The two featured political cartoons will stir classroom debate on how presidential election campaigns are planned.

Students will comprehend the many factors that influence an election when they analyze why this successful prediction system forecasts a popular vote victory for the Democrats in 2008.

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These election-related websites offer material that is specialized, timely, and appealing to students.

Lesson Plan by Lara Maupin and PBS NewsHour Staff

The visual imagery of political cartoons offers teachers the opportunity to explore the presidential election with students from a unique and stimulating angle.

Read this article to see what a historically accurate prediction system forecasts as the outcome of the popular vote this presidential election.

Educators must become passionate about advocacy and urge local, state, and national legislators to help maintain and enhance citizenship education.

This lesson plan involves students directly in the Bill of Rightschallenging their thinking skills while increasing their knowledge of the founding principles of government and the judiciary.

The selected websites provide information and lesson plans for educating students about the looming food crisis, soil degradation, and other natural forces threatening humankind.