Choose one of the exercises below.

1. Select a campaign issue that is interesting to you. Investigate each candidate's view on the issue and prepare a presentation showing the similarities and differences using material you have gathered from Web sites. 2. Select a campaign issue that is interesting to you. Gather information from the Internet. Take a stance on the issue and be prepared to participate in a mock debate. When preparing your presentation, you may want to illustrate your points or position with a chart or multimedia demonstration. This could include movie clips, sound recordings, pictures, and statistics.

Web Sites with Campaign Issues 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

Official program - Woman suffrage procession, Washington, D.C. March 3, 1913 / Dale Courtesy of The Library of Congress

Head of suffrage parade, Washington, D.C. 1913 Courtesy of The Library of Congress

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