CyberBee Header

Candidates

 

You are a public relations manager. Choose one of the exercises below:

1. Select one of the candidates running for president. Gather information from Web sites. Create a media fact sheet that will help persuade an undecided voter to cast his/her ballot for your candidate.

Be sure to include a picture. You may also want to use a quote, statistics, short slogan, video clip, or other ideas. Consider targeting a specific group such as women, men, young adults, senior citizens, baby boomers, environmentalists, minorities, or others.

2. Select one of the candidates running for president. Gather information from Web sites. Create a multimedia campaign ad that will win votes for your candidate.

Software that might be helpful for creating your fact sheet include ClarisWorks, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Publisher, or the Student Writing Center. A multimedia presentation could be created in PowerPoint, iMovie, or Movie Maker. If you have some experience with Web authoring software, you could design a Web page.

3. Look at poll information. How is the data gathered? What is margin of error. Compare the different polls. Why are there different percentages? Do you think polls can determine a race? Why or why not? Create polling questions and gather data from classmates at your school.

Polling Websites

American Research Group
Gallup Poll
Mason-Dixon
Pew Research Center
Polling Report
Rasmussen
RealClearPolitics
Zogby
Democratic Presidential Candidates

Joe Biden
Hillary Clinton
Chris Dodd
John Edwards
Mike Gravel
Dennis Kucinich
Barack Obama
Bill Richardson

Republican Presidential Candidate
Independent Presidential Candidates
 
General Candidate Information

ABC Politics
C-Span's Campaign Network
CBS Campaign 08
CNN Politics
Fox News: You Decide 2008
League of Women Voters
MSNBC: Decision 08
Online Newshour
Scholastic Election 2008
U.S. News and World Report
USA Today
Washington Post ABC Politics

 

 

Lesson Links
Campaign Advertising Candidates Election Process Elementary
Historical Style Issues Teachers Trivia

© 2008 Linda C. Joseph
All Rights Reserved

Home Curriculum Ideas Research Tools Treasure Hunts Web Projects
How Tos Web Links CyberBee Articles Postcards About Cyberbee


CyberBee Home