The broadcast is available live by satellite and through webcasting on the Apple Learning Interchange. Videotape will be available after the broadcast. Also with your purchase, you will receive eight previously broadcast field trips with curriculum materials at no extra charge. The classroom activities look at different aspects of the election process from campaign speeches, campaign finance reform, the electoral college to legislative districts. Individual sections or worksheets or the complete kit can be downloaded from Prentice Hall's website.
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We're just starting staff development training with 12th grade social studies teachers in four school districts in upstate New York as to how to approach the study of elections and the political process through the lens of media literacy. It gives the rundown on the front pages of 5 major newspapers, noting where each placed the story, what their spin was, and sometimes including facts they may have missed. As we get closer to the election, you may see 10 - 15 political ads during each hour of news. More information and to order Citizenship in a Media Age . Youth in Action is a non-profit national organization which is committed to giving voice and empowering young people.