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Electing a US President in Plain English

Janetta Garton — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:44:47 +0000

If I Were Running for President

Janetta Garton — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:33:59 +0000

This looks like a great collaborative project. If I Were Running for President is hosted by DeAnna Sheets, a teacher in Branson, MO.

Students will poll adults and students from their school and collect data about what issues make them choose one presidential candidate over another. The students will then use that data and create a mock presidential candidate of their own. They will include background information on their mock presidential candidate, key issues, political party ticket, campaign slogan and title. After all of the participating schools have created and entered their mock presidential candidate, an election will be held to see which candidate has been elected as the new president.

Project Dates: September 2, 2008-November 7, 2008
Grades 1-6
Registration is open
To see the list of classrooms currently registered visit the project wiki and look for the Sidebar on the right.
Minimal tech tools required. “The basics you will need: either access to a digital camera or a way to upload pictures of your kids drawings etc (unless you choose to do them on a computer). You or your students will need to have access to one computer to type in all of the completed information about the candidate for others to read.”
Information must be uploaded to the wiki by October 27, 2008
Election will be held November 3-7th. All students will get to cast their vote.

I would love to see a Willard class participate in this. Let me know if I can help!

Image Credit: EJP Photo

Constitution Day: September 17

Janetta Garton — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:49:58 +0000

The Learning Page: Primary Source Set: The Constitution: teacher guides, primary documents and resources. You view authentic maps, diary entries, letters, speech notes, newspaper articles, images, song sheets, audio of speeches, etc.
National Archives: Teaching With Documents: Observing Constitution Day: lessons, worksheets, simulation, activities, workshop, etc.
Center for Civic Education: Constitution Day: Lesson for Constitution Day and Citizenship Day: lesson plans
National Endowment for the Humanities: Constitution Day: text and image of constitution, lesson plans, etc.
National Constitution Center: Constitution Day: activities, lessons, books, DVDs, etc.

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