TCM11001-Primary Sources: Elections

Use original documents and photographs as well as letters, maps, cartoons, and posters to help students explore the past. Primary sources provide unique insight into the lives of people in different time periods.

Each kit includes: 16 photographs and primary source documents--photo cards with background information, discussion questions, and suggested activities printed on the back; CD with photographs, other primary sources student activity sheets, and extension activities; and 80 page Teacher's Guide including lesson plans, background information, a wide variety of student activities, and a document-based assessment section to help students prepare for essays found on many standardized tests. Plus, each kit meets the NCSS standards for primary source documents and this series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.

Photographs: "Dewey Defeats Truman" newspaper; John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon on a television debate; Geraldine Ferraro TIME cover; Ronald Reagan at the 1988 Republican National Convention; A donkey and an elephant about to race to Washington, D.C.; Door flyer reminding people to vote; The Bush family campaigns together;

Primary Sources: Newspaper coverage of an election; sketch of a voting machine; Electoral college maps; Gerald Ford campaign schedule; Propaganda for local elections; Campaign spending political cartoon; Poster, buttons, and bumper stickers from national elections; Background documents on President John F. Kennedy.

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