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Click on Real-Time Political News above to see a summary of all the latest political news. Top
stories are displayed near the top with recent and related stories linked
near the bottom of the page.
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Look at the time and date stamp of the page. How current is
the information?
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Using these kinds of real-time news web sites, students can
easily monitor current events. They can also easily search for recent and
related news stories.
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Students can easily access election issues and
coverage. View information
about candidates as well as poll and election results.
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Social Studies - How are elections influenced by domestic
and international activities?
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Math - What constitutes a statistically valid sample
population for poll questions? What margins of error can be expected?
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Election
Co-nection: Students learn about the U.S. presidential election process by creating an ideal presidential candidate. As
students create their candidate, they learn about presidential requirements, campaign
strategies, key issues, and political parties through a web quest. Students then nominate their candidates and run in a virtual
election. Anyone can vote in the virtual election. Winner receives a prize. Students learn political polling,
conduct an election poll in their communities, and then submit their poll results online. The poll results
are continuously updated and are broken down by demographics.
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