GenerationNation. Debate Highlights Songified! FactCheckED | Education from FactCheck. 2012 Presidential Election Resources & Teaching Tips. Rock the Vote: Rock the Vote. Our Work. 2012 Presidential Election - ProCon.org. Election 2012: Teaching Ideas and Resources. Update: Nov. 7, 2012 New | Nov. 2012 New | Oct, 2012 New | Sept. 2012 Here are some suggestions for teaching and learning about the 2012 election season, followed by selected New York Times features and Learning Network lesson plans. Bookmark this page: we’ll be adding activity ideas and resources as the march to the White House proceeds, and will link from here to all the election resources we publish. Meanwhile, we’d love to hear from you! Our Election 2012 Unit We’ve designed our Election 2012 Unit to put teenagers front and center of this election. Mini-Unit 1: Who are the candidates? Students research one candidate and retool his campaign to appeal to younger voters by creating brochures, slide shows, biographies or Facebook pages or other social media strategies to introduce him.
Mini-Unit 2: What are the issues? Mini-Unit 3: How are the candidates trying to win the election? Mini-Unit 4: What Do You Think? Ten More Ideas for Teaching the Election 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Teach the 2012 Election Resources. Learn more about our 2012 Presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. A fun resource for students to write their own digital book about the election. Check out our Interactive Constitution to learn more about executive power and how it pertains to the President of the United States of America. As president it's important to know information about how the country was formed. Here get resources to help student study and learn more about the Declaration of independence. Hands-on, digital, customizable resources to help students understand the history of the U.S. and how democracy has helped form our nation.
Get involved in the nation's largest civic education project – the 2012 My Voice National Student Mock Election. Provocative questions and intriguing content around the history of elections from our partner Colonial Williamsburg. An interactive activity where students learn the story of four kids who learn to make heads and tails of American Citizenship. Is our politics polarized?