Revision class on 28 May

Below are the things I'd like you to do before we meet on Thursday

1. Here are a few videos related to voting rights in the USA.

Why American voter registrations are disappearing 

How Your Vote Might Be Blocked in 2020

Voter suppression and the 2018 midterms | Pod Save America

You can also check the meaning and tactics of 'voter suppression' on Wikipedia.

2. Watch these two TED talks by a Harvard law professor, who analyses the American democracy. There is some overlap between them, which may help you understand and remember his main claims.

Lawrence Lessig Equal we are not

Our democracy no longer represents the people. Here's how we fix it | Larry Lessig

3. And here are the questions that refer back to what we talked about this term. We're going to discuss them when we meet on Thursday.

1. Who votes for Trump and what are their motivations?
2. How is the American south different from the north? What are the historical causes of this divide?
3. What other regions with clear identity can you name in the US? What are the characteristics of these regions?
4. Every American citizen has the right to vote. Correct?
5. What surprising facts concerning various federal elections (president, senate, congress) have you discovered about the US voting system? In what ways are the elections for the House of Representatives, the Senate and the President flawed? How could the process be improved?
6. What gives the Supreme Court its unique position in the US system of government? What procedures are meant to guarantee the objectivity of the Supreme Court? Do they always work?
7. Throughout the history of the USA, what has been the attitude to immigrants and immigration? Have the consecutive waves of immigrants managed to integrate well?
8. Why didn’t the abolition of slavery solve the problems of black Americans?
9. What ethnic groups in the USA are currently discriminated against? What forms does this discrimination take and who inspires / implements the discriminatory legislation and activity?
10. On what grounds could the US president be impeached? Why is it so hard to remove a current president from office?