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Museum of the Moving Image

Museum of the Moving Image: Living Room Candidate (Campaign Ads)

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibition of presidential campaign ads, 1952-2008, organized by election year, theme, and political issue. Audio/video presentations of ads can be viewed alongside written transcripts, making Living Room Candidate particularly...
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C-SPAN

C Span Classroom: Encouraging Young Voters to Vote

For Students 9th - 10th
Students use current and relevant information in the form of video and and articles to determine what is the best way to encourage young voters to go to the polls. Site includes lesson plans, class activities, video and articles.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Independent Lens: Debate Begins

For Students 9th - 10th
A third grade class in Wuhan province, China holds debates for the election of class monitor in this segment from Independent Lens. This is the first time education on democracy has been allowed in the city of Wuhan (most populace city...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Seventeenth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the text and meaning of the 17th Amendment. Includes link to a timeline for it.
Handout
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Twelfth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source text of the 12th Amendment accompanied by an explanation of the history and meaning. Links to resources for further study of this Constitutional Amendment.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Electing the President and Vice President

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline of the history of electing the President and Vice President of the United States.
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Vote 2004

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete coverage of the 2004 Election including information on the candidates, news reports, video, interactive resources, and important issues.
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Other

The Dirksen Congressional Center

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An effective site that provides non-partisan information concerning Congress and its leaders. The website includes CongressLink, up-to-date information on the US Congress; Congress for Kids, an excellent resource for younger students on...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Who Gets to Be President?

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: So You Want to Be President?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This project-based learning project extends classroom learning with a variety of multimedia tools to conduct an engaging election campaign for the Presidency. Students form political parties, write a platform, and conduct a campaign for...
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Other

Laus Dnet: Grade 5 Word Lesson Plan (Mr. President)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this lesson, students write a persuasive letter to the President of the United States. Students will research the 2000 Presidential election, interview parents, and reflect on their own opinions and experiences to write their letter....
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Other

Nisk: Fdr Cartoons

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides cartoons of Franklin Roosevelt's administration. Great primary sources to integrate in the classroom, although image reproductions are not of the best quality.
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Library of Congress

Loc: u.s. History Timeline: The Post War United States 1945 1968

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes how the United States' entry into WWII caused vast changes in every aspect of American life, how arts and entertainment showed continuity and change, and details of the 1960 election of John F. Kennedy as President.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Progressive Era to New Era, 1900 1929

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website defines and explores the Progressive Era and various aspects of American society during that period of history. It contains fairly simple text and several images.
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The Dirksen Congressional Center

Congress Link: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The Dirksen Congressional Center provides abundant lesson plans on all aspects of the US Congress and the US Constitution. All lessons contain time frames, objectives, and links to material, and are built around Bloom's taxonomy.
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PBS

Now With Bill Moyers: Campaign Finance (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson that takes students through the process of examining the finances of political campaigns. They will review internal documents to determine if wealthy contributors buy government influence, assess the pros and cons of campaign...

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