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Explore the Election: Candidates and Issues
Resources for teaching about presidential candidates and where they stand on important social and political issues
Resources
Meet John McCain
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A collection of articles, lesson plans, printables, and online activities to help students get to know 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
Meet Barack Obama
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A collection of articles, games, lesson plan and printables to help Scholastic News Online readers get to know 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Lesson Plan: Write a Biography
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In this lesson plan using resources from Scholastic News Online, students research the presidential candidates and write fun biographies in the form of talk-show interviews.
Activities
Scholastic News Online | Do you know where the candidates for President stand on the issues? Explore the chart in this activity to discover what John McCain and Barack Obama think about major social and political issues.
Scholastic News Online | Can you guess where the presidential candidates stand on the issues? Read the clues and guess whether it's something that John McCain or Barack Obama wants to do as President. Click on the question mark to see if you're right.
