Teaching about the
upcoming campaigns & elections

C-SPAN Classroom is delighted to present new and revised resources to help you teach about the upcoming presidential and congressional campaigns and elections.

• Featured Lesson Idea: US Election Process
• Featured Lesson Idea: Primaries and Caucuses
• Featured Lesson Idea: Presidential Candidate Research
• C-SPAN's "Road to the White House" website
• Electoral College Map Poster and Electoral College Lesson Ideas
  

The Ohio primary is in March, a lot of time and attention will be coming your way, including those ever-present campaign ads on TV.  The following site is a great tool for teaching students media and advertising literacy.

_"The Role of Media In Politics" (www.frankwbaker.com/media_politics)

_Also, the book "Political Campaigns and Political Advertising: A Media Literacy Guide" would be a great addition to your collection. You can read more about it here:

_http://www.frankwbaker.com/pol_book1.htm