Скачать или смотреть Intro: Current Events week 4, Choosing a President

This week's current events lesson is about what would have been the biggest story of the year if the coronavirus hadn't happened. Can you guess what I'm referring to? Check out the background materials below, and submit your questions on Twitter by Thursday afternoon, using the hashtag #ShapiroSchool. Tell us your first name, age, and where you're writing from. We'll post our discussion at the end of the week!

Sometimes it's helpful to see how other countries view our own political system. So let's start with this background article from the BBC, explaining how the US chooses a President:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-can...

This NPR article about the electoral college was put out before the 2016 election. Can you figure out why that's significant?
https://www.npr.org/2016/11/06/500660...

Americans are voting on more than just a President in November. Here's a news article from this week about how the coronavirus is changing campaigns for Congress:
nytimes.com/2020/04/05/us/politics/congress-campaigns-coronavirus.html