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Democracy in Schools

The September/October 2004 issue Edutopia www.edutopia.org/ a magazine of the George Lucas Education Foundation has the following articles:

"Power to the People: First Amendment Schools put the constitution to work". You can find it at http://www.edutopia.org/magazine/ed1article.php?id=art_1155

"How do you make Election Day relevant to student when they can't even vote "
http://www.edutopia.org/sageadvice.php
What are you doing/have you done in your schools?

"The Teen Ticket-Proposals to lower the voting age may say more about partisan squabbles than about precocious youngsters." http://www.edutopia.org/magazine/ed1article.php?id=art_1162
What do you students have to say about this?

The October T.H. E. Journal http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A5032.cfm has an article on web resources for the US 2004 election. You can find it at http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A5032.cfm

Which resources do you find the most useful in the classroom?

Learning Democracy through International Collaboration Project - A global exchange of information and suggestions on civic issues, including democracy in schools, children rights and duties, tolerance and freedom, democratic elections, civic responsibilities and engagement.

See photos from School 32 in Nukus from their participation in a Mock US Election.

THE NEW YORK TIMES LEARNING NETWORK LESSON PLAN
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

Developed in Partnership with
The Bank Street College of Education in New York City

IT AIN'T OVER...: Considering Hot Issues in the Post-Election Climate

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/election2004

Virtual Ideology: Using Online Quizzes to Help Students Develop Personal Political Values

This is an article in the November 2004 issue of "Learning and Leading with Technology" of the International Society for Technology in Education ISTE It was written by William Russell. There are several web sites mentioned that you may want to use with your classes.

Party Match quiz of Party Platforms: http://www.govote.com

The World's Smallest Political Quiz: http://www.self-gov.org

IDEALog http://idealog.org/idelog.asp?ClassID