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Lesson Plan: Analyzing the 2024 Presidential Debates
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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump participated in their first general election debate of 2024, hosted by CNN in Atlanta. Anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash served as moderators to ask questions about abortion, immigration, foreign policy, climate change, and other topics. This was the first presidential debate between a sitting president and a former president.
Political communication scholar and dean of the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Akron Mitchell McKinney discussed the importance and evolution of presidential debates.
For the first time since the 1980s, the two presidential candidates have opted to not participate in a debate held by the Commission on Presidential Debates. Instead, the two candidates have agreed to debates hosted by specific media outlets. This lesson has students use one of several viewing guides and activities to help them understand and analyze these debates. Teachers can choose to have stud…
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens discussed the legal precedent commonly referred to as the Chevron Doctrine. Justice Stevens talked about the opinion that he wrote in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (1984).
Open to Debate’s Clea Conner talked about their report looking at ways to improve presidential debates
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R) recently signed a bill into law which requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools.
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas talked about the national debt and the Congressional Budget Office projection that raises the U.S. budget deficit forecast to close to $2 trillion in 2024, among other projected indicators.
President Biden recently announced a new "Parole in Place" immigration policy, which will protect undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens who have been living in the U.S. for at least ten years from deportation.
Former Trump administration official Paul Dans talked about the Heritage Foundation’s 2025 Presidential Transition Project, commonly referred to as "Project 2025," which serves as a compilation of policy proposals for the next conservative administration.
Rachel Janfaza discussed “The Up and Up,” a Substack newsletter she founded focusing on Gen Z and youth political culture.
Michael O’Hanlon, Brookings Institution senior fellow and foreign policy research director, talked about the 2024 G-7 Summit and the state of global democracy.
Arms Control Association’s Daryl Kimball talked about the state of nuclear weapons in the U.S. and recent comments by a National Security Council arms control official that the U.S. may be forced to expand its arsenal amid growing threats from China, Russia, and North Korea.
Republicans defeated Democrats by the score of 31 to 11 in the 2024 Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park in Washington, DC. The event has become an annual tradition that dates back to 1909. Proceeds from ticket sales are donated to local DC charities and the U.S. Capitol Police Memorial Fund.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump participated in their first general election debate of 2024, hosted by CNN in Atlanta. Anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash served as moderators to ask questions about abortion, immigration, foreign policy, climate change, and other topics. This was…
For the first time since the 1980s, the two presidential candidates have opted to not participate in a debate held by the Commission on Presidential Debates. Instead, the two candidates have agreed to…
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens discussed the legal precedent commonly referred to as the Chevron Doctrine. Justice Stevens talked about the opinion that he wrote in Chevron U.S.A…
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas talked about the national debt and the Congressional Budget Office projection that raises the U.S. budget deficit forecast to close…
President Biden recently announced a new "Parole in Place" immigration policy, which will protect undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens who have been living in the U.S. for at least ten years from dep…
Former Trump administration official Paul Dans talked about the Heritage Foundation’s 2025 Presidential Transition Project, commonly referred to as "Project 2025," which serves as a compilation of pol…
Arms Control Association’s Daryl Kimball talked about the state of nuclear weapons in the U.S. and recent comments by a National Security Council arms control official that the U.S. may be forced to e…
Republicans defeated Democrats by the score of 31 to 11 in the 2024 Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park in Washington, DC. The event has become an annual tradition that dates back to 1909. P…