Students explore the election process by researching politcal platforms, inviting candidates to speak, surveying registered voters, and running a mock election.

What is advertising? What role does it plan in an election? Middle and high schoolers discuss advertising and its purpose by sifting through different magazines and discussing the products they find. Then they relate advertisements to...

Use the platforms of the 2004 presidential candidates to bring persuasive writing to your class. Young voters identify the three issues most important to them in the election and research the issues and candidates' positions. They write...

Young scholars continue to examine the issues of the 2004 presidential election. Using the internet, they discover where they stand on each issue and where each candidate stands on the issues as well. In groups, they participate in a...

The presidential election of 1912 was a turning point in American politics. Whoever won would reshape the political spectrum. Learn about the key issues, each party's politics, and the four men who wanted to become president: William...

Political ads are designed to play on viewers' emotions. The focus of this resource is on ads that feature children, either to establish the candidate as family friendly, or to create fear for children in the minds of viewers. Groups...

Students examine the two presidential candidates in 2000, and identify their own stance on campaign issues. They create fictional candidates that represent their beliefs, and write campaign speeches from their point of view.

In this George W. Bush activity, learners read a 4-page article about the diplomatic actions of the president and then complete the provided graphic organizer.

In this lesson, learners investigate the different platforms of each of the Presidential hopefuls for the 2000 election. Small groups each carefully research the platforms of an assigned candidate and then create a political pamphlet...

Young scholars analyze voter preferences in past elections, and then write letters to a presidential candidate, recommending winning strategies drawn from their research.

Students examine the 2004 Presidential election between George W. Bush and John Kerry. Using a variety of primary source documents, they discover where the candidates stood on the issues. In groups, they create a tableau in which they...

Students explain the presidential duties and who is eligible to run for president. In this The White House or Bust article, students complete a map of the electoral college. In addition students analyze historical campaign posters....

Review economic vocabulary, presidential election campaigns, and current campaign budgets (2004). Your class will determine how they feel about the amount of money spent on presidential campaigns, they will read an informational article,...

Students watch tapes of televised presidential debates dating from 1960. They analyze debates and participate in mock debates.

Students examine role of Supreme Court justices in the American political process, research the qualities of the current Supreme Court justices, and write opinion papers evaluating the current justices and recommending future nominations.

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

Pupils research the qualifications necessary to be the president of the United States. They create a want-ad for this position using what they have learned about the qualifications.

Learners investigate the Inaugural Speech of the President of The United States while comparing two speeches. They conduct research to find the two speeches on the internet and look at them side by side. The activity includes background...

Interactive source for information on the stances on issues taken by the candidates in the 2004 Presidential election.

Interactive biographical web page on President George W. Bush. This specific page covers September 11, 2001, but there are links that will take you to other Online Newshour George W. Bush biographical pages.

Outstanding web page that has biographical information on the candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States in the 2004 election.

BBC News provides complete profiles of candidates for the presidential election of 2004. Also presented is a comparison chart of the candidates' stances and policies on campaign issues. Both current candidates and those who have dropped...

Complete coverage of the 2004 Election including information on the candidates, news reports, video, interactive resources, and important issues.

CNN's site on the 2004 elections provides up-to-date headlines on the race, profiles of the candidates, updated polls, the candidates' stance on various campaign issues, and much more.