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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Electoral College
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: United States History, U.S. Constitution, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis page from EDSITEment features resources relating to the Electoral College, and presents information about the Hayes-Tilden ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkElecting America's President
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis page from EDSITEment features resources relating to American presidents, and presents information about First Families, cam...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Economics of Voting
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Economics, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this lesson, from EconEdLink, students try to answer the question: Why do so many voters stay away from the polls on Election...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Mystery of the Voters Who Don't Vote
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Economics, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis lesson plan, from EconEdLink, asks and tries to answer the question: Why don't more Americans vote? Americans are known aro...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentTimeline of Events Related to the Development of the U.S. Party System
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, U.S. Constitution, History-Social Science, American Democracy, World HistoryThis student reproducible, from an EDSITEment lesson, provides a timeline of events related to the development of the political ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGetting the Message Out! National Political Campaign Materials, 1840-1860
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, Branches of Government, History-Social Science, American DemocracyGetting the Message Out! National Political Campaign Materials, 1840-1860 looks at politics in antebellum America. Read about t...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWestern Expansion and Reform: In What Year Was the First Election Day?
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis Web page, part of the Jump Back in Time section of the America s Story Web site, describes how Americans observed the f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Memory: The Learning Page Features - Elections . . . the American Way
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis Feature Presentation includes information, images and activities on the theme of elections. This version requires Shockwa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Road to the Presidency
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThomas Jefferson, our country s third president, described the Presidency as a splendid misery. Yet, despite that description,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExaminer's Questions for Admittance to the American (or Know-nothing) Party
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis 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 / HyperLinkU.S. Elections
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis resource provides an extensive list of links to U.S. election-related Web sites. Included are statistics for presidential e...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Votes
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, United States History, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis resource, provided by Scriptorium, documents the development of spin in American politics through an online exhibit of ca...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPresidential Election Laws
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyOn this web page, found on the U.S. National Archives and Records Administraton Web site, users will find sections of the Consit...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe First American Party System: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans -- The Platforms They Never Had
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students summarize the key positions of the Federalist and Democratic-...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Birth of Political Parties
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Electives, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis page, from the University of Houston s Digital History Web site, describes the birth of political parties in the United S...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSuffragists Arrested
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis page, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, focuses on significant events in American history and culture associ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBush Re-election Campaign Revisited: Comparing the Presidential Campaigns of 1992 and 2004
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension and 2 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about the direct role George W. Bush plays in the 2...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThey Have Issues: Exploring the Political Platforms of the 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidates
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the different campaign styles and political platforms...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIt's an Ad Eats Ad World: Creating Presidential Campaign Advertisements
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about the power and influence of television adverti...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRed, Undecided, and Blue: Researching Voter Preference in Past Elections
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension and 2 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students analyze voter preferences in past elections. They then wr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0