AP American Government and Politics
Interest Group Power Point Assignment
Overview: Your group will present a brief power point to the class providing them some basic
information about a specific interest group.
Set-Up: Self select a group of 2 to 3 members (no larger than three). Present to the class a power
point presentation of 5 minutes or less. The number of slides is up to the group, but keep it brief.
If you Google the group you will find most, if not all, have a web site, but for this assignment
Wikipedia might be the best source.
Slides:
Basic facts about group
major issues organization is most interested
size of group
kinds of members
any benefits to belonging
How Might your group affect politics
expertise, testifying
ad campaigns, public education
lawsuits
Any successes/failures you could find
All students, other than your group, are expected to take notes
during each presentation
The list of interest groups is on the other side of this page.