Dive into the political breach with pupils and explore the reasons for political polarization. Using clips from C-SPAN that include discussions from reporters and scholars, class members consider what is causing the political fault lines...

Encourage your learners to explore the differences between hard news and news analysis. They outline a complex news analysis about the upcoming presidential election, then endeavor to write an analysis of the same topic, using local...

The question of how to balance Fourth Amendment Rights with national security concerns becomes critical in an age of planned terrorist attacks, election interference, and fake news. Get young social scientists involved in the debate with...

The battle over same-sex marriage is a prevalent issue in the United States, and a valuable topic to be discussed in your social studies classroom. Here is a basic outline of introductory questions, focus questions, vocabulary, and media...

Students examine issues that they consider to be priorities and how President Bush might address them in his next term. They create public service announcement scripts motivating citizens to stay involved in these issues beyond the...

Pupils explore voter turnout, analyzing why Americans don't vote, and citizen activism through creating community publicity about the 2004 Presidential election.

Students consider their personal opinions about the news and politics, read about the public relations drive behind the 2004 presidential election, and gather information for a press release promoting either Mr. Bush or Mr. Kerry.

In this voting process activity, students use the ballots to vote in a mock election or classroom election. Students may write the candidate names or initiatives in the blanks.

Students compare and contrast democratic election processes. In this 200 presidential election lesson, students visit websites that allow them to compare federal American elections to British elections. Students hold their own classroom...

Students focus on the recent Mexican elections to evaluate how different journalistic accounts can present different aspects of the same event.

Students examine the platforms of early political parties in the United States. In this political parties instructional activity, students discover details regarding the attributes and ideals of the federalists and the...

Students examine political gender biases. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students participate in a mock classroom election which requires them to vote for a boy or a girl. Students discuss the election results and gender bias.

For this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about voter turnout and respond to 3 talking point questions.

In this current events activity, students analyze political cartoons by Herb Block and respond to 3 talking point questions.

In this current events learning exercise, students analyze a political cartoon about lame duck sessions and respond to 3 talking point questions.

For this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the electoral college and superdelegates. Students then respond to 3 talking point questions.

In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about gasoline prices and respond to 3 talking point questions.

In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about about 2008 presidential candidate Fred Thompson. Students then respond to 2 short answer questions.

In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about Barak Obama and respond to 3 talking point questions.

In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about John Edwards and respond to 3 talking point questions.

In this current events worksheet, students analyze caricatures of Barak Obama through the years and respond to 3 talking point questions.

In this current events activity, students analyze political cartoons based on anti-American sentiments. Students respond to 4 talking point questions

In this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons about the Middle East and American domestic issues. Students respond to 4 talking point questions.

John won the election, but by how much more? Your learners will calculate how many votes each candidate received in order to determine the difference. Use with other lessons provided in the series to practice different variations of this...