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Help your students view any political debate — local to national, historical to live broadcast.
Help your class apply their candidate evaluation skills with this election season activity. Students will select the issues and qualities they care about, then research candidates…
Students can track the states as they report election results. Who will make it to 270 first?
Make your students’ game play more meaningful by using our activity and assessment set designed specifically for Win the White House. This easy-to-use Extension Pack helps you give…
There's lots of vocabulary associated with elections, so give students this handy glossary to use as a reference. Whether it's election season or you're just covering elections in…
Learn about the electoral advantage that favors incumbents and the benefits and drawbacks of reelecting members of Congress. Then, put students' news literacy skills to work as…
Lace up your shoes and learn how candidates run the race to become President of the United States!
In this lesson, students find out who can vote and the differences in voting by state.
Oh my! From primaries and caucuses to political parties and conventions, come face to face with the big events and mile markers of the electoral process and learn what a candidate…
In this lesson, students will learn how political campaigns work and all the steps a candidate has to take to get to election day.
Every election, candidates spend a lot of money on their campaign. Do you know where the candidates get the money and what they spend it on?
Can the candidate who wins the majority of the popular votes miss out on being president? They can, and it's happened before. Got a 1:1 classroom? Download fillable PDF versions of…
For over two centuries, American political offices have peacefully transferred power after every election.
Public opinion polls can give insight into people's priorities and opinions, and give candidates and the media a sense of the whole picture.
Voting laws vary by state. Where do your state's laws fit on the wide spectrum of election laws across the country?
What is ranked-choice voting? How does it work? This infographic will walk you through the process!
Chatbots are pretty impressive, but are they really as smart as they seem? In this lesson, students learn how chatbots produce information.
Some interest groups use cloaked websites to disguise their true intentions. Students consider why information from interest groups matters politically.
Who’s really behind that post? Students learn the importance of determining who’s behind the information they see and what their motive is.
Photos can be a powerful political resource. In this lesson, students learn how evaluating photos on social media can help them conserve their attention.
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