Roy C. Ketcham High School – 
PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT:
ATTENDANCE AT A GOVERNMENT MEETING

DIRECTIONS - THIS COMPLETED SHEET MUST BE HANDED IN WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE MEETING YOU ATTENDED. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO HAND IN THE AGENDA ATTACHED TO THIS SHEET.YOU MUST GET THE SIGNATURE OF THE CONTACT PERSON OR THIS SHEET DOES NOT COUNT. FILL IN THE FIRST THREE LINES BEFORE YOU ASK FOR A SIGNATURE.

NAME 	CLASS PERIOD  	

MEETING:  	_MEETING DATE 	

LOCATION OF MEETING  	

TIME:  	TO  	

SIGNATURE OF CONTACT PERSON  	

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE/RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS POLITICAL GROUP?

LIST THE NAMES OF THE PARTICIPANTS OBSERVED (AND WHEN APPROPRIATE TITLES).  THIS INCLUDES ALL MEMBERS OF THE POLITICAL GROUP IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT SPOKE AT THE MEETING.

WHAT WERE THE MAJOR TOPICS THAT WERE DISCUSSED/VOTED ON? RESULTS?

SELECT A FEW OF THE ‘KEY’ PARTICIPANTS AND ID THEIR POSITION ON ONE OR MORE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES.

NAME ONE EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE DOING OR SAYING SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND ONE EXAMPLE OF A PRIVATE INTEREST.

PUBLIC  	

PRIVATE  	

EXPLAIN THE PROCESS BY WHICH DECISIONS WERE MADE AT THIS MEETING INCLUDING HOW DISAGREEMENTS WERE HANDLED.

EXPLAIN WHY YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS OR WAS NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE OF PARTICIPATORY GOVERNMENT (PROVIDE EXAMPLES).

SO, WHAT DID YOU THINK, LEARN, AND/OR FEEL ABOUT THIS MEETING? COMMENTS?