Election 2008 September 14, 2008
Posted by anne marie in SMART Board, history/social studies.Tags: 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
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It’s a rainy Sunday morning here so I’ve had time to create a Notebook lesson on the 2008 Presidential Election and I thought I’d share a few websites and resources that I have found particularly helpful. The first one is from Time for Kids. It’s called the Election Connection 2008. There are six subcategories in this section- all giving some great information in very user friendly formats. I especially like the sections on Meet the Candidates and the Path to the Presidency. Campaign Games offers two fun trivia type games- great end of the day activities. All present well on the SMARTBoard- some being interactive.
BrainPop is making their selection of election movies available free of charge–how coooooooooool is that! No need to register either, just click on the election section and you’ll have a choice of viewing ten free educational videos.
Now this next resource is awesome to use with the SMARTBoard- every history teacher discussing the electoral votes needs to check this out. It’s from the folks at TeqSmart and best of all it’s free!! This Electoral Map link will bring you to their Blog entry complete with a link to the download page and a how-to video. Thanks to everyone who had a hand in making this great learning tool available to all educators and students!
The New York Times has compiled some very nice interactive timeline slide shows of the lives and careers of the two Presidential candidates: Barack Obama and John McCain and narrative slide shows on their running mates: Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. All present very well on the SMARTBoard.
The last site I want to mention is from USA Today. The Candidate Match Game lists twelve top issues facing the candidates and offers their positions on these issues. As you answer each question you will see which candidate shares your view. If you scroll over each red issue button you will be able to read a short background on their position. This would be a great way to initiate an open discussion about the issues and the candidates. This, too, presents well on the SMARTBoard.
I hope all, or some of these resources, are helpful to you on your quest to create Election 2008 lessons- ENJOY!
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Hello and thank you so much for including us in your post. My name is Joe Dixon and we are extremely pleased w/ the response we have received this far on our Electoral map. We would love to hear from you and your readers re: the map and how they are using it in their classroom.
Tell everyone to be on the look out because in a couple of weeks we should have a complete Notebook lesson available on the election that incorporates our Electoral Map. We also have some fun Halloween Learning Objects that we will make available. These resources will be available from out Educator Resource Center http://community.teqsmart.org
Be well and keep up the good work! On a personal note I really enjoy your blog and appreciate your posts on ASL and Intellitools. I worked as in AT specialist for many years and loved every minute of it.
J
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