Title: US Election 2012 - Leuphana Copy

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Category: Leuphana-CourseCopies — all Courses 14.06.2023

Section 1
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Introduction
  Announcements and News
  Label
  Tips for Teachers - "Introduction"
Getting started
  Introduce yourself to the project
  Sample Profile 1: Very simple
  Sample Profile 2: More private
  Sample Profile 3: Very professional
  Your knowledge and impressions about the U.S. election 2012
  Trial Vote
  What do experts say?
  Independent website by Nathan Ashworth
  Republican primaries - timeline and results
  Real clear politics - election polls
  Label
  Tips for Teachers - "Getting started"
The electoral system
  Task 1: Vocabulary and central concepts
  Analyse the word cloud
  Word cloud: important terms about U.S. politics and the election
  Word cloud glossary
  Missing words in the word cloud glossary
  Glossary of U.S. election terms
  Presidential election reading comprehension quiz
  Task 2: Stages of the Presidential Election
  Stages of the election - learn from a video
  Electing a U.S. President in Plain English
  Video Transcript: Electing a U.S. President
  A closer look at the presidential election
  Group work: Individual stages of the election
  Workgroups on electoral system
  Resources for the Group "Pre-Election"
  Resources for the Group "Super Tuesday"
  Transcript: What's at stake on Super Tuesday?
  Resources for the Group "Election Day"
  Resources for the Group "Electoral College and Inauguration"
  Transcript: How the Electoral College works
  Transcript: Hands off the Electoral College
  Stages of the election summed up
  Classroom work: Comparison and discussion of result
  Task 3: What is your opinion?
  What is your opinion? (Individual assignment)
  What is your opinion? (Forum discussion)
  Task 4: Check your knowledge!
  Important − before you start the quiz!
  Check your knowledge of the electoral system
  Label
  Tips for teachers - "The Electoral System"
The Candidates
  Warm up: Discuss the Candidates
  Task 1: Candidates' Biographies
  Important aspects of the candidate's biographies
  Vote for a group on candidate's biographies
  Links to learn more about Barack Obama
  Links to learn more about Mitt Romney
  Good to know about the candidates
  Biographical aspects in the campaign
  Task 2: The spouses behind the candidates
  How their spouses support the candidates
  Links to learn more about Michelle Obama and Ann Romney
  How might the spouses influence their husbands' campaigns?
  Job vacancy for the First Lady!
  Role Play: Job Interview with a First Lady Applicant
  Role Play: TV interview with America's first First Gentleman
  Role-play Collection
  Write an application as First Lady
  Optional task: The Documentary "Split"
  SPLIT - A Divided America
  SPLIT - Documentary Film Trailer
  Interview 1: MRNY.net and Kelly Nyks
  Interview 2: Kelly Nyks, Why is America so divided?
  Interview 3: 'Talking Points' with Kelly Nyks
  2008 Election maps
  Forum: Partisan divide in America
  (untitled)
  Candidate Match Game 2012
  Label
  Tips for teachers - "The Candidates"
Campaign Issues
  PEW Poll on Campaign Issues (April 17, 2012)
  Task 2: Research on topics and issues
  Find out more about topics and issues
  Build research groups
  Web resources for your research
  Campaign issues overview
  Task 3: Creative conclusion In your group, choose...
  3a: Election posters
  3b: The First 100 days of...
  3c: Stage Debate between Romney and Obama
  Collection of results
  Cartoons to discuss
  Cartoon 1
  Cartoon 2
  Cartoon 3
  Cartoon 4
  Cartoon 5
  Cartoon 6
  Cartoon 7
  Cartoon 8
  Cartoon 9
  Homework (optional)
  Interpret a cartoon
  Materialien zum selbständigen standardorientierten Lernen
  Label
  Tips for teachers - "Campaign Issues"
The Campaign in State X
  Work flow
  Find out yourself and contribute to the discussion
  Who will win this state and why?
  Group work: Evaluate and sum up
  Sources of Information to start with
  In your state course you will find some general an...
  The New York Times - Electoral Explorer
  Information about all states - condensed
  There are many more useful resources in the next-b...
  Label
  Tips for teachers "The Campaign in ..."
Our Results
  Our prediction
  What to send to the competition
  Interactive Map
  Label
  Tips for teachers - "Our results"
More Resources for State X
  Information about all States
  Elected Officials in U.S. Senate
  Elected Officials in U.S. House of Representatives
  Politics 1
  The Green Papers - 2012 General Election
  My Time to Vote
  Statistics
  Election 2008 (Voting and Registration)
  Quick Facts from the U.S. Census Bureau
  Polling Report - Collection of National Polling Results
  Gallup
  Media
  General Media Collection by the U.S. Embassy
  Local Newspapers
  Newslink, newspapers
  U.S. Newspapers List (USNPL)
  Local radio stations
  Newslink, radio stations
  On the Radio
  Information about State X
  For your adopted state, you will find special reso...