The intended audience are high students. High school students are at about the right age to start thinking about voting in Presidential elections as many of them are close to age 18.
The biggest learning goals is for the students to gain a better understanding of what creates political opinions and how they fit into the political spectrum. Only then can they truly understand where they stand politcally.
Students need a general understanding of America's economics, government, and society's most controversial subjects of today. They will also need a general understanding on how to use the internet.
The students will probably need a week of learning in the classroom, 1-2 days learning about the United States political parties, and about a class period to take the Political Compass Test and 1 day to follow up on their findings.
You will want to make sure the students have answered the questions about their initial political party, and have written the 1 page follow-up requirment with their political compass map attached. To goal is for students to get an understanding that there is more the a political party than just what people are supposed to believe. Look for a well-rounded understanding of political parties by examing the students suprises about political parties described in the answers to the given questions.
