I was in
the group that had a “General overview of all German parties, present and past”.
Our group members were Haitam Aldaij, Ryan
Anderley, Kari Anderson, Dillon Anderson, Michael Neslund, Hannah Olson, and I
(Ashley Ogaja). We started off by
getting everyone’s contact information. Our
group leader was Kari Anderson. She took the initiative to get everyone’s Gmail
information and then email everyone a link to Google document. Then we all
contributed by adding information about the German political parties to the Google
document. We were attempting to do a general overview of the parties so we put
key facts that we found such as when the party was founded, key leaders, and
their views. I tried to add historic as well as current key facts about the
parties that hadn’t been posted by any of the other group members yet. I looked
through what information was added and then added what else I thought was
important for people to know about each party.
The group
was big so we were unable to find a time that worked for everyone to meet .We
did most of our work individually, but I think it worked out very well for our
group because we were able to communicate and add our research together with
technology resources. We all made sure that we added our enough information
about every party in a timely manner. My most helpful resources were Wikipedia
and BBC. The topic was a little different than
others because instead of just having one party to research on we had to do a
general overview of all the German political parties. It was nice to learn a
little bit about all of the parties and see how they have evolved over time.
The party I was really surprised about was the
National Democratic Party of Germany also known as the NPD, it is the only
neo-Nazi group that the government tried to ban but failed. The NPD is still
represented in two out of the sixteen states in Germany. After doing the
research on each of the German political parties if I had to support one of
them I would choose the Pirates because even though they are disorganized and
maybe a little bit confused about their views I like how they let everyone
participate. They seem like the one party that is really for the people.
Sources:
