TITLE: What is Apportionment? Video by Census
What is Apportionment?
How does it work?
Why is the Census important to apportionment for our national, state and local legislatures (districting)?
TITLE: Baker v. Carr (1962)
Why is Baker v. Carr important to apportionment and districting?
How did this impact districting in local districts?
What are a couple of the negative impacts when an individual attempts to vote in the sense of “one person, one vote”?
TITLE: Gerrymandering Video by Khan Academy
What did you notice about the shaping for the congressional districts in Chicago?
What is gerrymandering?
TITLE: Reapportionment (Redistricting) in Prince George’s County
What areas in Prince George’s County were to be impacted by the changes? Who would have benefited from these changes? Who would not have benefitted from the changes?
Read and Watch the local News coverage of the redistricting plans:
- Could Prince George's County's Redistricting Plan Disenfranchise Inner-Beltway Voters? : NPR
-Judge Throws Out Prince George's County Redistricting Map – NBC4 Washington
Was the result of redistricting plans fair to you? Why? Why not?
Answer the prompt below using details and examples from the lesson and your prior knowledge
Prompt: How do demographics and population shifts impact the political system?
TITLE: What is Apportionment? Video by Census
What is Apportionment?
How does it work?
Why is the Census important to apportionment for our national, state and local legislatures (districting)?
TITLE: Baker v. Carr (1962)
Why is Baker v. Carr important to apportionment and districting?
How did this impact districting in local districts?
What are a couple of the negative impacts when an individual attempts to vote in the sense of “one person, one vote”?
TITLE: Gerrymandering Video by Khan Academy
What did you notice about the shaping for the congressional districts in Chicago?
What is gerrymandering?
TITLE: Reapportionment (Redistricting) in Prince George’s County
What areas in Prince George’s County were to be impacted by the changes? Who would have benefited from these changes? Who would not have benefitted from the changes?
Read and Watch the local News coverage of the redistricting plans:
- Could Prince George's County's Redistricting Plan Disenfranchise Inner-Beltway Voters? : NPR
-Judge Throws Out Prince George's County Redistricting Map – NBC4 Washington
Was the result of redistricting plans fair to you? Why? Why not?
Answer the prompt below using details and examples from the lesson and your prior knowledge
Prompt: How do demographics and population shifts impact the political system?
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