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Several have asked about ideology quizzes or party matching quizzes. Project Vote Smart has a great list of a bunch of those. This works well along with Stop That Teenager Before He Votes in 9-12 lessons/Suffrage and the right to vote.

Check outThe folks at Democracy NC rock:
Statewide Voter Guide

NC Civic Education Consortium is a great teacher resource.

Two great websources for political campaign ads (starting in the late 50s) are:
The Living Room Candidate.org
4president.tv

Politics 1 is a good website to see who is running and has direct link to candidate's website http://www.politics1.com/nc.htm

Congress.org also has info on NC candidates. Has short bio info & Picture plus a link to candidates website. http://congress.org/election/guide/nc

This is a good site on Presidential campaign http://www.gwu.edu/~action/P2008.html

N.C. Center for Voter Education is holding a contest for best Voting Public Service Announcement. Open to High School, College or others. The prize is $1000! Click for details.

The National Writing Project is encouraging students to write letters to the next president. Click for details.

Karaoke Convention is a fun website that has political speeches in a Karaoke format. This would be a hoot with high schoolers.

Article: The Dumbing Down of Voters
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/06/15/the_dumbing_down_of_voters/

Mock Election, October 30 2008
http://www.ncmockelection.org/

Kids Voting Lessons & Activities:
KidsVotingNC: Teacher Page
KidsVotingNC: Correlates to NC Standard Course of Study
KidsVotingNC: Sample Lessons
KidsVotingNC: K-2 Tips
KidsvotingNC/USA: Classroom Activities with Educator's Guide (huge file, takes a while to completely download)
KidsVotingUSA: www.kidsvotingusa.org/page9650.cfm

Gimme the truth! Sorting out the truth in politics.
www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/

Political cartoons
www.cagle.com/teacher/

North Carolina and the Bill Of Rights Lessons for 8th Grade. HS Civics & Economics; HS US History. Created by North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
Bill of Rights
NC Map 1789 and Today

Constitution Day Activities

Center for Civic Education Constitution Day Lessons K-12
www.civiced.org/byrd2006/

Constitution Day activities
www.constitutionday.com/

National Archives Constitution Day lessons
www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/

NC Civic Education Consortium
http://www.civics.unc.edu/teacherresources/index.htm

K-12 NCSCOS Goals in Social Studies and Constitution Day

Citizenship test from US Immigration and Naturalization Service (PDF)

Elementary Strategies (PDF)

Middle and High School Strategies (pdf)

http://www.civics.unc.edu/teacherresources/index.htm

School House Rock Preamble
http://www.school-house-rock.com/Prea.html

Constitution Center
http://hancock.constitutioncenter.org/constitutionday/display/MainS/Home

Constitution Center Lessons
http://hancock.constitutioncenter.org/constitutionday//display/NccP/Home

Who wants to be a Million Dollar Citizen? online game
http://www.uscourts.gov/outreach/MDC/index.htm

Activities to support the teaching of landmark Supreme Court cases, helping students explore the key issues of each case
http://www.landmarkcases.org/

NC Civic Education Consortium Constitution Day lessons (Really great for 9-12 CE and US History)
http://www.civics.unc.edu/teacherresources/constitutionday_index.htm

Good NC resource link
www.secretary.state.nc.us/kidspg

US Congressional District Maps
nationalatlas.gov/printable/congress.html#nc

North Carolina General Assembly Legislative Districts
www.ncleg.net/GIS/Representation/Who_Represents_Me/Who_Represents_Me.html

Election Info

The NC State Board of Elections
www.sboe.state.nc.us

Information on NC elections and candidates
www.congress.org/congressorg/e4/rlist/?state=nc

Project Vote Smart Organization
www.vote-smart.org/index.htm

On the Issues: Every Political Leader on Every Issue plus quizzes for students
www.ontheissues.org/default.htm

NC Civic Education Consortium
www.civics.unc.edu

National Center for Learning and Citizenship
http://www.ecs.org/html/ProjectsPartners/nclc/nclc_main.htm