Note from LessonPlansPage.com: The 2004 presidential race between George Bush and John Kerry is used as an example in this lesson, but you can easily substitute any candidates currently running for office in any local or national election.

Each week the students are given a new presidential agenda to research, e.g. Week one the students research what George Bush and John Kerry have on their agendas on National Security; Week two: the economy, and so forth. Each day the information that the student collected is put into a T-form with the heading of the agenda. Example:

At the end of the five weeks, all of the information is compiled individually for each of the candidates, and a debate is held. The students will vote on the candidate that they feel will make the best president based on "

Just the Facts

". The day after the election, all votes will be tallied to see if the students chose the same president as the citizens of the United States.

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