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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExaminer's Questions for Admittance to the American (or Know-nothing) Party
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis document is found on the Library of Congress American Memory Project Collection titled Words and Deeds in American Histor...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Memory: The Learning Page Features - Elections . . . the American Way
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis Feature Presentation includes information, images and activities on the theme of elections. This version requires Shockwa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkElecting America's President
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis page from EDSITEment features resources relating to American presidents, and presents information about First Families, cam...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArt to Zoo: Winning the Vote: How Americans Elect Their President
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: No subjects selected.Online issue with activities to introduce students to the office of the presidency and the process of electing the president. In...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStar Politics: Examining the Advantages of Celebrity Status in the Political Arena
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Writing Strategies, Career & Technical Ed, Arts, Media, & Entertainment and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students consider their opinions about celebrities in politics. They t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe President's Roles and Responsibilities: Communicating with the President
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis collection of two lessons, from EDSITEment, encourages students to consider the roles and responsibilities of the U.S. pres...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkElections the American Way: Voters
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis resource, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, discusses the history of voting rights in the United States. Fea...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWho Can Vote For President?
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: American Democracy, U.S. Constitution, Visual Arts, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students use a variety of sources to research the role and historical im...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVital Voters: Educating Youth on Voting and the Electoral Process
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students create voter education campaigns to raise awareness of and in...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Whig Party
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis resource, from the Illinois Historical Digitization Projects at Northern Illinois University, features information about th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVoting! What’s It All About?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: American Democracy, Literary Analysis, Career & Technical Ed, Arts, Media, & Entertainment and 5 additional..Students explore a variety of sources for information about voting. They evaluate the information to determine if it is fact or ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote in 1920.
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.A representative from the local chapter of the League of Women Voters is invited to talk to students about voting rights and wha...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSuitable Schools: Exploring What It Takes to Become a Well-Informed Citizen
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore education requirements for different professions. The...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkElectronic Elections: A Look at Polling Practices and the Potential of Online Voting
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this lesson, students evaluate the role of voting in democratic societies and the potential of voting on the Internet. Studen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0