Also Try American Presidents Current Events News News by Subject Presidential Election 2000 Presidential Election 2000 Discussions -Contact Your Congressional Representatives (CapWeb) Provides the email address and other contact information about your federal and state legislators. Assists with writing a letter in the proper format. Assists with finding your legislators, either by zip code or state. 9-01 -Contact Your Congressional Representatives (Congress.org) Provides the email address and other contact information for legislators, by state or name. 1-00 -Voter Registration Online (CapWeb - VoetNet) Provides the information and forms necessary to register to vote in your state when online registration is permissable. 9-01 Contact Congress Members (VoteNet) Provides the email address and other information about your legislators. Includes search engines to find your legislators (you provide your zip code), find out who is contributing to political campaigns, learn more about specific political campaigns, and more. 1-00 Contact Legislators (Votenet.com) Provides information on U.S. senators and representatives, committees, state legislators, governors, federal government officials, and judicial members. 6-01 Lesson Plans Analyzing the Use of Propaganda (New York Times - Hambouz and Khan) "In this lesson, students analyze the use of propaganda in the war against terrorism, focusing specifically on the attacks in Afghanistan, exploring the distinction between ideas spread to benefit a cause and those spread to damage an opposing cause." 2-02 Distinguishing Facts and Opinions (AskERIC) Provides a lesson. 2-01 Exploring the Roles of Fact and Opinion in Relaying the News (New York Times - DeKorne and Chin) "In this lesson, students evaluate how facts and opinions function in relaying the news and consider the media's responsibilities in reporting during wartime." 2-02 Government Lessons (AskERIC) Provides dozens of lessons by topic and grade. 2-01 Government and Civics Lessons (PBS - Teacher Source) Provides over two dozen lessons, by subject, related to governing, politics, budget making, the national debt, voting, political campaigning,and rules of citizenship. 2-01 Perfect President (PBS - Teacher Source) Provides a lesson for students to help them become clearer about qualifications for president of the United States. 2-01 Political Systems - Comparisons (AskERIC) Provides lessons by grade level. 2-01 Presidential Election Lesson Plans (bigchalk.com) Provides lessons by grade level to help students have a better grasp of the election process. 11-00 Lists Political Leaders (ABC News) Provides a brief background on how each leader came into a position of power. Also provides quotes and a short biography. Materials Voting - Register to Vote (BeAVoter.org) Allows you to begin the voter registration process online. They will then send you the completed materials for you to sign and mail to the voter registration authorities. The address for the voter registration authorities will already be on your envelope. 5-00. News AllPolitics CNN Political News Congress - News and Issues (Congress.org) Provides news. Also provides information on issues through links to organizations advocating for their views to be supported by Congress. 6-01 Conservative News and Information (Heritage Foundation - Townhall.com) Provides a conservative view of news events. 5-01 Finance Reform - New Methods of Lobbying (MSNBC - Isikoff) Suggests ways that lobbyists will operate after finance reform goes into effect. 2-02 Finance Reform Passed by the U.S. Senate (MSNBC) "By a 60-to-40 vote, the Senate gave its approval Wednesday to a bill that would impose the most extensive restrictions on campaign fund raising and political advocacy in the past 30 years." 3-02 Government Accounting Office Tries to Gain White House Records (CBS News) Describes the reason that the Government Accounting Office (GAO) is suing the White House for information related to the energy task force that Vice President Dick Cheney chairs. 2-02 News for Students (McNeil-Lehrer Productions - PBS NewsHour) Provides news designed for teens regarding politics. 11-00 United States Back on the U.N. Human Rights Commission (USA Today) Reports that the United States has been voted back on the Commission after being voted off in 2001. 5-02 Papers Bush Acceptance Speech (Washington Post) Provides the full text of Governor Bush's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. 8-00 Bush Imposes Tariffs on Foreign Steel to Protect U.S. Steel Companies (The Times - Watson, Fletcher, and Webster) The Times (of Britain) reports on the tariff and predicts strong retaliation from other countries. 3-02 Bush, George W. (Republican National Committee) Provides information on President Bush's positions and achievements. 2-01 Candidate Information (Vote-Smart) Provides information on candidates for public office. 11-01 Chaney, Dick (Biography.com) Provides highlights of Chaney's career. 8-00. Conservative Views of Government and Law (Federalist Society) Provides conservative legal opinions, news, and essays from a conservative view of government and law. 5-02 Editorial - Political Reform Bill Will Benefit Incumbents (Washington Times - Lambro) Provides an essay arguing that the finance reform bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would benefit current members of the House and penalize new candidates. Argues that the new bill would also favor President Bush for the next Presidential election. 2-02 Executive Privilege - A Short History (FindLaw.com - Dorf) Summarizes the few important events since George Washington in which Presidents declared that "executive privilege" required that they not disclose information. Executive privilege is a custom (not a law) that Congress and the courts have honored to ensure that the Executive Branch is not under the authority of Congress or the Judicial Branch, but rather is separate and equal. 2-02 Finance Reform Passes the U.S. House (Time.com - Waller) Describes new legislation that is designed to prevent corporations, associations, and other powerful groups from buying power in U.S. elections through contributions to political campaigns. 2-02 Impeachable Offense - What is it (New York Times - Glaberson) Provides a discussion of the Constitutional basis for impeaching the President of the United States. Jeffords - Senator Jim Jeffords (U.S. Senate) Provides a profile of the Vermont Senator whose switch from Republican to Independent changes the power of the Senate from Republican to Democrat. 5-01 Judge Pickering Rejected by Senate (Yahoo - Ferraro) "On three successive 10-9 votes, the Democratic-led panel refused to send to the full Senate for consideration the nomination of Charles Pickering, contending he could not be trusted on civil rights and has repeatedly put his own views above the law." 3-02 LaDuke - Native Activists and the Future (Massa and Cascadia Planet - LaDuke) Provides statements from Winona LaDuke about "White" views of the environment compared to the Native views. She also discusses the difference between Native Activists and Environmentalists. Liberal View - Growth of Federalist Society Power in the Bush Administration (People for the American Way) Provides a list of members of the Federalist Society in positions of power. Describes the Federalist Society as "Right-Wing." "Membership in the Federalist Society has long served as a network for ultraconservative legal professionals to discuss political and legal strategy aimed at creating an 'intellectual network that extends to all levels of the legal community.' " 5-02 Lobbying Efforts - Public Records (US Senate Office of Public Records) Provides information on the amount of money provided by lobbyists. 10-01 News from the U.S. Congress (FedNet) Newseum - Interactive Museum of News Provides information from high visibility journalists and politicians about news-related issues of the day. Designed partly to inform children about the role of news in government. Political Campaigns (League of Women Voters Education Fund and the Center for Government Studies - Democracy Network) Provides information on political campaigns and issues of candidates. 5-00 Political Campaigns by State (ElectNet) Provides information on political campaigns and issues by state. Provides contact information for political offices at the bottoms of pages. 5-00 Political Leaders (Derksen) Provides a recent history of political leaders of the world, with an emphasis on parliaments. Also provides dates of elections for parliaments. Political Parties - Senators Switching Parties Since 1890 (United States Senate) Provides a discussion of the political climate that caused each senator to change parties, as well as a biography of each. Includes Jim Jeffords. 5-01 Political Parties in the United States (United States Senate) Provides a history of majority and minority political parties in the United States. 5-01 Political Position - Assess Your Political Position (PoliticalCompass.org) Provides questions to position you on a political graph, ranging from "left wing" to "right wing" and "authoritarian" to "libertarian." Also positions prominent British politicians on the chart. 7-01 Politics - Marketplace of Political Ideas (University of Houston Libraries) Provides information on the political parties. (Not updated frequently.) 9-01 President Bush Ends ABA's Role - ABA Response (American Bar Association - Barnett) Provides a rebuttal to President Bush's rationale for excluding the ABA from the process of assessing the professional qualifications of nominees for federal judge. 3-01 Presidential Candidates - Bush (AOL) Provides George W. Bush's position on gun control. 10-00. Propaganda - Interview with Noam Chomsky (BBC News - Marr) "For many people, the idea that propaganda is used by democratic, rather than merely authoritarian governments, will be a strange one." 7-02 Rice, Condoleeza - Biography (National Review - Nordlinger) Provides a biography of Rice, Bush's National Security Advisor. 2-01 Rice, Condoleeza - Biography (Salon.com - Kettmann) Provides limited biographical information on Rice, Bush's National Security Advisor. 2-01 Senate - History of the United States Senate (United States Senate) Provides a history of the Senate, including key officers of the past and present, such as President of the Senate, President pro tempore, Secretary of the Senate, Sargeant at Arms, Senate Chaplain, Legislative Counsel, and more. 5-01 Senate - Women Senators (United States Senate) Provides biographies of the women who have served in the United States Senate, including Rebecca Latimer Felton, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Rose McConnell Long, Dixie Bibb Graves, Gladys Pyle, Vera Cahalan Bushfield, Margaret Chase Smith, Eva Kelley Bowring, Hazel Hempel Abel, Maurine Brown Neuberger, Elaine S. Edwards, Muriel Humphrey, Maryon Allen, Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Paula Hawkins, Barbara Mikulski, Jocelyn Burdick, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Carol Moseley-Braun, Patty Murray, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Olympia Jean Snowe, Sheila Frahm, Mary Landrieu, Susan Collins, Blanche Lincoln, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Deborah Stabenow, Maria E. Cantwell, and Jean Carnahan. 5-01 Shadow Government for Emergencies (Seattle Times - Gellman and Schmidt) "President Bush has dispatched a shadow government of about 100 senior civilian managers to live and work secretly outside Washington, activating for the first time long-standing plans to ensure survival of federal rule after catastrophic attack on the nation's capital." 2-02 Shadow Government for Emergencies (Seattle Times - Gellman and Schmidt) "President Bush has dispatched a shadow government of about 100 senior civilian managers to live and work secretly outside Washington, activating for the first time long-standing plans to ensure survival of federal rule after catastrophic attack on the nation's capital." 2-02 Tax Cut and Social Security (Center on Budget and Planning Priorities - Kogan, Greenstein, and OrszagKogan) Concludes that "the 75-year cost of the tax cut Is more than twice as large as the long-term deficit in social security." 2-02 Taxes - Estate Tax Cut - Where It Is Going (Center on Budget and Planning Priorities) Shows that the tax reduction passed by Congress will provides the richest 4,500 estates with the same amount (28 billion dollars) as the 142 million persons with the lowest incomes will receive. 8-01 Taxes - Shrinking Budget Surplus (Center on Budget and Planning Priorities - Kogan) Concludes that over half of the lost surplus in the federal budget is caused by the tax reduction passed in 2001. 2-02 Taxes - Shrinking Budget Surplus (Center on Budget and Planning Priorities - Springer) Concludes that over half of the lost surplus in the federal budget is caused by the tax reduction passed in 2001. 2-02 Teens Views From Britain and Italy (McNeil-Lehrer Productions) Provides views of teens about the presidential election in the United States and their own countries. Also describes elections in Britain and Italy. 11-00 Ten Key Values of the Green Party of the United States (GreenPartyUS.org) Provides the Green Party's values. 6-02 The White House for Kids (White House) Provides information about kids in the White House, pets in the White House, and the history of the White House. 1-01 U. S. Supreme Court Members (BBC) Provides a British view of the U.S. Supreme Court members. 11-00 USA and China - Relationship Since the 1950's (CNN) Provides a short summary of each key event that changed the relationship between the USA and China since the 1950's. 5-01 Voting - Candidate Finder (Capitol Advantage) Provides information on elections and candidates by state. 2-01 Who Owns What in the Media (Columbia Journalism Review) Provides a listing of companies owned by each of the largest media companies to show who controls what we see and how we see it. 6-01 Projects Elections News (Votelink) Provides news on elections and politics. 2-00 Finance Reform - Your Way (PBS) Provides an opportunity for you to clarify you own position about how elections should be financed. 7-01 Kids Views - I Have a Dream (Walnut Heights Elementary) Provides reports of Mrs. Wagner's 20 students in second or third grade on what the world should be like, "I have a dream." Kids Views - If I Were President (Walnut Heights Elementary) Provides reports of 20 students in second or third grade on what they would do if they were the President of the United States. Political News (Salon.com - Politics) Provides news on elections and politics. 4-00 Presidential Campaign Simulation Game (Pres96.com) 11-00 Voting - Kids Participate on Election Day (Kids Voting USA) Provides an opportunity for kids to participate in the voting process with adults. Research Welfare Reform Not Much Help (applesforhealth) Researchers at UC Berkeley and Yale University have determined that life has not gotten better for children whose families have gone from welfare to work. The researchers found that arranging proper child care is still too challenging for most welfare moms. 02-11-00. Worksheets Elections Worksheets (AbcTeach) Provides dozens of worksheets to help children have a better understanding of the elections process. 8-01

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