Digital Scholarship Lab: Voting America: Presidential Elections 1972 2008

After researching the presidential election process, class members develop questions and interview voters about their choice of candidate and the issues that concern them.

Presented are various maps that show how American voters have cast their ballots in US presidential elections from 1928-1968.

Presented are various maps that show how American voters have cast their ballots in US presidential elections from 1884-1924.

Presented are various maps that show how American voters have cast their ballots in US presidential elections from 1840-1880.

Animated maps analyze data pertaining to congressional elections b.etween 1992-2008.

Resource juxtaposes subtle pictures of the ways US voters have cast their ballots in presidential elections during the past two centuries. These animations, depicting more than forty presidential election cycles, reveal much about the...

This map shows population change among whites in US counties, 1840 to 2000. Each dot represents 500 people. Corresponding historical events and elections are included for each period of time.

After reading an interesting article comparing the disputed presidential election of 1877 to a similar event in the year 2000, kids blog a response. They read the article, check out the embedded links, then respond to four related...

High schoolers research the US Presidential election of 1824. They explain why the election of 1824 was decided in the House of Representatives. They summarize relevant portions of the Constitution on presidential election procedures.

Read this interesting background information regarding the presidential election of 2008. Your class will read the provided passages and then answer four critical thinking questions that require them to consider the reading and what they...