1. a) What is the tea party movement?
b) What does the acronym TEA stand for?

2. What does the Media Research Center's report on the tea party conclude about the major TV news networks?

3. How much of an increase has there been in the past month in the percent of people who say they are part of the tea party movement, according to Rasmussen polls?

4. How did the Media Research Center arrive at its conclusion about news reports on the tea party?

5. How do tea party supporters view the efforts of opponents who have a goal of infiltrating tea party events this Thursday (Tax Day)?

6. Instead of reading about them in the news, visit the websites of some of the tea party groups to see who they are first-hand. (Find tea party groups in your state at teapartypatriots.org/2010/Search.aspx.)
a) Do you agree with tea-party members' goal of lower taxes and limited government? Explain your answer.
b) Ask a parent the same question.