Elections: The Election of the President

Chosing Presidients
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?id=18203&origin=5822
These questions span the history of choosing an American president from 1789 to 1996. Remember details about elections you heard about in your social studies or histroy class. Enjoy!

Do You Want to Be President?
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/shorgeshimer/WebPage/
preswebquest.html
WebQuest - It is an election year. You and your team have been asked by your political party to help them elect the next president of the United States. There is no incumbent running in this election and the vice president is not seeking the nomination of the party. This is a special year. This is the year that you can make a difference!

Electing the President-The Electoral College
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/electoralcollege/index.html
Learn about how we really elect the President of the United States and look at the results of the most recent presidential election.

Countdown to Election 2008
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/election2008.htm
Participate in Election 2008 with polls, bulletin boards, games and quizzes.

Election Activities
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/activities.htm
Ideas for classroom election activities.

Election Bookmarks
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/bookmarks.htm
Run off on cardstock or laminate.

Election Fun Coloring Page
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/color2.htm
Print and color

Election Math Problems
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/ELECTION%
20MATH%20WORD%20PROBLEMS.pdf
Read each problem carefully and look for keywords to help you know how to work the problem.

Electing Our President
http://www.abcteach.com/Reading/comps/electing%
20out%20president.pdf
Election reading comprehension

Election Word Search
http://www.abcteach.com/wordpuzzles/WordSearches/
election.htm

Hail to the Chief: Electing a President
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Technology/index3.html
WebQuest - Design the platform for a new party and get your candidate elected.

Losers of Presidential Elections
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?id=19930&origin=5822
Here's a look at prior Presidential elections - from the loser's point of view.

Presidential Election 2000
http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/00-2/lesson0010.shtml
Lesson Plan -- As a group, examine the presidential candidates and their election platforms. Some of you may be eligible to vote within a few years. The activities will help you learn to ask the kinds of questions that result in making informed choices.

Presidential Election Simulation
http://www.utm.edu/~govschol/Elect_Sim/pes_ideoquiz.htm
Ideological Quiz - The purpose of this exercise is to increase your familiarity with and understanding of different ideological schools of thought. Listed are several websites with ideological quizzes. Take a few of these quizzes and report your results. In addition to reporting your results, you will need to elaborate briefly on what your results mean. In other words, provide a short explanation of the ideology assigned to you by the quiz. Lastly, consider the listed questions:

Presidential Eligibility
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2103.shtml
Lesson Plan -- Could Ricky Martin be elected president? Sammy Sosa? Steven Spielberg? Learn what requirements determine who can and can't run for president.

Presidential Trivia for Kids
http://www.gardenofpraise.com/quadra.htm
Kids, here's a game about the Presidents of the United States. After you have tested yourself on all the questions, go through the questions again and let Professor Bookworm teach you some interesting facts about all the Presidents. Have fun!

Road to the White House - Election 2000
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/
spring2000/fisd3032k/lpjwpcwq/default.html
WebQuest - Select a role to research and develop involving several aspects of the election process. Possibilities of the part you will play vary from the candidate running for office, news media specialist, or the leader of a special interest group. As such, you will work with a partner, follow the format given, and complete the activities listed.

Steps in Selecting a President
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/inauguration/
lesson_steps.html#extension
Lesson Plan and Activities - Study a flowchart to help them understand the process of electing the president and vice-president.

U.S. Presidential Election Irregularities
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?id=21090&origin=5822
The Bush-Gore contest is not the first Presidential election in U.S. history where things have not always gone smoothly. Here are 10 notable examples. The strength of our system is that these were accounted for in our Constitution and the U.S. went on.

U.S. Vice-Presidents
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=82976&origin=
http://www.funtrivia.com/dir/3371.html
Trivia Quiz - You know the presidents, but do you know their VPs?

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