Read the following instructions and complete the two activities. These were developed by a friend of mine, Mr. Thielmann, over at DP Todd.
Activity One
Purpose: find out what kind of political views you have and how they compare with world figures and political parties
Instructions:
go to http://www.politicalcompass.org/
read the instructions and complete the quiz
read through your results page to learn about your views
summarize what you learned from the quiz by commenting in response to this posting on the course blog -- http://www.soc11eh.blogspot.com
Tips:
left vs right: left-wing usually means more government control over industry and economy; right-ring usually means less government regulation and intervention (laissez-faire)
authoritarian vs libertarian: authoritarian means powerful government which controls rights and freedoms, sometimes it can be a dictatorship; libertarian means less government control of rights, sometimes less government in general
Activity Two
Purpose: learn about different ways of organizing nations by politics, economy, and values
Instructions:
go to http://www.nationstates.net
read the introduction and sign up to “build” your nation
experiment with the simulation for as long as you need to see how it works, more if you have the time (warning: NationStates can be addictive!)
summarize what you learned from the simulation by commenting on this posting on the course blog -- http://www.soc11eh.blogspot.com
Tips:
See how the choices you make at the beginning affect the kind of country which is generated by the simulator. Look at other countries and issues around the “world” to see what others have done.
Activity One
Purpose: find out what kind of political views you have and how they compare with world figures and political parties
Instructions:
go to http://www.politicalcompass.org/
read the instructions and complete the quiz
read through your results page to learn about your views
summarize what you learned from the quiz by commenting in response to this posting on the course blog -- http://www.soc11eh.blogspot.com
Tips:
left vs right: left-wing usually means more government control over industry and economy; right-ring usually means less government regulation and intervention (laissez-faire)
authoritarian vs libertarian: authoritarian means powerful government which controls rights and freedoms, sometimes it can be a dictatorship; libertarian means less government control of rights, sometimes less government in general
Activity Two
Purpose: learn about different ways of organizing nations by politics, economy, and values
Instructions:
go to http://www.nationstates.net
read the introduction and sign up to “build” your nation
experiment with the simulation for as long as you need to see how it works, more if you have the time (warning: NationStates can be addictive!)
summarize what you learned from the simulation by commenting on this posting on the course blog -- http://www.soc11eh.blogspot.com
Tips:
See how the choices you make at the beginning affect the kind of country which is generated by the simulator. Look at other countries and issues around the “world” to see what others have done.
32 comments:
Very interesting
im the prime minister of spain..cool
there wasnt disagree/agree button
KR
i was in the upper left libartiran and was a few squares off ghandi
I thought that some of the questions wee pretty good. Some of them had no real point to me. i was right on the horizontal line a bit to the left.
-S.P
I was on the center/left side very close to gandhi.
I think that there should be no rules against gay sex marriages and that abortions should be legal if the child is not wanted.
I think my results were quite accurate.
i was closer to ghondi than anyone.i sort of disagree.i thought the questions were difficult so i couldnt understand half of them.
JH
Apparently im close to ghandi, not what i expected.
GOB
i was near ghandi. the questions wear fine but didnt get as what i thought id get steven harper or george bush.
I was on the left side some questions were good and some of them didnt understand i think that this quiz would be accurate because it ask alot of good questions.
T.W
i was upper left libaritarian i feel like that was pretty correct cause i believe in freedom of speech and having the right to have an abortion if your not ready for a child.
~N.Y
each of these questions are good but to fully delve into the topic of each question more discussion is needed i was libertarian and autoritarian -2.34 or something S.M
I waas closest To Ghandi,
I hope thaat's preety accuraatee ! (:
T.L !
I was on the upper left corner, which was libertarian. I think I was close to ghandi. The questions were pretty reasonable.
TS
This quiz was very interesting.
The quiz said that i am a libertarian, liberal on social issues(gay marriage, abortion) but slightly more conservative on economic issues. I thought the quiz was very accurate and helpful.
LM
The test was very interesting! It said I am a social libertarian. I was quite close to Nelson Mandela.
I agree with my quiz results.
SG
so close to being ghandi, not really surprised ;)
kind of disliked some of the questions.
-Ah
I was in the bottom left corner close to the cente. Seems pretty accurate to me! I thought that some of the question were a little hard, but I got through it. Over all pretty interesting!
I thought some questions were pointless. I ended up just above and a bit to the left of the cross
HH
I was in the bottom left corner close to the cente. Seems pretty accurate to me! I thought that some of the question were a little hard, but I got through it. Over all pretty interesting!
A.O.
My nation was pretty strict but helpful I thiink. Some of the questions were confusing just by the way they worded iit, over all, preety good. (:
T.L !
i was close to the middle and i agree with it because i dont have extreme views on most things.
KIR
the game was fun to make your name and stuff but it was not a fun game after that
JH
the game was fun to make your name and stuff but it was not a fun game after that
JH
very interesting
i have found out that i am ghandi and i agree what he believes in
KK
My country has a black market in trout farming. . . aside from that, the country is doomed. GOB
Some of the questions i was on the edge about, like abortions. Its a broad topic, but i think my test was pretty accuratate.
DG
The quiz did sum up my political belifs very well
B.M.K.
This helped me lots in deciding how i feel.
I liked this quiz because it asked interesting questions, but I found it a bit too long. I was in the same square as Ghandi but don't really know what that means. As long as I wasn't with Hitler I guess it's a good thing.
LJ
I was only three squares to the left and one down from being in the center. near ghandi
TDW
i didnt exactly understand the nation thing but its pretty cool.
TS
Interesting. Kinda on the neet to see who your opinions are close to
I wasnt expecting some of the questions the quiz really made you think. Being on the left side is better then being with hitler pffft hitler hahahahah he makes me laugh
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