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Teacher Planet

Teacher Planet: Election Day

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Teachers, visit this site for a complete resource on elections, voting, issues, presidents, and more. Lessons, activities, worksheets clipart, maps, and other links can all be found here.
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Uniform Election Day

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the significance and events leading up to a national uniform election day.
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Deciding on a Date for the General Election

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate the history of selecting the first Tuesday after the first Monday to hold Election Day. Based upon research, decide whether that is a good date to hold elections or if there is a better alternative.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do Americans Vote on Tuesdays?

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover why Americans have been voting on Tuesdays since 1845 as Jacob Soboroff shares the history of Election Day and shows how voting on a Tuesday affects voter turnout. [3:28]
Interactive
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Election Comic Strip

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a list of 12 vocabulary words on the theme of ELECTION Comic Strip and a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities. It also offers a list of 393 vocabulary words on elections.
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Other

Reliving South Africa's First Freedom Day

For Students 9th - 10th
South Africa's Freedom Day is celebrated on April 27th of each year. This day marks the first post-apartheid democratic presidential election for this nation. Learn about the first Freedom Day, the inauguration of Nelson Mandela.
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The Dirksen Congressional Center

Congress for Kids: Elections

For Students 3rd - 5th
Here's a great presentation on Elections for younger kids that includes information on Voting, Candidates, Conventions, the Campaign, and other topics concerning elections.
Handout
BBC

Bbc: Afghanistan's Day of Reckoning

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed look into the Afghanistan 2009 elections - challenges to be faced, possible fraud, questionable security, foreign influences, and more. The following quote holds great truth ... "This election is just one more step in building...
Article
New York Times

New York Times: On This Day: March 31, 1968

For Students 9th - 10th
Front page of the New York Times with major story on Johnson's decision not to run in 1968. Links to related stories.
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Vote 2004: Democratic National Convention

For Students 9th - 10th
Impressive coverage of the 2004 Democratic National Convention by PBS NewsHour. Coverage of each day's events, speeches, reports, and links to other resources can be found on this page. Interactive media can be found on this page.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Suffrage Strategies: Voices for Votes Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will learn all about the history of suffrage for women and what influences were used to change people's attitudes. They will then use their understanding to create a modern-day election document of ephemera, for example, a...
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Other

National Council for the Social Studies: Teaching About the Electoral College

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Are you actually electing the president when you vote on election day? This article explains how the Electoral College works, based on the 2004 election, and suggests activities for helping students understand it. The file can be...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the domestic legislation of Woodrow Wilson, a progressive president who won the election of 1912. See how the policies he proposed won him the support of those who believed in the platform of the Bull Moose Party.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Modern Democracy in America

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a collection of 19 Grade-Leveled texts (6-12) on the topic Modern Democracy in America. How does democracy function in modern-day America? Learn how a bill becomes a law, the role of American presidents, and much more in this...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Westward Expansion and Reform

For Students 3rd - 8th
Part of a longer time line describing the history of the American West, this section covers the period 1829 to 1859 with hyperlinks to stories and people of this time period.
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Curated OER

Washington Post: Election Day in Iraq

For Students 9th - 10th
It's hard for us to imagine what is going on in Iraq. This site has pictures to show voting activity on Sunday, Jan. 30. It's very interesting to see the people and the environment in this country that we've heard so much about.
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Curated OER

Ibrahim Jaafari on Iraq's Election Day, 30 January

For Students 9th - 10th
A spokesman for Islamic Daawa Party, Jaafari emerged as post war Iraq's new prime minister. 4/7/05
Primary
US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Revolution and the New Nation (1754 1820s)

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to primary source documents from the revolution to the new nation.
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Other

The Green Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides an overview and results pertaining to the elections and day-to-day activities of major political leaders (ie. representatives, senators, presidents). A government hodge podge collection of links is provided.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Stirrings of Reform

For Students 9th - 10th
The democratic upheaval in politics exemplified by Jackson's election was merely one phase of the long American quest for greater rights and opportunities for all citizens. Another was the beginning of labor organization, primarily among...
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Other

The Baltimore Sun: Naacp Set to Tackle New Issues and Old

For Students 9th - 10th
In the days since the election of Julian Bond as national chairman of the NAACP board of directors, I have been asked repeatedly whether the organization had imploded -- as it appeared it was going to do under the leadership of Dr....
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Passing the Torch

For Students 5th - 8th
See how William Howard Taft, Theodore Roosevelt's handpicked successor, qualifies as one of the progressive presidents, but infuriated progressives because of some of his policies.
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Curated OER

Solidarity Party

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBCi presents a site, "On This Day," that explains on June 5th, 1989, Poland's Solidarity party expected to win the election.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Thomas J. Jackson

For Students 9th - 10th
General Stonewall Jackson, born in Clarkesburg, W. Va., January 21st, 1824, died at Chancellorsville, Va., May 10th, 1863, was graduated from the United States Military Academy, in 1846. He was ordered to Mexico, became a lieutenant in...

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