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- 11th - 12th
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Students participate in a game to gain experience working within the political process, and to explain what is needed to manage a political campaign. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss the use of visual images, objects, and spectacle in the 1840 campaign, then take a stand: Was the campaign of 1840 based more on substance or image? Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students reflect on the nature of the campaign of 1840. They identify the positions of the Democrats and the Whigs and their basic differences. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss the issue of finance reform in political campaigns. Using the internet, they identify the positives and negatives of finance reform and research the problems associated with campaign fund-raising. They share their findings and opinions with the class to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students are divided into small cooperative groups and discuss and record their findings after examining candidate number one's campaign literature. They then participate in a class discussion, allowing each group to report their findings and recording them on the board. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students examine the role of advertising in presidential campaigns. They analyze one candidate's advertising campaign ads for elements such as major issues, positivity, negativity, facts, and opinions. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students participate in a simulated presidential campaign by conducting research on the Internet. They define a party platform, run a campaign and write and deliver speeches in teams. Students can then act as the electoral college to choose party candidates. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students listen to a statement about the role the Internet plays in the political process and respond by placing a card under the appropriate agree/disagree sign at the front of the room. Students brainstorm reasons to select their choice. They read an article "Presidential Campaigns Explore a New Medium." Students discuss the article. They visit websites of their choice of candidates to see how the Internet is being used. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the growth and evolution of presidential campaign strategies. They watch historic presidential campaign commercials at given websites. While working in small groups, they research a campaign from an assigned era. They report their findings to classmates using a press conference format. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate a variety of speeches given during Taft's campaign. They discuss the basic elements of speeches, listen to online samples of Taft's speeches, and identify the major topics discussed during the speeches. Students then write their own campaign speech and perform them in a mock campaign. Full Review »
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