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your hand at North Canton City School's Learning Links 2000 Presidential Election News - Stay up-to-date on the latest breaking election news stories with Yahooligan's "The Big Picture"! Kidsnewsroomcom Election 2000 - Learn basic information about the U.S. election process and how a president is chosen. Read articles about this year's election and the candidates too. "Meet the Candidates" from Scholastic's Election Central- Read brief biographies of the Democratic and Republican candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States of America. "The Candidates" from Time for Kids.com - More about the candidates. Read who they are, where they came from, and what they have to tell you! "Youth Zone" - A section for kids from George W. Bush's official campaign site, The Republican candidate's official campaign site home page is georgewbush.com. "Kids Page" - Al Gore, the Democratic candidate, also has a section just for kids on his official campaign site. Vice-President Gore's official campaign site home page is Gore-Lieberman 2000. "The Issues" from Scholastic's Election Central - To find out how each candidate stands five important campaign issues, click on the candidate's name under each issue. Click on the highlighted words and terms in the text for definitions. "You've Got Issues" from Time for Kids.com - Where do the candidates stand, sit, lean, and sleep on the issues? Find out here! Scholastic's Election Trivia Map - a fun fact for every state and an explanation of the Electoral College
"Electionary" - Confused by all the political babble swirling about? Let the Time for Kids dictionary of election words and terms spell it out!
Quizes & Other Online Activities Election Quiz - How much do you know about this year's Presidential election? Take this quiz and find out! TEACHERS: Get a printable version of the quiz, which you can copy and distribute to students. The President's Hats - The President of the U.S. has seven different duties. Do you know what they all are? TEACHERS: Get a printable version of the quiz, which you can copy and distribute to students. Teleprojects Scholastic Election 2000 - Cast your vote in Scholastic's nation-wide student Presidential poll. Who do you think will make the best U.S. President? Your entire class can vote here, or you can cast your individual vote. Scholastic readers have picked the winning candidates for the last 40 years. You can follow the results through October 18, when Scholastic student election polls are closed. Then check back to compare results with the November 7 election! The Election Co-nection - It's an election year!!! Do YOU wish you were old enough to vote in the Presidential Election? Here is your chance to vote for a real presidential candidate in the "Kids Co-nect to Elect" activity. On October 24, Kids Co-nect to Elect Day, kids across the country can cast their votes online for the next President of the United States. To participate in this national event, click on the Join Project icon. Then on October 24, click the Kids Co-nect to Elect icon, use your user name and password to log in, and have students place their virtual votes. Teachers Note: For Kids Co-nect to Elect, students will not need their own user name and password. They can all vote after the teacher has logged in with his/her user name and password. Be A Candidate Webquest - Also from The Election Co-nection . . . until October 23, students can create and nominate an ideal candidate in the Be a Candidate WebQuest. Anyone can vote for a student-created candidate between October 24 and November 7, 2000. To enter the virtual race, review the nine questions and the links, then fill out the candidate nomination form. Teacher Resources and Lesson Plans Election Co-nection "Election 2000 Curriculum" - This is a collection of projects for all grade levels and subject areas. Have students organize a Get Out the Vote Campaign, create multilingual voter guides, conduct polls, and much much more! Print out the supplied .pdf documents for use in your classroom. The curriculum is also available in hard copy. If you would like a packet, please email election@co-nect.net. RETURN TO NORTH CANTON CITY SCHOOLS HOME PAGE © Patricia T. Knox - North Canton City Schools - North Canton, Ohio
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