Project+Election+2008

 Here are the Election Issues important to our Sixth Grade Students:

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Resources Used to Explore The Issues in Depth:

> NCTE consultant Frank Baker gives advice on how to use a media-literacy perspective when watching the presidential debates. //[|Cable in the Classroom,]// September 2008 (scroll down to article and worksheet) > || From Scholastic - interactive activities to learn about the election process || > > [|From Scholastic - interactive activities to learn about the election process] || || || > || TIME for kids - Election Connection || > > TIME for kids - Election Connection || > || || || > || From PBS Kids - Interactive activities to learn about the election process. || > > From PBS Kids - Interactive activities to learn about the election process || || || > || Kids pick the president, interactive activities and information about electing the president || > Kids pick the president, interactive activities and information about electing the president || > TIME for kids - Election Connection
 *  PBS-elementary lesson plans on election http://tinyurl.com/6c3vf7
 *  Mid Aug issue of Cable in the Classroom magazine will have "teaching the election"
 *  Also from CIC, see [] Made for teens but says users of all ages can play.
 *  C-SPAN Classroom also has good materials
 *  From Kathleen Ferenz, Google Certified Educator: Google-Googlelitics-Politics: http://sites.google.com/site/googlitics
 *  A project we were considering for the fall (from Lisa Parisi) - http://surfaquarium.com/NCC/
 *  A place to register for mock elections http://tiny.cc/2RQnV
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> __Our Courts__ located at: http://www.ourcourts.org/ Project created with the help of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to help children learn about their government, its history, and the importance of being a good citizen
 * <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> Intel® Teach Unit Plan on the Electoral College (unit can be modified for 5th grade) : [|Electoral College Unit]
 * <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(169,17,18)"> **Lights, Camera . . . Debate; and Worksheet on How to Watch a Presidential Debate**
 * <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> National Writing Project Election Project - [|Writing Our Project]    (excellent Issues)
 * <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">[|Time for Kids]  <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">
 * <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">[|Scholastic Election News] <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">
 * <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">[|Meet the Candidates] <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">
 * <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">[|Meet the Presidential Candidates] <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">
 * <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">[|Election Kit] <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">
 * <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">[|Election 2008] <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">
 * <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">[|Electing a President] <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">
 * <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">[|YLI Mock Election] <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">
 * <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: right">[|PBS News for Students]
 * || [[image:d142:election18.png width="313" height="191" caption="From Scholastic - interactive activities to learn about the election process" link="http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/election2008.htm"]] ||
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