If you could change one school policy, what would it be?
How would you go about changing it?
Should you go it alone or involve more people?
Interest Groups Reading
Use the Textbook link (here) to read and respond to guiding questions regarding Interest Groups.
Interest Group Activities
Endorsing a candidate
Tell their members who to vote for and let state & country who they are backing
Political Action Committees (PACs)
Gives money to support political candidates
Lobbying
Persuade government policy makers to make particular decisions regarding legislation (laws) by hiring individual lobbyists who work for the group
Using the Legal System
Interest groups like the NAACP have used the legal system to get their interests heard or policy changed. EX: 1954, the NAACP used its legal arm, the Legal Defense and Education Fund to help bring change to segregation laws in Brown vs. BOE
Mass Media
Using newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, films, recordings, books and the internet to endorse a candidate, issue, or promote participation in the political process.