America Votes Teaching Kit - Free from CNN, the kit is "a fun, informative course of study called 'The America Votes Teaching Kit,' comprised of a CD-ROM that contains multimedia resources and teaching activities related to the U.S. presidential election process... (Y, M, O, T)
Presidential Studies - "Alan Haskavitz finds these to be the best presidential resources for students who may not excel at reading." (Y, M, O, T)
Marco Gram Presidential Race issue - "Activities and lessons to help students understand the roles and responsibilities of the president and other elected officials, as well as the democratic process that gets them into office" (Y, M, O, T)
Scholastic's Election Page - Online election guide (Y, M, O, T)
US Electoral College Homepage - From the website of the National Archives; very informative with an interactive Electoral College Calculator (M,O)
Ben's Guide to the US Government for Kids - Ben Franklin, that is… from the US Government Printing Office, this site offers a nice explanation of the electoral college with links to related topics (M,O)
US Presidential Elections - From HistoryCentral.com: "Welcome to our History of Presidential Elections Site. We are happy to provide graphs on both Electoral and popular votes for all US Presidential Elections to date." (Y, M, O, T)
Election Lessons & Resources - From the Learning Network Includes: Election Vocabulary, Campaign 2000 Facts, Presidential Election Process, Bush and Gore on the Issues: New and Updated, U.S. Presidential Elections 2000, Election Vocabulary Brainstorm, Post-Election, Inaugural Addresse (Y, M, O, T)
Classroom Election Ideas - From ABCTeach includes projects and activities (Y)
CNN.com Election 2004 - From CNN up to date election coverage when you want it (M,O)
C-SPAN in the Classroom - Includes teacher resources and links in topics like Campaign Events, Campaign Topics, and assorted likes to election related government sites (Y, M, O, T)
Election Wordsearch - From ABCTeach (Y)
Grassroots.com - An excellent political action site; their list of causes is bound to have something that your kids can get passionate about (M,O)
Open Secrets.Org - Another great site that exposes who is contributing how much to whom; a link titled who paid for this election will give children a better understanding of why politicians make promises to certain groups; search the database by politician or by donor. (M,O)
The American Promise Teaching Guide - Free teaching kit with activities "to spark discussion and thinking about democracy, government and U.S. history in your classroom." (M,O)
The Inaugaral Classroom - Inaugural Lesson Plan: Steps in Selecting A President (Y, M, O, T)
American Presidency - From Grolier, an exclusive history of presidents, the presidency, politics and related subjects. (Y, M, O, T)
Project Vote Smart - Thousands of candidates and elected officials. Who works for you? Who is seeking your vote? Project Vote Smart, a citizen's organization, has developed a Voter's Self-Defense System to provide you with the necessary tools to self-govern effectively: abundant, accurate, unbiased and relevant information. As a national library of factual information, Project Vote Smart covers your candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings. What would you like to know? (O)
Richmond Times-Dispatch Election Center - Articles, blogs, photos. (O)
US Elections.com - (O)
VA State Board of Elections: Election Information - Includes "Where Do I Vote?," election results, candidates lists and ballot issues, more. (O)
Susan B. Anthony - From Surfing the Net with Kids (Y,M)
FREEDOM HERO: SUSAN B. ANTHONY - From MyHero.com (Y,M)
Not for Ourselves Alone: The story of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton - From PBSKids (Y,M)
Susan Brownell Anthony - From Western NewYork Suffragists (Y, M, O, T)
Susan B. Anthony House - From The Susan B Anthony House (Y, M, O, T)
Kids Voting Arizona - Kids Voting Arizona is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots-driven voter education program. (M)
Kids Voting Colorado - Kids Voting Colorado is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to helping youth and adults become engaged in civic life. Our goal is to foster an informed, participating electorate by educating and actively engaging young people and their families in voting and other elements of effective civic engagement. (Y, M, O, T)
Open Secrets Presidental Election 2008 - The presidential field has dwindled significantly, but not before the candidates raised more than half a billion dollars in 2007. By some predictions, the eventual nominees will need to raise $500 million apiece to compete—a record sum. To find out where all this money is coming from, click on the candidates' names below and explore the options to the left. Note that as of Friday morning, Feb. 1, data was not available for Barack Obama or Mike Gravel. The candidates now file campaign finance reports monthly. The reports for January are due Feb. 20. (Y, M, O, T)
Project Vote Smart - Thousands of citizens (conservative and liberal alike) working together, spending endless hours researching the backgrounds and records of thousands of political candidates and elected officials to discover their voting records, campaign contributions, public statements, biographical data (including their work history) and evaluations of them generated by over 100 competing special interest groups. Every election these volunteers test each candidate's willingness to provide citizens with their positions on the issues they will most likely face if elected through the Political Courage Test. (Y, M, O, T)
Parent Guide to the 2008 Presidential Elections - Answer kids' questions about the campaign and find activities and resources to spark lively discussion. (T)
Election 2008 - From Scholastic.com (Y, M, O, T)
Election Connection 2008 - From Time for Kids.com (Y, M, O, T)
Election 2008: Candidates & Information - From Congress.org (Y, M, O, T)
Presidential Voter Guide - Candidates for this race will be entered after the filing deadline. (Y, M, O, T)
CNN Election Center 2008 - (Y, M, O, T)
2008 Election - Campiagn for America - Learn about the 2008 Presidential election candidates with profiles from Reader's Digest and a breakdown of the campaign's most important issues. Plus, dig into our quizzes, trivia and photo galleries about presidential elections and presidents from past and present. (Y, M, O, T)
Project Vote Smart - (M, O, T)
NYTimes - Election Guide 2008 - (Y, M, O, T)
Voting and Elections - From USA.gov. Official information and services from the U.S. government. (Y, M, O, T)
America's Debate Radio - US Government Podcasts · State Government Podcasts · World Government Podcasts (O, T)
ABC News - Vote 08 - (Y, M, O, T)
Election 2008: Candidates & Information - C-SPAN (Y, M, O, T)
America's Election HQ - FOXNews.com (Y, M, O, T)
MSNBC Politics - (Y, M, O, T)
PBS Online Vote 2008 - (M, O, T)
The Green Papers: 2008 General Election - 2008 Primary, Runoff, and General Elections (M, O, T)
Newsweek - Campaign 2008 - (M, O, T)
Commission on Presidential Debates - established in 1987 to ensure that debates, as a permanent part of every general election, provide the best possible information to viewers and listeners. Its primary purpose is to sponsor and produce debates for the United States presidential and vice presidential candidates and to undertake research and educational activities relating to the debates. (M, O, T)
Congress.org - Great site for U.S. Government information. Includes directories from the President straight on down to local elected officials, Supreme Court judges and Federal Agencies. Legislation information: Bill Search, Vote Search, State Bill Search, Track Votes by Email. Election: Election 2008 Candidates & Info, 2008 Presidential Candidates and Register to Vote. (M, O, T)
PollingReport.com - Election 2008 - An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion. (M, O, T)
The Brookings Institution - Elections - An independent research and policy institute. Web site contains briefing papers, analyses, and other resources related to many current political issues. (M, O, T)
2008 Electoral Map - General Election Polls are currently being listed. (M, O, T)
Elections - The American Way - From The Library of Congress: Candidates, Voters, Party System, Election Process and Issues (Y, M, O, T)
Fact Check.org - A nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding. (M, O, T)
Federal Election Commission - Daily reports of FEC actions, citizens/media guides to agency programs, campaign finance reports, reporting forms and related official information. The FEC is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the campaign finance legislation in the United States. (O, T)
Register to Vote -- The National Voter Registration Act - (O, T)
Democratic National Committee - Political Party Site (Y, M, O, T)
Republican National Committee - Political Party Site (Y, M, O, T)
The Green Party of the United States - Political Party Site (Y, M, O, T)
Independance Party - Political Party Site (Y, M, O, T)
Libertarian Party - Political Party Site (Y, M, O, T)
Reform Party - Political Party Site (Y, M, O, T)
The Socialist Party - Political Party Site (Y, M, O, T)
e-democracy.org - U.S. Presidential election in 2008. - Welcome to the new wiki site for the U.S. Presidential election in 2008. Early in the election process, E-Democracy.Org compiles a set of recommended links with an emphasis on non-partisan and non-profit resources along with candidate and major media links. (Y, M, O, T)
Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive - The largest, most comprehensive and most up-to-date archive of electoral information in the world, with election statistics from 176 countries. Use the alphabetical index at left to find information about every country in the world. (Y, M, O, T)
The Living Room Candidate - Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952 - 2004 (Y, M, O, T)
USA Election Polls.com - (Y, M, O, T)
Heritage Foundation - A research and educational institute - a think tank - whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense. (O, T)