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Organizer
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Compare the Candidates

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students use a chart to compare 2 candidates before an election. Students write down how they are alike and how they are different. This could be their views about issues or their backgrounds.
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Targeting Faith When It Counts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the relationship between politics and religion. In this religion and ethics lesson, students examine hyperlinks created by their instructor from the suggested sites list. Students research the websites for information...
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Creating a Pamphlet/Brochure for a Party or Candidate

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars explore political persuasive writing. In this government and persuasive writing lesson, students work in groups to write text and create graphics for a  brochure describing and promoting a predetermined political candidate.
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Worksheet
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Charisma vs. Experience

For Students 9th - 12th
Which is more important for a president: experience or charisma? Scholars consider this as they analyze 2 political cartoons in this analysis handout. Background information gives context through a quote from The Telegraph, and 3 talking...
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Worksheet
Polk Bros Foundation

Governor Deval Patrick's Inaugural Speech

For Students 9th - 12th
“America herself is an improbable journey.” So is Deval Patrick’s journey from the South Side of Chicago to the governorship of Massachusetts. The complete text of Patrick’s inaugural speech, delivered outdoors facing Boston Common,...
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Staples Foundation For Learning

The President’s Desk

For Teachers 4th - 12th Standards
What stories can a desk paperweight and picture frame possibly tell us about the president of the United States? Pupils are transported to the desk of President John F. Kennedy through an engaging interactive site. The guide offers a...
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National Constitution Center

Address America: Your Six-Word Stump Speech

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Stump speeches are the focus of this exercise that combines politics and language arts. After learning about this type of speech, the class listens to Obama's 2008 presidential campaign stump speech and answers a series of questions that...
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Fighting The Horse Race: Creating Ads Which Explore 2008 Presidential Candidates & Issues

For Teachers 6th - 12th
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...
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Worksheet
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The Organization of Political Parties

For Students 10th - 12th
Challenge the future world leaders in your class with this activity, which tests their knowledge on the organization of modern political parties. Students can access their prior knowledge of current elections, or notes from your lecture,...
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Young Voters Make A Difference

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research recent statistics on voting by those 18 to 24. They survey senior students to determine their intent to vote in the next election. Students display the data in charts and graphs. They write the results and share it with...
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Worksheet
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Cartoons for the Classroom: All Eyes on the Iowa Caucus

For Students 9th - 12th
Explore the primary elections through political cartoons. Three talking points guide deeper thinking as pupils analyze a cartoon, which depicts the 2008 campaigning in Iowa. Analysts identify caricatures, research why winning Iowa is...
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Political Polls

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore politcical polling by conducting a poll of student body elections. They prepare a survey, distribute forms, and tabulate data.
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Sam Houston for President...Again

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover the political career of Sam Houston. In this Texas history instructional activity, 4th graders research primary resources and create a modern-day version of Sam Houston's political campaign of the 1840s.
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Worksheet
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Citizenship Worksheet 4 - Selecting Leaders

For Students 8th - 9th
For this United States citizenship worksheet, students learn the process for how leaders are elected in the United States. Students are challenged with discussion and research questions and exercises that support the information they...
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The Voting Game

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars examine and discuss the Canadian electoral process. They conduct a simulation of the electoral process, with students running as candidates, holding a convention, campaigning, and voting for Prime Minister of the Day.
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Political Movement: Political Parties

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore politics by researching Australian government law. For this political parties lesson, students define the different active parties in Australia and their roles within the country. Students complete a word bank activity...
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Democratic Village Elections in China: Comparing Governments of China and the United States

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore democratic practices in China. In this global studies lesson, students compare and contrast democratic values of the Chinese government with the American government. Students read provided articles and conduct their own...
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Comparing Canadian and U.S. Political Systems and Political Campaigns

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this political systems instructional activity, students conduct research to compare and contrast the forms of government in the ...
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Select a Candidate and Get the Word Out

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore the roles of political parties in presidential elections. They discuss the qualities needed by a presidential candidate and brainstorm ideas for their candidate to emphasize during a campaign.
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Activity
Constitutional Rights Foundation

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates — Springboard to the White House

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates saw two primary political candidates debating seven different times about one of the most important social movements in United States history. Middle and high schoolers read an article that describes the...
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They Have Issues

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the different campaign styles and political platforms of the nine candidates vying for the Democratic Party nomination for the 2004 presidential election. They graph and compare candidate platforms and write an essay...
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Navigating the Road to the White House

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore U.S. politics by researching the Presidential requirements. In this electoral process lesson, students identify the main requirements to become a Presidential candidate and the two main political parties. Students...
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Defining Issues

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students work on a 'campaign committee' to define civic issues that are important to them and their community. They write letters to city officials with proposals for how to address these issues.
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The Eye of the Beholder: A Media Literacy Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the impact the news media have on shaping perceptions and opinions in general and in their coverage of the presidential campaign.