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ELECTION 2008
A New York Times Newspaper in Education Curriculum Guide
ELECTION
2008
With The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/nie | (800) 631-1222 08-1 1 2 2ELECTION 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................................2
New York Times Services For Teachers....................................................................................................3
CORRELATION TO STANDARDS............................................................................................................................4
LESSON 1 The Election Season ..........................................................................................................................6
LESSON 2 The Electoral Process . .....................................................................................................................10
LESSON 3 The Political Parties......................................................................................................................... 14
LESSON 4 The Candidates................................................................................................................................ 18
LESSON 5 The Issues.......................................................................................................................................23
LESSON 6 The Voters........................................................................................................................................27
LESSON 7 Politics and Media Literacy................................................................................................................31
Written by Annissa Hambouz. With contributions by Stephanie Doba, Newspaper in Education Manager, The New York Times,
and Katherine Schulten, editor, The New York Times Learning Network.
Copyright © 2008 The New York Times
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INTRODUCTION
T hese lesson plans and student activity sheets integrate use of The New York
Times — in print and online — to help you teach your students about the 2008
election in particular and our democratic system in general. The lessons will enrich
not only civics and social studies classes, but provide activities for developing critical
thinking, language arts skills and media literacy as well.
Throughout the lessons and extensions you will find a wealth of referrals to Web sites,
both from the family of New York Times resources and other selected sites.
Be sure to take advantage of these continuing updated, online features from The Times
to help you and your students follow the election:
■ “ Election 2008” feature on The New York Times Learning Network,
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/issues_in_depth/20080204.html
■ “Election Guide 2008” on nytimes.com/politics
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NEW YORK TIMES SERVICES FOR TEACHERS
nytimes.com/nie
School Delivery Customer Service
Call: (800) 631-1222
Fax: (888) 619-6900
E-mail: schools@nytimes.com
Contact us to initiate school delivery of multiple copies for classroom use, report
missed deliveries to your school or to change or cancel deliveries.
Home Delivery at the Educator Rate
And School Library Rate
Call: (888) 698-2655
If you are a teacher or school librarian, call (888) 698-2655 to order a single home
delivery or library subscription at more than 50 percent off regular rates.
THE NEW YORK TIMES LEARNING NETWORK
nytimes.com/learning
This is a special section of The New York Times Web site for teachers, students
and parents. Resources include subject-based lesson plans with accompanying
articles from The Times. You’ll also find student crossword puzzles, a daily news quiz,
vocabulary and test prep questions, and a Student Letters to the Editor section.
THE NEW YORK TIMES ARCHIVE ONLINE
You can search more than 150 years of our Archive on nytimes.com. Home delivery
and library subscribers can read and print up to 100 articles per month for free. For
all others, archived articles may be purchased for a small charge each. (School bulk
delivery accounts do not qualify for free access to the Archive.) To learn more, please
visit nytimes.com.
THE NEW YORK TIMES ELECTRONIC EDITION
For classroom use
The New York Times is available on your computer screen exactly as it appears in print,
with all the text and pictures of the New York edition of The Times. Students can do
keyword searches, move easily through pages and sections, zoom in on articles and
photos and much more. For information, visit nytimes.com/nie.
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CORRELATION TO STANDARDS
These lessons are correlated with relevant national standards from Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
(McREL). These standards represent a compilation of most state standards.
Each McREL standard has subcategories, or benchmarks, for different levels of instruction. For details, see www.mcrel.
org/standards-benchmarks.
Source: Marzano, Robert, Kendall, John (2008). Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education, 4th ed. Denver, CO:
McREL. Online: www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks
Used by permission of McREL, 4601 DTC Blvd., Suite 500, Denver, CO 80237. (303) 337-0990.
LESSONS
CIVICS STANDARDS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. Understands ideas about civic life, politics, and government. X X X X X X X
3. Understands the importance of the rule of law for the protection of individual
rights and the common good.
X X
4. Understands the various purposes that constitutions serve. X X X X
7. Understands alternative forms of representation and how they serve the
purposes of constitutional government.
X X
8. Understands the central ideas of American constitutional government and
how this form of government has shaped the character of American society.
X X X
9. Understands the importance of Americans sharing and supporting certain
values, beliefs and principles of American constitutional democracy.
X X X X X X X
14. Understands issues concerning the disparities between ideals and reality in
American political and social life.
X X X X X X X
15. Understands how the U.S. Constitution grants and distributes powers and
responsibilities to national and state government and how it seeks to prevent X X X
the abuse of power.
19. Understands what is meant by “the public agenda,” how it is set, and how it
is influenced by public opinion and the media.
X X X X
20. Understands the roles of political parties, campaigns, elections and
associations and groups in American politics.
X X X X X X X
25. Understands issues regarding personal, political and economic rights. X X X X X
27. Understands how certain character traits enhance citizens’ ability to fulfill
personal and civic responsibilities.
X
28. Understands how participation in civic and political life can help citizens
attain individual and public goals.
X X X
29. Understands the importance of political leadership, public service and a
knowledgeable citizenry in American constitutional democracy.
X X X X X
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LESSONS
HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING STANDARDS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. Understands and knows how to analyze chronological relationships
and patterns.
X X X
2. Understands the historical perspective. X X
LESSONS
HISTORY STANDARDS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
29. Understands the struggle for racial and gender equality and for the
extension of civil liberties.
X X
31. Understands economic, social and cultural developments in the
contemporary United States.
X X X
LESSONS
LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
4. Gathers and uses information for research purposes. X X X X X X
6. Uses strategies to adapt writing for different purposes (e.g., to explain,
inform, analyze, entertain, reflect, persuade).
X X X X
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