Webliography

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Elections

Election Literature
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr271.shtml
Audience: Elementary school classrooms

When it comes to getting kids interested in elections and helping them understand what they’re about and how they work, why not turn to some good children’s literature? The good folks at Education World thought it a good idea, so assembled this list of titles for readers from ages 5 to 12.

All About National Elections
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/election2004/
Audience: Elementary to Middle School classrooms

Scholastic’s site about elections opens with a simple homepage, where students select to learn about how to run for President, kid reporters cover the primaries and conventions, countdown to Election Day and life as the President. Click on a topic and a whole array to a second colorful menu page where they drill down into specifics of the topic.

Educational Election Links
http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317837/us317922/us903629/us10124389/us10133116/
Audience: Elementary to High School classrooms

Looksmart’s links to elections Web resources provides easy access to 9 outstanding sites and related articles. Click through to find games and activities dealing with voting and speech writing, a word search jam-packed with election vocabulary, an article that explains how the president, senators, and representatives are elected in the United States, the PBS Democracy Project and more.