Election 2000-links to the candidates, platlforms, official ballots,
etc.
http://rims.k12.ca.us/election_2000/index.html
Government, Voting, and Presidential Elections
http://www.iastate.edu/~adm_info/contest/borcherding/index.htm
Short explanations of the role of money, political parties, propaganda,
etc.
How to judge a candidate
http://rims.k12.ca.us/election_2000/index.html#how
Gore-Lieberman Official Web Site
http://www.algore2000.com/
George W. Bush Official Web Site
http://www.georgewbush.com/
Build Your Own Campaign
http://www.pbs.org/democracy/buildyourowncampaign/index.html
This lesson and contest for teens allows them to write a platform,
make a campaign commerical, question political experts, and WIN A TRIP
TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
Political Ad Critic
http://political.adcritic.com
This web site allows you to view campaign comericials of all the presidential
candidates.
The 30 Sec. Candidate
http://www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/
This companion web site to an emmy award winning documentary airing
Oct. 6 allows students to make their own 30 sec. campaign add and learn
how the media manipulates us.
Democracy Project
http://www.pbs.org/democracy/
"PBS invites you to learn how to be a savvy voter. With insightful
analysis, extensive databases, and enlightening features, you can discover
how much you know and share what you think." Links to help students
make an informed decision.
Democracy Project for Kids
http://www.pbs.org/democracy/kids/
This is more low level, but it helps students understand the purpose
of government and they can do an interactive activity and be president
for a day. I sent this out before and it is great for 9th graders
and students with lower skills.
The Living Room Candidate
http://www.ammi.org/livingroomcandidate/
This site features video of campaign commercials from the last 50 years.
It includes the 1964 daisy commercial. "The Museum of the Moving Image
presents this fascinating video history of
political advertising in presidential elections, beginning with the
1952 contest between Stevenson and Eisenhower. If you ever watched '50s
television, you'll recognize the cartoon styling of I Like Ike and the
sophisticated crooning of I Love the Gov (which rhymes "Adlai" and"madly").
Chilling ads from the 1968 Nixon vs. Humphrey vs. Wallace campaign recall
turbulent times. Revisit the '80s, when a telegenic former movie star took
his Teflon charm all the way to the White House, then read about the influence
of the Internet on the desktop candidates of election year 2000. (You'll
need Internet Explorer to visit the site, but Mac and Netscape versions
are promised soon.)"
PopPolitics
http://www.poppolitics.com/
"PopPolitics covers the blurry intersection of politics and popular
culture. Ambitious and high-minded, the magazine's mission is to straddle
the line between candidates and celebrities, electoral politics andad-sponsored
entertainment, old-guard media and online upstarts. '
CNN-All Politics
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/
Media Literacy Online Project
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/HomePage
Articles, information, lessons all in a comprehensive web site.
Political Odds Maker
http://www.campaignline.com/odds/
If You Are Going to Poll-How Polls Work
http://whyfiles.org/009poll/index.html
Gallup Poll
http://www.gallup.com/
The Polling Report
http://www.pollingreport.com/
Campaign Funding
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/
Voter.Com-Campaign Funding
http://www.voter.com/home/candidates/contributions/0,1236,2--,00.html
Redistricting Roulette
http://www.fairvote.org/wheel/index.html
A simulation in gerrymandering.
Gerrymandering Simulation
http://www.gis.net/~pldr/GM.html
Project on Campaign Conduct
http://www.campaignconduct.org/
Political Junkie.com
http://politicaljunkie.com
Mother Jones 400
http://www.motherjones.com/web_exclusives/special_reports/mojo_400/
See what corporations gave to the presidential campaign.
Dirty Money Tracker
http://www.ewg.org/dirtymoney/
Search by candidate and
by PAC. Find out where the candidate is getting his money from.