The WebQuest is designed to familiarize students with the candidates and issues that are central to the coming election. The directions refer to the presidential candidates, but this WebQuest can be adapted for use with local election campaigns too. You could also have different groups of students follow different election races. If students do not have Internet access, magazines, newspapers, and other news sources can replace the Web resources listed with each activity. A huge part of campaigns is the press conference.
Students can share information with the rest of the class and gain experience presenting to a group.
The activities below include ideas for the press conferences. Groups can present new information, provide updates, explain issues, and debate topics. Have different students be the press conference presenters each week. Determine which candidates your students will track. The directions below can be adapted to track any number of candidates.