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ERIC Number: EJ720472
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 3
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1056-0300
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Election Resources and Activities for Grades K-5
Ledford, Carolyn C.; Lyon, Anna
Social Studies and the Young Learner, v17 n1 p19-21 Sep-Oct 2004
In a recent survey, the authors asked 37 elementary teachers to describe websites that they found to be the most helpful in planning to teach about voting, elections in general, and the Presidential election of 2004 in particular. For this article, they selected what were, in their judgment, the most useful websites--flexible enough to use with different age groups. These websites included commercial, nonprofit, and government sites. Teachers should be aware of partisanship and bias at any given site, but they need not necessarily exclude a partisan site from student viewing. For example, students can visit the websites of various political parties and examine party platforms (or leading statements of various types) on a given public policy issue, such as health care for the elderly or energy resources. In any such exercise, students should look at multiple, contrasting websites, examining varying points of view on any particular subject. Suggestions on specific activities for grades K-2 and grades 3-5 are included. (Contains 2 endnotes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A