Online News Sources
Kid friendly
Election 2008 at
Scholastic News Online http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/election2008.htm
Election Connection
2008 at Time for Kids.com http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/election08/
NickNews with Linda Ellerbee http://www.nick.com/all_nick/tv_supersites/nick_news/
Middle School and Adults
NewsHour Extra
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/
Online news for students in grades 7-12.
CNN Student News
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Election Center 2008 at CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/
Campaign 2008 at C-Span http://www.c-span.org/Politics/
Curriculum and Lessons
Mock
Election Curriculum Voter Education Portal: Teaching Materials and Activities http://www.nationalmockelection.org/curriculum.html
Pearson
Election Kit http://www.phschool.com/sales_support/marketing_websites/election_kit/index.html
Election Co-nection
2008 http://exchange.co-nect.net/Teleprojects/project/?pid=5&cid=1
Pearson invites every K-12 classroom to vote in an online mock presidential
election. The online voting has started and will run through
6:00 pm
Eastern Daylight Time, Tuesday, October 28.
Election Co-nection:
Election 2008 Curriculum from Pearson http://exchange.co-nect.net/Teleprojects/project/?pid=5&cid=15
Our Government
from Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for
Grades K-2 http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/government/index.html
K-3 Free Election
Resources from BrainPop Jr. http://www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/government/
The following movies are free and require no subscription: Rights and Responsibilities, US Symbols, Local and State Governments,
President
Election Process from
Ben’s Guide to
U.S.
Government for Grades 3-5
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/election/index.html
President & Vice President, Senators, Representatives
- These pages explain the election process for Federal officials. Information
about specific candidates and their campaigns, party or party platforms, or
political races will not be found here.
Kids Pick the President http://www.nick.com/shows/specials/kpp_07/
Nickelodeon's election site includes sections on: Meet the candidates, How we
elect a president, related videos from Nicknews.com. They will run an online
election here following a special "Kids Pick the President" on Oct.
12, 9PM/8c with results to be announced Mon. Oct. 20, 8PM/7c.
Weekly Reader election 2008 - Road to the White House
http://www.weeklyreader.com/election/
Includes sections on: Meet the candidates, How the voting process works,
Election glossary, Statements on the candidates and issues, archives of articles
from earlier in the election season, election vocab. crossword puzzle and word
search, presidential trivia and voting rights quizzes, Ask us anything (kids can
email a question on the elections.
FREE
BrainPOP Spotlight: Election ’08 http://www.brainpop.com/election/
The following movies are free and require no subscription: Branches
of Government, Democracy, Political Beliefs, Political Parties, Political Party
Origins, Presidential Election, Presidential Power, Primaries and Caucuses,
Voting, Women’s Suffrage
Election Process from
Ben’s Guide to
U.S.
Government for Grades 6-8 http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/election/index.html
President & Vice-President, Senators, Representatives - These pages explain
the election process for Federal officials. Information about specific
candidates and their campaigns or political parties and their platforms will not
be found here.
PBS Election
Resources http://www.pbs.org/teachers/vote2008/
Lesson plans, interactives, podcasts, and Tools such as Ballotvox,
Budget
Hero, Campaign Audio,
the Idea
Generators, and You
Decide. Track the candidates' progress with the Interactive
Map. Find out how your views align with those of the candidates using Select
a Candidate and the Vote
by Issue Quiz. Share your point of view using Ask
Your Lawmaker, Get My
Vote, the Idea
Generators and You
Decide. The majority of these tools were created as widgets that you can
embed on your personal and class Web pages.)
Election Materials from TimeLiner, Tom Snyder
Productions http://www.tomsnyder.com/timelinerxe/election.asp
Aninteractive and some printable timelines: Explore a free,
online interactive timeline of the presidential nominees' lives; Grab scissors
and some tape to make a classroom poster from this PDF of presidential nominees;
Grab scissors and some tape to make a classroom poster from this PDF of a
timeline of voting rights.
Elections –
Teacher Resources from TeacherVision.com
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/elections/teacher-resources/6615.html?detoured=1
Our lessons, printables, and activities on the
U.S.
electoral process provide great teaching ideas for fall, whether it's a
presidential election year or not. Explore election requirements for the federal
government with your students. You'll also find great ways for students to get
involved in local politics, like holding classroom debates or writing letters to
representatives. Units on civil rights and women's history will benefit from
resources on the American suffrage movement. Click on 3 free resources per day or sign up for a 7-day free trial
US Elections at
FactMonster.com http://sf.factmonster.com/spot/election2.html
Campaigns &
Elections Definitions from C-Span
http://www.c-span.org/classroom/govt/definitions.asp
Google’s Election
Tools for Teachers http://www.google.com/educators/elections_tools.html
Here are some great free tools you can use to engage your students in exploring
the candidates and issues before they cast their votes in the Mock Election.
Election Vocabulary
Comic Strips http://www.vocabulary.com/election12cs.html
Guide to the 2008
Election at America.gov http://uspolitics.america.gov/uspolitics/elections/index.html
This site produced by the U.S. Department of State.
Elections…..The
American Way http://learning.loc.gov/learn/features/election/home.html
Teacher Resources from the Library of Congress that review the history of voting
in America, with links to source documents such as political posters and
recorded debates. Includes sections on Candidates, Voters, Party System,
Election Process, Issues
