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The Electoral College

When has the Electoral College been a deciding factor in an election?

Terms of Office!

Students create a classroom dictionary of election terms.

Election Scavenger Hunt

Students hunt through newspapers for a list of election-related news.

If I Were the President

Students think critically about the campaign issues in the current election

The 1828 Campaign of Andrew Jackson and the Growth of Party Politics

In this unit, students analyze changes in voter participation and regional power, and review archival campaign documents reflecting the dawn of politics as we know it during the critical years from 1824 to 1832.