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Get Students Involved in the Election Process The producers of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer are preparing the.Vote and the.Gov-a series of eleven 4- to 5-minute reports on the 2008 campaign leading to the inauguration of the next president. After Election Day, the series will evolve from the.Vote to the.Gov and look at the process of forming a new government, identifying key issues for the new administration and new Congress. The video segments, hosted by the.News journalists, will be provided free to middle school and high school teachers and their students throughout the fall campaign. Each segment of the.Vote and the.Gov is accompanied by online, standards-based activities that will give students the opportunity to create multimedia works: you.Edit allows students to rework and re-edit video material provided by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, and you.Report serves as a home for student-generated content (students' perspectives on policy issues and the election process). All segments will be closed captioned. An initial the.Vote report has been posted online, allowing educators to become familiar with the.Vote and the educational opportunities it provides. Regular production will begin in September and run up to the inauguration in January 2009.

The Go For Broke National Education Center collection contains well-designed, engaging, standards-aligned, creative lessons that teach students about the experiences of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Beyond the historical content that is covered through research, videos, and readings, students have the opportunity to discuss key values such as self-reliance, teamwork, and loyalty. Highlights include a role-playing activity about volunteering for the military, an experiential exercise on teamwork, and an animated movie with documentary footage of the rescue of the lost battalion.

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