For+the+Classroom

**For the classroom**
[|Writing our Future: Letters to the Next President] (National Writing Project) [|Electing a US President in Plain English] media type="custom" key="1673921" [|why voting matters] [|how the process works] | [|resources for learning more]
 * PBS Content**
 * [|PBS Access, Analyze and Act: Blueprint for 21st Century Civic Engagement]
 * [|PBS Teacher Tools (widgets and interactive 2.0 tools)]
 * //[|Ballotvox]//
 * //[|Budget Hero]//
 * //[|Campaign Audio]//
 * //[|Idea Generators]//
 * //[|You Decide]//
 * //[|Interactive Map].//
 * //[|Select a Candidate]//
 * //[|Vote by Issue Quiz]//
 * //[|Ask Your Lawmaker]//
 * //[|Get My Vote]//
 * //[|Idea Generators]//
 * //[|You Decide]//
 * [|PBS Secondary Lesson Plans]
 * [|PBS Elementary Lesson Plan]
 * [|Democracy Project] (about the presidency)
 * [|Zoomout the Vote] (PBSkids)


 * [|Project LookSmart: Media Construction of the Presidential Campaigns]
 * [|Growing Voters] (Lesley U.)
 * [|Teaching With and About the Conventions] (Frank Baker)
 * [|BrainPop Election Resources] (video, quizzes)
 * [|ScholasticNews: Election 08] (news, quizzes, activities, lessons)
 * [|Elect Me: Creating a Campaign Platform and Advertisement]
 * [|Election Process and the Campaign Trail] (grades 6-8 ArtsEdge Kennedy Center)
 * [|ABC-CLIO Election Reference]
 * [|EconEdLink | The Economics of Voting]
 * [|The Election Process] (Ben's Guide to Government--elementary)
 * [|Election 2008] (New York Times Learning Network)
 * [|Writing with Writers: Speechwriting] Home (Scholastic)
 * [|iCue Decision 08]
 * [|Kids Voting USA]
 * [|CyberBee Election Lessons]
 * [|American Experience: The Presidents]
 * [|The Electoral College: How It Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections](Congressional Research Service)
 * [|National Student/Parent Mock Election]
 * //Time for Kids// [|Election Connection]
 * [|Google for Educators Video Search]
 * [|TeacherTube: If I were President of the United States] (young student voices)
 * [|Living Room Candidate-]Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2004
 * [|Meet the Candidates WebQuest] (for upper elementary and middle school classes)
 * [|eLECTION-] (simulation based on party choices)
 * [|Does my vote count?] (lesson on the electoral college, David Walbert)
 * [|Meet the Candidates Election 2008] (elementary WebQuest)
 * ZOOMout the Vote [|Elections 101]
 * [|Primaries, Voting, and Elections]
 * [|Presidential Election Coverage: Lesson Plans (analyze role of the Web)]
 * [|Elections Lessons and Teacher Resources]
 * [|The Steps to Elected Office] (chart and run-for-office board game)