2012 Resources

2012 Election Resources and Activities
From Education World
1. Presidents' Day Activities

From Kids Voting USA:

1. 2012 Presidential Election Resources: Candidates, Debate & Primary Schedules

2. Monthly Activities: Celebrating their 20th anniversary, Kids Voting USA is highlighting a specific curriculum activity for each grade category once a month. Each activity will focus on a specific theme as well as a skill and discipline.

2012 Curriculum Spotlight: Activity One: Learning Civility

        2012 Curriculum Spotlight: Activity Two:  Being a Leader

        2012 Curriculum Spotlight: Activity Three:  Living in a Democracy

        2012 Curriculum Spotlight: Activity Four:  Adding Up Civics

From the Buncombe County Board of Elections:
1. 2012 Voting Guide

2. 2012 Offices & Filing Fees

3. Who has Filed for Office?
4. Buncombe County District Maps

From Asheville Citizen Times:
1. Bios of 10th, 11th Congressional district candidates

From Democracy-NC.org:
1. Non-partisan information on Evaluating Candidates

Additional resources:
icivics.org: Games and lesson plans for Civic Education: iCivics (formerly Our Courts) is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. iCivics is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is concerned that students are not getting the information and tools they need for civic participation, and that civics teachers need better materials and support.

FactChecked.org: Fact checking for classroom use--see through the spin.