Learning Objectives

4.1 Analyze the ways Texas’s population is changing and the effects on local political ideology.
4.2 Discuss the different types of civic engagement and political participation with engagement by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual preference, geography and other factors.
4.3 Analyze voter turnout in Texas. Why has it been so low? How is it changing?
4.4 Consider the civic health of Texas today and where the state stands in terms of national averages.