Mock+Election

=**Resources for the 2012 Election**=

Here's a sample of what will be on the ballot at the Highland Mock Election:
 * BALLOTS**

Highland Election Results

Barack Obama - http://www.barackobama.com/index.php Mitt Romney - [|http:/mittromney.com]
 * PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE INFORMATION AND ELECTION 2012**
 * Presidential Candidates Official Sites**


 * General Resources**
 * [|Countdown to Election 2012] - Informative maps, games and news from Scholastic.
 * [|CSPAN's Campaign Network] - News and video clips from the campaign trail
 * [|The Democracy Project] - a resource from PBS.
 * [|Election 2012] - New York Times resources.
 * [|Election Center 2012 from CNN]
 * [|Election Center - Election 2012] - This resource from Weekly Reader is directed toward sixth graders.
 * [|Elections: The American Way] - A study guide from the Library of Congress.
 * [|Time for Kids] - A helpful resource for 6th graders.

[|How do you choose a candidate?] A guide to deciding what you think is important in selecting a candidate. The League of Women Voters: http://www.smartvoter.org/voter/judgecan.html
 * SELECTING A CANDIDATE TO SUPPORT**

Where do you fall on the political spectrum? Conservative, Liberal, or somewhere in between? [|Pew Research Political Typology Quiz]

You Decide - http://www.kqed.org/w/youdecide/ Information to help you think about where you stand on the issues.

270 to Win - http://www.270towin.com Electoral map that shows party and electoral votes. It is possible to look at the map with the results of past presidential elections.
 * ELECTORAL COLLEGE**

Common Craft Video Electing a US President - http://commoncraft.com/election

The Living Room Candidate - http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/ A collection of presidential campaign commercials from 1952-present.
 * ELECTION COMMERCIALS AND EDITORIAL CARTOONS**

Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index - http://cagle.msnbc.com A collection of political cartoons.

Budget Hero - http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/engage08/budgethero/ An interactive game for planning the U.S. Government Budget.
 * ONLINE SIMULATIONS AND GAMES**

eLECTIONS: Your adventure in politics - http://broadband.ciconline.org/elections

CyberBee 2012 Election - http://www.cyberbee.com/election/election.html
 * RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS**

[|PBS 2012 Election]

[|Brain Pop Election Resources]- http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/usgovernmentandlaw/presidentialelection/

HIGHLAND MOCK ELECTION 2008 RESULTS