DBQuest
Laws are put in place. Sometimes, they are amended. Sometimes, they are repealed. Sometimes, we forget all about them! So what changes? We do! Public policy is just that– a series of laws, regulations, and guidelines that work together to address an issue. For example, we now regulate where and when people can smoke, we tax tobacco when it is sold, and we have public health campaigns to discourage tobacco use-- combined, that is public policy.
Let’s take a closer look at how the public can inform and impact public policy over time. It’s a DBQuest with extra butter (or margarine) on top!
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will be able to...
- Explain how legislation can change over time and the role of public opinion in these changes
- Describe how different interest groups approached the issue of oleo taxation
- Use evidence from informational texts to support analysis and answer questions
- Identify the audience and bias for each source