Museum of the Moving Image
Museum of the Moving Image: 2008 Obama vs. Mc Cain
View presidential campaign advertisement from the 2008 election that included the slogans "Change We Can Believe In" and "Country First". Features video clips, information about the candidates, and election results.
University of Richmond
Digital Scholarship Lab: Voting America: Elections 1840 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...
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Vote 2008
Vote 2008 is the official election web page for PBS Online News Hour. Find analysis of candidates and their latest moves as they journey down the presidential campaign trail. There is also a link to the Election 2008 Vote by Issue Quiz.
ProCon.org
Pro Con: 2008 Election: Which Candidate Would Make the Best u.s. President?
Archived Material. Who are the 2008 presidential candidates and what are their views on today's most important issues? This site offers a comprehensive overview of the question "Which candidate would make the best President?" The topic...
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Presidential Election Coverage: Vote 2008: Candidates
PBS Online NewsHour provides current election news on the 2008 presidential race with biographical information on Democratic candidate Barack Obama, Republican candidate John McCain, and Third Party candidates Bob Barr and Ralph Nadar....
University of Richmond
Digital Scholarship Lab: Voting America: Presidential Elections 1972 2008
Presented are various maps that show how American voters have cast their ballots in US presidential elections from 1972-2008.
University of Richmond
Digital Scholarship Lab: Voting America: Congressional Elections
Animated maps analyze data pertaining to congressional elections b.etween 1992-2008.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Election of 2008
Online resource that provides detailed data for the presidential election of 2008 won by Democratic candidate, Barack Obama.
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Elections: Voter Registration
Can you vote in Election 2008? View this guide to see historical facts and where to register to vote in Federal elections. Includes links to further information.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Election Choices: 2008
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Presidential Election Coverage: Vote 2008: Lesson Plans
PBS Online NewsHour provides lesson plans to help students become informed about the 2008 presidential election.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Election Choices [Pdf]
"Election Choices" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about the 2008 Presidental election between Barack Obama and John McCain. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the...
BBC
Bbc News: Kenya's Dubious Election
This article discusses the claims by the Orange Democratic Movement that the Kenya general election was rigged in favor of President Mwai Kibaki and lists several reasons for the suspicions. (8 January 2008)
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Race to Watch: Campaign 2008, Role of Technology and the Internet
Is the internet effective as a campaign tool? Help your students explore how presidential candidates use technology and the internet in their political campaigning in the twenty first century with this lesson plan from PBS NewsHour.
PBS
Why Vote?
This lesson plan is designed to help students identify, develop, and share their positions on 2008 election issues.
Other
Voice of America News: Eu Observers Satisfied With Angola Elections
This site looks at the success of the elections in Angola. Find out more about the methods used and the success of the procedures used in the elections. Sept. 2008.
National Cable Satellite Corporation
C Span: Election Guide: Candidates and Information
C-SPAN provides profiles of the presidential candidates and their running mates. Also given are the candidates' position on various campaign issues. Content updates with each Presidential election.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: 2008 Republican Candidates
NPR takes a look at the 2008 Republican presidential candidates Sen. John McCain and Rep. Ron Paul.
Other
Opensecrets.org: 2008 Presidential Election Fundraising
Find out all the campaign finance information at this thoroughly comprehensive site. If you want to know who's giving what, how much each candidate is getting, and where the money is coming from, this is the place to look.
BBC
Bbc News: Angola's Hi Tech Election
Read about the hi-tech solution that Angola has put in place in order to have the first election in 16 years. (Sept. 2008)
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Kenya's Post Election Violence Kills Hundreds
This is a transcript of a January 2008 interview that discusses the ethnic violence that has developed as a result of Kenya's disputed presidential election. This has led to more than 275 people being killed in the western Kenyan town of...
Museum of the Moving Image
Museum of the Moving Image: Living Room Candidate (Campaign Ads)
Online exhibition of presidential campaign ads, 1952-2008, organized by election year, theme, and political issue. Audio/video presentations of ads can be viewed alongside written transcripts, making Living Room Candidate particularly...
BBC
Bbc News: A Little of Real Palin Revealed
BBC News provides us with a video of 2008 Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's TV interview with Charles Gibson on ABC News. Also includes links to news stories related to election 2008. [9:27]
Museum of the Moving Image
Museum of the Moving Image: Admaker, Obama vs. Mc Cain: "Fundamentals" (2008)
A lesson plan to accompany two interactive activities. In the first activity, young scholars must convert a political ad for Barack Obama into one that promotes John McCain. The second activity has them create their own campaign ad. The...
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