Social Science: Robocall Activity

BIG IDEA:

Robocall is automated phone call that uses both a computerized autodialer and a computer-delivered pre-recorded message.  

It is used in telemarketing, politics, and for public service announcements or emergency information.

The laws in California states:

• ·      Must have an existing relationship with the person

• ·   Live person must come on first to tell you the nature of the call and the organization behind it

• ·      Call must be disconnected immediately if the person hangs up or the message is done

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.  Review the Big Idea, Instructions, Roles, Rule of 3, and decide if you have questions.

2.  Take a look at the following websites and the examples.

Companies:

Company 1

Company 2

Company 3

Examples:

Sample 1

Sample 2

3.  Review the profile of your opponent and the less than perfect information and your opponent and prepare a script.

4.  Review the less than perfect information about your candidate and prepare a positive phone call (and write the script) to get the voters to focus on the positives.

5.  Organize to present both and present both to the class and turn in the scripts.

ROLES:

Facilitator:   Keep the group focused on the purpose of the assignment, check for understanding regarding information about the candidate and their opponent, including the less than perfect part, and prepare them to answer questions about the information and the robocalls.

Harmonizer:  Get consensus on what to put in the robocall and keep group focused on outperforming the other groups

Resource Manager:  Does both robocalls address the biographies and the less than perfect issue?

Reporter:  Organize both robocalls for the presentation to the class and write in your notebook both scripts

RULE OF THREE:

• ·      Does your robocalls address both issues and are in script format?

• ·      Did you all participate in the presentation of the robocalls?

• ·      Did you all play your roles as expected?

QUESTIONS: Facilitators see Purther