Welcome to the Harwich High School Government Blog. Government has been a required course at HHS for more than 30 years, which we believe to be unique in the state, though more towns are starting to add this requirement. I think this has a lot to do with the unusually active character of Harwich politics (compare our turnout rates). I took over the course from the legendary Kris Larson in 1997, and have continued the tradition of schooling our seniors in the details of American politics at the local, state, national and international levels.
The impetus for starting this blog is the 2008 presidential election, which at this point is the most wide-open race in the modern primary era. In addition to following this race closely (we’ve watched parts of each debate in class as well as role playing debates of both parties), I have a unique opportunity to actually witness to the first great drama of the campaign, the Iowa Caucuses.
On Wednesday, January 2, I will head to Iowa to meet up with several friends for a barnstorming tour. We will spend Wednesday and Thursday going to every event we can get to, before ending up at a Caucus somewhere outside of Des Moines Thursday night. I plan to post a reports throughout the day from the different events and hope to relay the excitement generated by this potentially historical turning point.
After Iowa, our class will *follow* the presidential hopefuls to New Hampshire and all the way to the national party conventions.
John Dickson
Social Studies Teacher
Harwich (MA) High School
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