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"Scholastic's Election 2012 is a nice set of resources through which elementary and middle school students can learn about various aspects of the 2012 Presidential Election. Election 2012 prominently features student-friendly artcles about the Republican primaries and caucuses. ."

Welcome to the New Jersey Mock Election web site. Here you will find instructions for participating in the national mock election, as well as suggested lessons and activities. We hope that you will find this site useful, and that every student in New Jersey will have a chance to participate.

"one-stop channel for key political moments from now through the upcoming U.S. election day on November 6. You can watch all of the live speeches from the floor of the upcoming Republican and Democratic National Conventions...You'll find live and on-demand reporting and analysis from ABC News, Al Jazeera English, BuzzFeed, Larry King, The New York Times, Phil DeFranco, Univision and the Wall Street Journal. Each will put their own stamp on the Presidential race-from the conventions to the debates to election night."

links to sites for Election 2012

website devoted to the 2012 election.

Hi Hughes videos presidential election 1960-1992

"A New Nation Votes is a searchable collection of election returns from the earliest years of American democracy. The data were compiled by Philip Lampi. The American Antiquarian Society and Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives have mounted it online for you with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities."

check out election returns from 1787 to 1825. Searchable by year, candidate, office or state

From the museum of moving image- presidential campaign commercials 1952-2008

This is a free online resource from the Museum of the Moving Image, with more than 300 commercials, from every presidential election since 1952 It includes lessons for teachers and links to other online resources.

Great site for teaching about the election process but about media and digital literacy as well.

INfographic depicts where different groups of people get their election news.

"Browse full debates and highlights. stop Track how candidates debate specific issues. stop React to the content using Microsoft Pulse."

post about teaching students about media literacy.

Some good ideas here.