning about what they are voting for or they might not vote.

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a. I thought the ACLU letter was meaningful because it helped us put our learning into reality and see what we can do with this knowledge.
b. I thought the emails were useless because they did not really answer and most did not want to share their opinions. So it was really difficult to use them.
c. I realized how easy it is to educate yourself and be able to vote. We have this amazing right to vote in our country and many citizens do not use it and disrespect the democratic voting process that helps our country unite.

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a) An activity that I found meaningful was the petitions. It included me actually socializing and asking for signatures to make a change.
b) The activity that felt useless was contacting specifically candidates and other politicians. None of us were able to get interviews, and frankly it was intimidating to ask anyone about their political views.
c) I originally didn't really think about the democratic process of the elections. Now I'm more educated and I believe that the democratic process isn't perfect but in an ideal world, it could be.

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A) I liked meeting with staff members in person because it taught me that many people don't know any of the props. Also, some provided very good details on how they feel on the props.              B) I didn't think that contacting outside political people was very useful because many of them didn't respond. When they responded though, they all said the same thing to my group which was they can't answer.                                             C) Before the unit I knew nothing about the props in California, and all I knew about politics was that the two main parties are democrat and republican. This unit has taught me many things about how you can purpose a prop, and what they mean for California.

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A) I liked meeting with staff members in person because it taught me that many people don't know any of the props. Also, some provided very good details on how they feel on the props.              B) I didn't think that contacting outside political people was very useful because many of them didn't respond. When they responded though, they all said the same thing to my group which was they can't answer.                                             C) Before the unit I knew nothing about the props in California, and all I knew about politics was that the two main parties are democrat and republican. This unit has taught me many things about how you can purpose a prop, and what they mean for California.

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(a). One thing I found meaningful from our unit was the research about our midterm propositions. I think it's important to be informed about the changes that are being voted on in our country.                             (b). One activity from our unit that I found useless was our letters to the ACLU. I don't think they're gonna care.                          (c). My thoughts on our political system didn't change, but my opinion on how these midterm propositions affect us have drastically changed. I never really paid any attention to the midterm elections before this unit.

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A)I found it meaningful to write a letter about an issue that we think is prevalent in today's world. This was meaningful because I was able to voice my opinion and have it be heard by people outside of the school.
b) I don't think contacting adults within the government and staff members was important. It was a waste of time to email and call people when they wouldn't even respond or give their feedback.
c) I definitely know more about the voting process than I did before. Also with this unit I was forced to research about things that adults were voting on which expanded my knowledge.

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A) Activities I found meaningful were researching the propositions and contacting political organizations. These activities furthered my understanding of the California initiative process.  

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A) Activities I found meaningful were researching the propositions and contacting political organizations. These activities furthered my understanding of the California initiative process.  

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B) An activity I found irrelevant was creating a petition to promote or fight a proposition. Some students did not care and signed it regardless.
C) Previously, I had not given much thought about the democratic process and had only general knowledge of it. Now however, I'm very passionate of its endorsement.

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(a) I personally found that the most meaningful activity we did in this project was the communication aspect. I loved contacting California's government officials to hear their platforms and opinions of our selected propositions.
(b) I believe that overall this project had purposeful activities that encouraged us to be politically active, however, the researching of previous historical letters stifled my creativity because I saw a "right" way to write my letter.
(c) Before this unit, I was slightly involved with politics through Youth&Government, however, I was able to get even more involved (with the propositions) which aided my success at my previous conference. Overall, I loved the activism that was instigated from this project.

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a) activity I found meaningful was being educated on the petitions in California.
b) activity that was useless was the plan of attack. Never used it.
c)I really do think that my opinion has changed because I do see the importance in education in politics. I also learned that the democratic process has many flaws and loopholes politicians use to their advantage

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An activity from the unit I found meaningful was the final project to the ACLU. I learned how important it is to project my opinion and voice my thoughts. I learned a lot about this topic that I wouldn't have cared to look at if we didn't have to write the letter. However, the petition seemed useless as getting 100 signatures is a lot so as students we just passed the paper around asking students to sign it even if they didn't agree. My opinion / idea / knowledge of the democratic process have changed a lot from the begging to the end of this unit. I not only learned how to voice my opinion but learned a lot through others by emailing and contacting staff/students/political figures/etc. 

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An activity from the unit I found meaningful was the final project to the ACLU. I learned how important it is to project my opinion and voice my thoughts. I learned a lot about this topic that I wouldn't have cared to look at if we didn't have to write the letter. However, the petition seemed useless as getting 100 signatures is a lot so as students we just passed the paper around asking students to sign it even if they didn't agree. My opinion / idea / knowledge of the democratic process have changed a lot from the begging to the end of this unit. I not only learned how to voice my opinion but learned a lot through others by emailing and contacting staff/students/political figures/etc. 

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A) Group projects just confirmed the important of teamwork and communicating with each other to be more efficient.
B) I forget
C) I have always knew the importance of voting but learning about the process of how its done gave me more appreciation

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a) I found collecting signatures to be meaningful, since it made us fully support our petition and try to make others support it as well.
b) I found the six word memoir to be not that meaningful, since it did not bring out any new information that we should learn, and just used info that we already knew
c) My opinion of the democratic process has changed. I have been shown how important it is to vote and take part in the process.

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a) I thought that the letters to the ACLU was a meaningful way to have our voices heard by an active political group and get our opinions out there.                                                     b) Something I thought was useless were the petitions because we got all these signatures that aren't going anywhere                               c) I know more about the voting process of propositions in California. I also have learned some of the contemporary issues we are voting on in this day in age. 

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a) I thought that the letters to the ACLU was a meaningful way to have our voices heard by an active political group and get our opinions out there.                                                     b) Something I thought was useless were the petitions because we got all these signatures that aren't going anywhere                               c) I know more about the voting process of propositions in California. I also have learned some of the contemporary issues we are voting on in this day in age. 

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a.) I found bringing attention and knowledge to the propositions was helpful and insightful. I think civic education is very important in our society, as is voting. As many people as we can get going to the polls is better, and we should strive to register and educate as many people as we can.

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a.) I felt that contacting the representatives was the most meaningful. As much as I tried to come in contact with them though.
b.) I felt that writing the letter to the ACLU was the least positive because I am thoughtful that they will take the time to read each one.
c.) I now know that the propositions can change laws.

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In order to keep everything engaging you must have absolute low expectations
when contacting PAC's or political officials that way when you do get a response it will keep the team euphorically intrigued.

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A) The project I found most meaningful was were the letters to the ACLU, because it allowed everyone a platform to gather all of their thoughts, and everything they learned throughout the unit into a powerful message.
B) The activity I found useless was picking which individual job everyone had in the group, I found that it was easier to work as a group when we had all hands on deck for any job necessary.
C) My opinion on the election and voting process has changed throughout this project bacause I truly learned how my vote has an impact. I found myself eager for the time I will be able to vote, which I wasn't really expecting to happen in all honesty. I realized every vote counts and getting to know what my opinions are, is very meaningful.

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(a) I think an activity that was meaningful was the letter to the ACLU. This letter gave us creative control and we got to address whoever we wanted to and got to share our opinions not matter what they were.

(b) An activity that I found useless was the signatures because at the end of the day they didn't impact anything. even though
An activity from the unit that felt useless.  Why? (1-2 sentences)
(c) How has your opinion / idea / knowledge of the democratic process (elections, ballots, voting, etc.) changed from before we did this unit. (2-3 sentences)

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a) an activity from the project that I found useful was when we researched all the different propositions. This is because we got to learn how and the government is doing currently.
b) an activity from the project that I useless is when we wrote the open letter. This is because i feel that it gave us no more insight or info about what we already knew on the US government.
c) before the project, I honestly knew barely anything about the US government. Now, I know all about the functions of the government and how it works and what a proposition is and how they work

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A) I found contacting representatives to be helpful because I learned how to ask other people’s opinions before making my decision.
B) I found the petitions to be useless because it out ya in an uncomfortable position and also had no impact in my ideas of political participation.
C) my opinion didn’t change because I love always thought it was a bit screwed up

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A) I found the general research of the petitions to be very beneficial for me. It was nice to actually know what was going on in midterm elections and be able

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a.) I found contacting candidates meaningful because it taught me how to communicate with adults and politicians in a professional way. The graphic organizer was, also, meaningful for me because it allowed me to combine all of the information I received into one document.
b.) An activity that felt less useful was the 6-word memoir. It did allow us to share our argument, however it was not a main factor in whether or not someone signed our groups petition.
c.) Before I began this project, I was unaware that propositions are made from petitions, which are made from citizens of California. This project furthered my knowledge on the ways the government works and what an example of a proposition is. It taught me how to communicate with politicians, how politicians communicate with you, and part of how our state government works.

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(a)  I found the research portion of this activity meaningful. It taught me different ways I can research politics in our time, and also allowed me to better grasp our nation and the way it functions.
(b) The only activity that felt useless was creating the memoir. I wasn't sure how it connected to the main goal of the unit, and how it was supposed to influence and teach students about politics.
(c) My opinion has changed from mostly apathetic (with varying degrees of interest when it came to certain topics i.e. women's rights) to curious and interested. Now that I know how to research candidates, props, etc., I feel more inclined to be an active voter. I also see how one vote, and even just contacting our state's representatives, can affect politics and what they decide to do. A student can learn a lot just by speaking to an individual involved with politics, and by doing so, can affect their future.

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a) I found the research on the propositions meaningful. I found this portion meaningful because I was able to educate myself and understand what was going on in our state.
b) I felt the portion of the project where we had to reach out to political figures useless. I felt this was useless because often the people we reached out to didn't respond, or if they did it was an automatic response that just said they would get back to us soon.
c) My opinion changed because at the start of this unit I didn't care for politics and I thought it would be hard to become educated. After this unit I realized how much my voice matters and how easy it is to become educated about political issues. I also learned that everyone's voice matters and by expressing your opinion through voting you can have an impact on your community and state.

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a)I believe the most challenging is time commitment. O'Connor gives a lot of in class assignments and its your job as an individual to fully execute in order to fully optimize on your goal set in mind. Its a mental process that you need to overcome as it serves as a life message.
b) The best part about this class is the full creative control each student has. Through the projects O'Connor assigns he has a prompt in mind and the rest is the students execution in writing an original piece.
C) Most memorable moments for me  is the countless actions O'Connor brings to the classroom. At certain times it feels like a front row comedy show, he really has a great sense of humor and wit. He shows controversial subjects in a comedic manner, appealing to all audiences.
D) I love this class and enjoy walking in the classroom everyday as you don't know what is to come with O'Connordom. Everyday is a new day.