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The Benefits of Interest Groups: A Game about Understanding Special Interests
Edmond David Hally, PhD
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(315)
In this one-time course, students will play a game which demonstrates how interest groups gain members.
Class experience
Love them or hate them, interest groups are a key actor in American politics. But how do they gain influence and membership? Economist Mancur Olson proposed the idea of "selective benefits." Essentially, if groups can offer potential members benefits that they wouldn't get if they weren't in the group, they are much more likely to gain members. Oslon defined three types of benefits: 1) expressive benefits are the feelings you get when you do something for a cause you care about, 2)...
Students will learn more about interest groups as well as the three main things that interest groups offer in order to gain members: material benefits, solidarity benefits, and expressive benefits.
I have taught political science as a full-time job at the college level since 2005. I have used this game in a variety of my classes.
Learners will not need any outside supplies.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
All of the interest groups in the game will be hypothetical, but they will tie into real life issues such as environmental concerns, gun regulation, and workers' rights. Students joining interest groups that give "material benefits" will watch short funny videos in a breakout room. The videos shown will be listed under the "external resources" section. Students joining interest groups that give the "solidarity benefits" will get a compliment from a random compliment generator (also listed in the external resources section.
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(315)
Hello! My name is Ed. On Outschool, I hope to teach lessons focused on social studies, science, and literature. After graduating college, I spent a year as a substitute teacher and then another year with my own 3rd and 4th grade classroom. ...
Group Class
$12
per classMeets once
55 min
Completed by 26 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-13
3-9 learners per class
