8th Grade Links


Brainpop has a ton of good information about the election and the presidency.
http://www.brainpop.com/elections/

Scholastic is a super resource on the election.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/election2008.htm

CNN is an excellent link for election information
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/

American Public Media has a great set of interactive election games to 
determine which candidate fits your opinions best, understanding the federal 
budget, and other important topics for Election 2008
http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/engage08/

Select Smart allows you to compare any two candidates on a point by point 
basis on the issues.
http://www.selectsmart.com/president/2008/comparethem.html

C-SPAN Classroom has a whole section with lots of clips and information 
about Election 2008
http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/

The main National Mock Election website with suggestions, guidelines, 
information, etc. on running a mock election.
http://nationalmockelection.org/

The Road to the Capitol is a cool interactive game where you can run against 
another candidate for a congressional seat.  The game allows you to learn 
about campaigning and how the candidates need to prepare on the issues and 
how to use their time to campaign effectively.
http://www.nationalmockelection.org/game/flash/start.html

This is a link to a YouTube video on the electoral college and explains in 
very plain English how it works.  You must ask parent permission before 
going on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok_VQ8I7g6I&feature=user

Weekly Quiz #1 - Taken 10/9
http://students.discoveryeducation.com/genericStudentIndex.cfm?cdPasscode=Q2471-3F9


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