CNNfyi.com - Election 2000 October 16, 2000 Web posted at 555 PM EDT (2155 GMT). Objectives teach othershow to be critical debate watchers. Standards. NCSS Themes http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/fyi/interactive/news/10/election.special/teachers/
Extractions: Civics Standard 19 Understands what is meant by "the public agenda," how it is set, and how it is influenced by public opinion and the media Understands how political institutions and political parties shape the public agenda Understands how public opinion is measured, used in public debate, and how it can be influenced by the government and the media
CNNfyi.com - Election 2000 Introduce students to information about the election process with these lesson plans Use this as an opportunity to teach students about the history of http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/fyi/interactive/news/10/election.special/teachers/
Extractions: Election Day: More Classroom Activities "The right to vote is arguably one of the most important rights of citizenship in a democratic country, yet a substantial number of U.S. citizens choose not to exercise that right," states the introduction to the latest report on voter turnout from the U.S. Census Bureau. In the classroom, teachers this fall have a unique opportunity to teach about elections and the election process, current issues, the importance of making informed decisions, and the importance of voting. Education World offers these teaching activities to help achieve those goals. (Be sure to see additional activities in our Election, Primaries, and Voting archive
Election 2000 Come election time, signwaving enthusiasts are as sure as sunshine in this central She wanted to teach the 15-year-old athlete a lesson in civics. http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/election2000/voices/opsigns.html
Extractions: Battle of the Signs TAMPA - When Mark Loren spotted enemy headquarters stationed in Tampa, the 42-year-old tile contractor sensed his duty. He planted himself on the sidewalk directly across the street from the Gore-Lieberman billboard that loomed above, and undertook an old Tampa tradition: sign-waving. Loren grabbed a Bush-Cheney placard from his pick-up truck, hoisted it in the air with a wooden stake and waved at passing motorists. "Hey, yeah!" he yelled to honking supporters, flashing a giddy grin. "This is the first time I've done this," said Loren, who lives in a Tampa suburb. "It's a riot." Come election time, sign-waving enthusiasts are as sure as sunshine in this central Florida city. Every candidate -from president down to county commissioner-seems to have troops willing to brave humiliation. But this year, the presidential posters are being waved with extra vigor. The state of Florida is crucial to winning the election and the deciding factor will be central Florida, from Orlando to Tampa, pundits say. In these cities, voters know each ballot counts. They will make the difference in electing Gore, who some Floridians call "a phony" and "an alien," or Bush, "the lying drunk."
CollegeHumor Article: College - Election 2000 Recap College election 2000 Recap. This column was posted on Saturday, November 11th,2000. Actually, I have a few professors that do teach that way. http://www.collegehumor.com/articles/247555/
Extractions: Steve Hofstetter You know, last week, I didn't hate Florida. But that was before I found out it must be the most ass-backwards state in the union. They even shaped the state as what it is doing to the country - totally dicking us over. Missouri took 140 extra years to abolish slavery and elected a dead guy as a senator, but it's Florida that's holding up the country. Is CNN the worst news organization in the world? First they reported that Gore won Florida, then that Florida was too close to call, then that Bush won, and then Steve's Recent Articles: Thinking Man: DotCom Dating Dish Thinking Man: Paging Paige Page Thinking Man: Watch While You Eat Thinking Man: You Have Got to Be Kidding Me ... Thinking Man: Come Home, Rachel I. K'Benjamin
Extractions: The Mock Election is an excellent learning tool for students of all ages. This project is designed to instill in our students a sense of citizenship. Students participating in the Mock Election will show increased awareness in political decision making, involvement in current issues, the belief that voting is important, and the belief that social studies classes are relevant. It will also encourage students to discuss political topics with their parents. Participation and Registration The Mock Election is open to all K-12 teachers and their students in each school throughout the state. Participating schools must designate a school coordinator and then register by returning the attached registration form to Louisiana's Old State Capitol by October 2, 2000. Each teacher who registers will receive a free Mock Election Teacher's Guide containing lesson plans, classroom activities, and projects to help educate students on the candidates, the issues, and the importance of voting. All lesson plans and activities will reflect relevant standards and benchmarks.
Massachusetts Bishops Election 2000 OCTOBER 20, 2000 BOSTON, MA The Bishops of the four Roman Catholic dioceses in We will never cease to denounce abortion and euthanasia and teach all http://www.macathconf.org/massachusetts_bishops_election_2.htm
Extractions: Massachusetts Bishops Urge Catholics To "Stand For Life" by Voting For Candidates "Who Stand With Us" Embargoed till October 20, 2000 OCTOBER 20, 2000 BOSTON, MA – The Bishops of the four Roman Catholic dioceses in Massachusetts have issued an election statement calling on Catholics to exercise their "moral obligation" to vote and to recognize the "absolute centrality" of the protection of human life when choosing candidates on Election Day, Tuesday, November 7. Faithful Citizenship in Massachusetts : "It is our responsibility to vote for candidates who will promote life and the culture of life over the culture of death." The statement emphasizes that support of abortion and euthanasia by any candidate "is always wrong and can never be justified." Besides abortion and euthanasia, the Bishops see parental choice in education, affordable health care, and protection against violence as election issues particularly relevant this year. The Bishops, representing the Archdiocese of Boston and the Dioceses of Springfield, Worcester, and Fall River, urge Catholics "to become informed about the candidates and the issues so that our choices will be based on the truth and will reflect the principles of our faith and our nation." October 20, 2000
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Extractions: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point The quadrennial exercise in American democracy is upon us. By the time we get to the November election, we will have seen and heard all the ads, suffered through innumerable primaries and watched the hoopla of the conventions in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Despite our weariness with the process, the presidential election is important because the president is the central figure in setting the domestic policy agenda and on the world stage. Who is elected president and the party majority in the Congress are important, but so are the interpretations that come out of the electoral process. What the winner perceives the voters are saying is as significant as who wins. At times though there have been misperceptions, as revealed in national voter studies. However, these misperceptions have guided our policy makers. Presidential Nominations: Yesterday and Today Party leaders were disturbed by the trend in primaries. Therefore the Democratic Party created superdelegates who were party leaders in each state. The purpose was to ensure that the winning candidate receives support of the party leaders. Although we have not had a brokered convention because of these delegates, they do give the front runner, especially an incumbent, a significant advantage.
Kelley Ross For State Assembly, 2000 Pages One bit of good news in the 2000 election. The voters have continued to affirm Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children. http://www.friesian.com/ross/ca40/2000.htm
Extractions: Kelley Ross for State Assembly; the results of November 7, 2000, are: District 40: 100.0% (188 of 188) precincts reporting as of 2:29 PM December 2, 2000 * Bob Hertzberg Democrat 70,463 70.3 Kyle Hammans Republican 22,808 22.7 Kelley L. Ross Libertarian Not much has changed here from previous elections except that the Democrats get increased majorities. Hertzberg went to 59% in 1996 to 68.8% in 1998 and now to 70.3%. The LA Times seems to be correct in this respect, that California is drifting to the Left. Hopefully they will be sufficiently emboldened to go ahead and turn the State into Cuba, then, when the economy tanks, people will think better of this. As it is, this seems to be a continuing trend from the 90's, that the electorate gets drawn back more and more strongly to the failed devices of socialism. I actually got a few more votes than in 1996, but the total as a percentage has declined. Return Our Excellent 2000 Candidates for President and Vice-President: HARRY BROWNE
Extractions: Success and failure. Seems pretty clear-cut, doesn't it? This month's cover story/excerpt by author Richard Bromfield explores the reality of Success and Failure. COLUMNS Effective Teaching by Harry Wong Promoting Learning by Marv Marshall The Trouble With... by Alfie Kohn 4 Blocks by Cheryl Sigmon ... School Psychologist by Beth Bruno ARTICLES Bobbi Fisher Afterschool Intervention Teachers Not Camp Counselors Silence Ain't Golden ... Teaching Children to be Active Voters REGULAR FEATURES Letters to the Editor Poll: Favorite Quotes Archives: Bobbi Fisher New in the Lesson Bank ... Gazette Back Issues Gazette Home Delivery: Weekly Reader offers teachers and parents a free Classroom Election Kit and Teacher's Guidebook to the Election with the order of one of its elementary school publications. The election kit includes posters, maps, ballot for Weekly Reader Presidential Election poll and more! The 32-page Teacher's Guidebook to the Election provides information and activities to involve students, written in two editions, grades 2-3 and 4-6. A free Presidents Poster of all 43 presidents is also included.
Election 2000 Or The Coup Of 2000 Here is a rather germaine quote for the Presidential election of 2000 (one the You may want to teach him about the role of the media in the past, http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/2000.html
Extractions: [Bush will be the most illegitimate sitting President in US history. He was selected by the Court, placed in office without a mandate, the popular vote or the support of over half the nation. This result was a grand crime against democracy, and it was committed by the very candidate whose overriding campaign claim was that he could be trusted. Bush is illegitimate; his presidency will always be marred by that irrefutable fact. Historically speaking, the ramifications of what happened will show a real blight on our democratic and judicial processes. There will forever be an asterisk next to the name of George Walker Bush. His appointment by the Supreme Court was a travesty of Justice. That is only if the Bush administration doesn't manage to legally "quash" all of these investigations too. ]
ISTE | October (No. 2) Such was our rationale in creating election 2000 and Beyond (E2KB), However,a number of the Web sites have been used to teach specific steps, http://www.iste.org/inhouse/publications/ll/28/2/36d/index.cfm?Section=LL_28_2
Extractions: The 2000 Presidential election ended in a collision of history, law, and the courts. It produced a deadlock that dragged out the result for over a month, and consequencesreal and imaginedthat promise to drag on for years. In the first in-depth study of the election and its litigious aftermath, Judge Posner surveys the history and theory of American electoral law and practice, analyzes which Presidential candidate ''really'' won the Too Close to Call : From the best-selling author of A Vast Conspiracy and The Run of His Life comes Too Close to Callthe definitive story of the Bush-Gore presidential recount. A political and legal analyst of unparalleled journalistic skill, Jeffrey Toobin is the ideal writer to distill the events of the thirty-six anxiety-filled days that culminated in one of the most stunning Supreme Court decisions in history.
NPR's Election 2000 Coverage: Republican National Convention Monday, July 31, 2000. audio button I am honored and a little We wantedto teach our children what our parents had taught us that reading is http://www.npr.org/news/national/election2000/conventions/speech.lbush.html
Extractions: Select a Program Tapes and Transcripts All Songs Considered All Things Considered¨ American Radio Works At the Opera Beyond 2000 Billy Taylor's Jazz The Changing Face of America The Diane Rehm Show Jazz from Lincoln Center Jazz Profiles JazzSet with Branford Marsalis Latino USA Living on Earth Lost and Found Sound Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz The Merrow Report Morning Edition¨ National Press Club NPR Playhouse The NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School Polls NPR World of Opera Only a Game Public Interest Radio Expeditions Rewind Says You! St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Selected Shorts Sunday Baroque Talk of the Nation Todd Mundt Show Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me Weekend All Things Considered Weekend Edition - Saturday Weekend Edition - Sunday Weekly Edition - The Best of NPR News World Radio Network from NPR NPR Worldwide Featured Speakers: Colin Powell, Laura Bush, Elizabeth Dole and others share their visions for the Republican Party Featured Republican Speakers
EVOTE.COM | Election 2000: Gun Control election 2000 The Battle in Boston Debate Talking Points or How I Kicked HisButt and They might not be able to teach creationism in New York City, http://www.evote.com/features/2000-10/debatetalkpoints.asp
Extractions: Debate Talking Points or 'How I Kicked His Butt and Got Elected' Current polling shows a tight race between George "Wildman" Bush and Al "The Hitman" Gore. In fact, no presidential race has been this close since the Kennedy-Nixon race of 1960 the first year that televised debates were shown and had a demonstrable impact on the election. (In fact, Kennedy's relaxed showing contrasting with Nixon's sweaty, shifty-eyed performance was one of the two key factors that handed him the late-night election win in 1960; it also helped a lot that half of the residents of Cook County cemeteries in Chicago miraculously rose from the dead just long enough to cast a ballot in Kennedy's favor forty years ago.) So EVOTE.COM did a little polling of its own, and put together a panel of political consultants and political debate coaches to preview the main debate points which both teams are no-doubt drilling into the heads of their respective champions. talking points talking points talking points talking points Is it tomatoe or tomatah?
OpinionJournal - ELECTION 2000 election 2000. An Open Letter to Democrats children s schools, taking moreand more money to pay for union members who teach our children less and less. http://www.opinionjournal.com/forms/printThis.html?id=65000704
Disrobe Florida's "Gang Of Four!" - US Election 2000 (Dec 9, 2000) At least thats what math and physics teach us (multiplication of two negative The Democrats created the election mess in Florida by their cynical claim http://www.truthinmedia.org/truthinmedia/Bulletins2000/tim2000-12-3.html
Extractions: Truth in Media Global Watch Bulletins TiM GW Bulletin 2000/12-3 Dec. 9, 2000 Message to Florida's Legislature: Disrobe Florida's "Gang of Four!" Apply Newton's Law to Florida Supreme Court; TiM Readers Respond...; Buchanan, the Real Kingmaker? FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA AMERICAN AFFAIRS HEADLINES Phoenix 1. Disrobe Florida's Gang of Four! New York 2. Buchanan, the Real Kingmaker? Dec. 10, 2000 Phoenix 3. TiM Readers Respond... Dec. 13, 2000 1. Disrobe the Gang of Four! Apply Newtons Law: TiMs Message to Florida Legislature PHOENIX, Dec. 9 In our November 21, 2000 letter to the Florida Supreme Court, we called this institution a Court of Disgrace, and its decision to take the law into its own hands and override the will of the Florida Legislature - a case of Supreme Injustice. We also asked the seven justices to resign if they had any honor at all (see Resign!
TCESC Election Theme Page Presidential election 2000, Electoral and Popular Vote Summary CyberBee electionActivities A series of welldone lessons to teach about election http://www.trumbull.k12.oh.us/teachers/resources/Themes/election.htm
Extractions: America Votes 2004 Annenberg Political Fact Checker Ben's Guide to the Government for kids BrainPop: U.S. ... Presidential Elections This movie introduces the concepts of democracy, the two-party system, conventions, campaigning, voting and the electoral college. It even presents an overview of the 2000 tie-breaking Florida recount. After the movie, test your knowledge by taking the quiz. By the People: Election 2004 Campaign 2004 New York Times coverage of the Presidential Campaign Campaigns and Elections non partisan complete coverage Candidate Match Which candidate do you match up with? CongressLink's Campaign 2004 C-SPAN in the classroom Election Central an online resource that helps teachers and students explore the electoral process past and present, in the United States and around the world. Election 2004 Scholastic presents an exciting array of election activities. Meet the candidates and the kid reporters! Who should win the Democratic presidential nomination? Vote today! Learn about the history of U.S. elections as we countdown to November 2, 2004.
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