Note: to open Word documents, you’ll need to use a browser other than Chrome (unless you know a hack).
U.S. Government and the 2024 Election
The assignment outline for your final sharing of learning can be found here: Social Studies US Election Final Project Outline 2024.
An exhaustive breakdown of voter demographics can be found here.
The tool for exploring the electoral college can be found be clicking here.
NPR’s series about election disinformation can be found here.
The New York Times collection of the candidate’s positions on major issues at play in the election is here.
The Word document that you can use for recording your findings from the above NYTimes article can be accessed here: 2024 US Election Key Issues Graphic Organizer (you’ll need to open it in a browser other that Chrome). As you type into the document, the columns will get longer.
Here are the Cook Political Report’s race ratings for:
The Cook Pol
Current Events
The full episodes page of the PBS NewsHour is here.
Washington Week can be accessed here.
The graphic organizer for note-taking is here: Current Events US Election Graphic Organizer 2024
The criteria for note-taking is here: Current Events US Election Criteria 2024
Tips for note-taking are here: Current Events note-taking tips 2024
3 in 3 Mini-Research Project–Understanding the U.S. Election
The assignment outline for this project is here: Social Studies American Politicians 3 in 3 mini research project description 2024
A list of which classmate is exploring which political figure is here: Socials 3 in 3 Project Who’s Doing Who
The marking sheet for the assignment is here (notice how you are being assessed): Socials 3 in 3 research project marking sheet 2024
The rubric for assessing oral language skills is here: Oral Language rubric 2020
Useful links:
The is a useful tool for determining the potential bias in news sources you are exploring: mediabiasfactcheck.com
Our class’s unofficial godmother (although she doesn’t know it): Judy Woodruff
Judy Woodruff on President Trump and the State of Journalism
The NewsHour Northwest website is here!
The link to the Owl Purdue APA referencing site is here.