Brief Description
Students hunt through newspapers for a list of election-related news.
Objectives
Students hunt through newspapers and other news resources for a list of election-related news, photos, editorials, and more.
Keywords
election, news, current events, president, scavenger hunt, reading
Materials Needed
newspapers, other news resources
Lesson Plan
Challenge students to search newspapers and other news resources to collect the items on a scavenger hunt list. Adapt the list to fit the grade level of your students and the election campaign. That list might include the following:
a news article about Candidate #1's campaign;
a news article about Candidate #2's campaign;
a news article about an independent candidate's campaign;
a photograph of Candidate #1;
a photograph of Candidate #2;
a photograph of an independent candidate;
an editorial cartoon that relates to one of the candidates;
an editorial cartoon that relates to one of the campaign issues;
an election ad or a flyer for one of the candidates from a news source or campaign office;
the date, time, and source of a television or radio ad for one of the candidates.
Assessment
Students find eight out of the ten things on the list. (The number of items to be collected might vary by grade level.)
Lesson Plan Source
Education World
Submitted By
Gary Hopkins
National Standards
Social Sciences:
NSS-C.K-4
NSS-C.5-8
NSS-C.9-12
NSS-USH.9-12.10
Originally published 07/31/2000
Last updated 10/04/2006
