2012 Presidential Election: lesson plans, stories -- What can we make for you?

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Permalink Reply by Leah Clapman on January 23, 2012 at 8:42pm

I should also add that we have all of the PBS NewsHour's resources, with an election map we update during the primaries, candidate profiles, etc.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/topic/politics/

Feel free to point to other news organizations or other sites -- we want to know what is useful.

Permalink Reply by Cheryl Davis on January 23, 2012 at 11:16pm

Thanks these are helpful.  I also point my teachers to C-SPAN election materials, C-SPAN Classroom and the new C-SPAN Classroom site "Deliberations" http://www.c-spanclassroomdeliberations.org/. Super PACs would be a great topic.

Permalink Reply by Charles Perry on January 27, 2012 at 12:01pm

I think Super PACs are an incredibly powerful, brand new political tool, and I think you're right on the money looking to teach about them!

Here's a collection of articles I strung together that examine the different aspects of Super PACs: http://www.mentormob.com/learn/i/understanding-super-pacs

The platform this collection of articles is built on is called MentorMob, which allows you to put resources you find into a cohesive and linear format--which is cool because it allows you to learn by teaching, as it were.

Hope this is helpful and I'd love any feedback! (As I'm the one who picked which articles to include, and though I tried to use sources that were clear and trustworthy, I'm by no means an expert.)

You can put together your own playlists too!

Permalink Reply by Leah Clapman on January 27, 2012 at 12:34pm

THIS JUST IN: A SUPER PAC LESSON PLAN!

Please let us know what you think.

Permalink Reply by Charles Perry on February 2, 2012 at 8:39pm

Looks great! I like how all the information collected is presented seamlessly on one page.