In keeping with all the media hype we are embarking on a study of the presidential election process. I will attempt to keep things real time although we are obviously entering the game late into the primary season. We've been discussing it on occasion with the kids. They are anxious to hear our vote and let's just say for "educational purposes" Dan and I are affiliated with different parties. That way we can play along on both sides. Mostly this will be for E9 although I think we'll do some components with everyone just for fun and some introduction to the democratic process. I'll try to come up with some fun activities though I will likely stop short of working a campaign. If you want to hear some interesting stories some time, let me tell you about how I worked on the Carter campaign and marched on the Mall in around 1980 with my parents when I was about 10. Good times...
We'll be using the following resources for our election study.
- Amanda Bennett Election Unit Study
- Five in a Row Election 2008 Fold and Learn
- Presidents Unit Study, Election Unit from the Oklahoma Homeschool Web Site
In the Basket for this unit:
- The Presidency by Patricia Murphy
- Encyclopedia of Presidents Harry Truman (part of E9's Neil Armstrong study)
- America Votes How Our President is Elected by Linda Granfield
- So You Want to be President? by Judith St. George (fun picture book)
- A Kid's Guide to the White House by Betty Debnam (very cool book with fun facts about kids in the White House and other interesting tidbits)
- The Presidency edited by Michael Nelson
3 comments:
Could we get some pictures of you in that 1980 garb?? Better yet, please make a scrapbook page! : )
HA! Actually I already made a page because I'm sure it's in the album I did for my parents. I rescued all their pictures from a huge box and scrapbooked them all with my sister.
I quite certain there are pictures of us on the mall in DC! I'm decked out in political pins and I remember distinctly I was wearing some flowered blouse thing with a vest- the coat without sleeves kind. I was freezing!
I am completely stealing the Reading through the Presidents idea! That is such a great idea!!
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