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- Election 2008
- Educational resources to help students and teachers understand the 2008 elections.
- Format: (multiple pages)
- North Carolina news
- In Election 2008, page 2.1
- News & Observer: Election 2008 (Raleigh) The Raleigh News & Observer's online election section covers state, local, and national election campaigns. The News...
- State Senate
- In Election 2008, page 2.7
- North Carolina Senatorial districts There are 50 Senatorial districts in North Carolina. You can find out which district you're in and who currently represents you at the North Carolina General Assembly website's representation...
- State House of Representatives
- In Election 2008, page 2.6
- North Carolina House districts There are 120 House districts in North Carolina. You can find out which district you're in and who currently represents you at the North Carolina General Assembly website's representation...
- National news
- In Election 2008, page 1.3
- These links to some of our most trusted media outlets will help not only to instruct about the elections themselves but also to demonstrate the role the press plays in the electoral process.
- Format: bibliography
- The election process
- In Election 2008, page 3.3
- Resources that examine the various aspects of the American election process from contemporary and historical perspectives.
- Format: bibliography
- Election time using a database
- Students, working in groups, use various resources to answer prepared questions about the candidates. Students will enter their data into a prepared database. With teacher guidance, students will learn to use the database to find information.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills and Social Studies)
- By Lee Yahnker.
- North Carolina political parties
- In Election 2008, page 2.2
- Only those parties expected to field candidates on North Carolina ballots in 2008 are listed here. For additional political parties, see the list provided by Politics1.com. Wikipedia also offers a list...
- Format: bibliography
- Lesson plans on the web
- In Election 2008, page 3.1
- A collection of resources and activities for students and teachers that focus on the 2008 election as well as the election process.
- Format: bibliography
- 1860 U.S. electoral map
- Format: image/map
- National political parties
- In Election 2008, page 1.2
- Information about the two major political parties in the United States as well as independent parties.
- Format: bibliography
- North Carolina governor
- In Election 2008, page 2.5
- General Office of the Governor Candidates Bev Perdue (D) -- lieutenant governor campaign website...
- The Suffrage Amendment
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.7
- Amendment to the North Carolina state constitution, passed 1899, adding a literacy test and a poll tax requirement for voting but a "grandfather clause" that allowed the requirements to be used specifically to disfranchise blacks. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: constitution
- The Coming Man's Presidential Career, a la Blondin
- Charles Blondin was a French-born acrobat who became famous in the late 1850s for his daring tightrope walks over Niagara Falls. He repeated the feat several times, once carrying his agent across the falls on his shoulders. Here, Lincoln is shown in the guise...
- Format: image/cartoon
- Nathaniel Macon on democracy
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 1.7
- Excerpt of a speech by Nathaniel Macon, arguing against the "Midnight Judges Act" of 1801, in which he summarizes the political philosophy of Democratic-Republicans. Primary source includes historical commentary.
- Format: speech
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.
- Antebellum North Carolina
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the antebellum period (1830–1860). Topics include slavery, daily life, agriculture, industry, technology, and the arts, as well as the events leading to secession and civil war.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Col. Fremont planting the American standard on the Rocky Mountains
- Proof for a large woodcut campaign banner or poster for John C. Fremont, Republican presidential contender in 1856. Fremont is shown in full-length on a mountain peak, planting an American flag. He is clad in fringed trousers and military coat and waves a...
- Format: image/poster
- The issues
- In Election 2008, page 1.6
- Resources to help students and teachers learn more about the major issues at stake in the 2008 election and where the candidates stand on them.
- Flag of Cambodia
- The national flag of Cambodia has three horizontal stripes, blue, red, and blue. The middle red stripe is twice as wide as the blue stripes and features a depiction of Angkor Wat in the center, in white with red outlines. Since around 1850, the Cambodian flag...
- Format: image/illustration
- George Monck, Duke of Albemarle
- George Monck (1608–1670), Duke of Albemarle, is shown here in military uniform with rod, sword, and anchor to symbolize his leadership on both land and sea. Albemarle was a general during the English Civil War and gained fame for leading a campaign in...
- Format: image/painting
