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Theme Pack
Give Students a Voice in 2008 Presidential Election
Featured Materials
Help students understand how the United States elects a president every four years. Read leveled biographies on 2008’s Republican and Democratic candidates. Students cast their own ballots, discover how the electoral process works, combine math and map skills, and learn about past presidents, too.
Meet the Candidates

John McCain, Republican
Quick Read
Approx. grade 2
Approx. grade 4
Approx. grade 6

Barack Obama, Democrat
Quick Read
Approx. grade 2
Approx. grade 4
Approx. grade 6

Voting Process
Presidential Election Ballot
Electoral College Quick Read
            Primary Questions
            Intermediate Questions

Graph
Voter Turnout Quick Chart

Maps
Electoral Votes Map (11x17 format)
Electoral Votes Map (2 8.5x11 format) 

Poster
U.S. Presidents Quick Chart (11x17 format)
U.S. Presidents Quick Chart (2 8.5x11 format)
U.S. Presidents Quick Chart Questions

How the Websites Work Together

Related Reading A-Z Books
White House Pets F
Childhood Stories of George Washington I
Famous First Ladies Q
Your Road to the White House X
Abraham Lincoln: From Log Cabin to the White House Z
Building a Nation Z

Resource Integration


Tools such as election-themed Write-Aways and genre lessons for Persuasive and Pro/Con texts will help students express their point of view this election year. In fact, a low-cost Writing A-Z license provides several leveled writing lessons in multiple genres and skill areas, so all students can write like the pros about any theme.




Children love to stop, look, listen, and read with the Raz-Kids animated talking versions of favorite Reading A-Z books featuring presidential themes. Order today to gain access to Childhood Stories of George Washington (level I), White House Pets (level F), and all the Raz-Kids online leveled readers.




Vocabulary A-Z enables teachers to build custom lessons that match specific and unique classroom instruction and subjects. This affordable subscription website also provides weeklong vocabulary lessons featuring glossary terms (Reading A-Z Book Connections) from many of the books featured in the Presidential Election theme pack.

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