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'''Purdue Online Writing Lab'''
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You can find many good tips on writing as well as exercises and handouts (good for later when you are teachers!)
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http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/678/01/
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'''''Take a look at the 'Office of President-Elect' homepage:''
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http://change.gov/'''
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'''Group Presentation Topics:'''
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''Ohio's role in the US Presidential Election:'' Anja Breiler, Ina Horstmann, Britta Osterhus, Marc Fellmann
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''Third party candidates:'' Gerrit P., Kristian K., Anke K.
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''Reactions to the 2008 election:''Brigitte Albers, Miriam Argundogan, Anna Doege, Maggie Boinski.
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''Negative Campaigning:''Marion Rehmann, Nadine Lührs, Nina Hassmann
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'''You can find the video clip that explains how the presidential election works at:'''
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Video: Electing a US President in Plain English
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http://commoncraft.com/store-item/election
  
'''Assignment for Oct 22nd: 5-10 minute presentations on voting behavior and trends of particular demographic groups:'''
 
  
Please enter your topic and names (first and last, please) here
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Here is a video of Homer Simpson trying to vote for Obama:
  
#Gender  (Marc Fellmann, Britta Osterhus) 
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http://netzpolitik.org/2008/wahlcomputern-bei-den-simpsons/
#Hispanic Americans (Josefine Baumann, Phillip Spilker)
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#African Americans (Anja Breiler, Ina Horstmann)
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#Youth Vote 18-24 (Bastian Martens, Robert Stahlschmidt)
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#Voting behaviour of the Midwestern United States (Gerrit Petrowski)
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#Economic Class and Voting Behaviour (Albers,Brigitte, Argundogan, Miriam)
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Latest revision as of 21:46, 3 December 2008

US Presidential Election, 2008

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1. Electoral System and Polls
2. Election Blog
3. Helpful Links
4. Current Issues

4.1. Updated Electoral Map
4.2 US Foreign Policy
4.3 Health Care in the US
4.4 Issues Concerning Race in the US
4.5 US Defense Policy
4.6 Economic Policy
4.7 Science Policy
4.8 Environmental Policy

5. Media Coverage]]

5.1 US Newspapers
5.2 Newspaper Editorials
5.3 News Radio Stations
5.4 TV Stations
5.5 Podcasts
5.6 Ads
5.7 Fact Checking

6. Candidates for President and Vice-President

6.1 The Democratic Party
6.1.2 Democratic Party Candidates
6.1.2.3 Senator Barack Obama
6.1.2.4 Senator Joe Biden
6.2 The GOP
6.2.1 Republican Party Candidates
6.2.1.1 Senator John McCain
6.2.1.2 Alaska Governor Sarah Palin
6.3 Speeches
6.4 Debates and Parodies

7 Miscellaneous

7.1 Additional Political Videos
7.2 Political Satire
7.3 Movies about Elections

Open clear name accounts ("Marius Müller"), sign with ~~~~ to leave a link to your user page.

Purdue Online Writing Lab

You can find many good tips on writing as well as exercises and handouts (good for later when you are teachers!)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/678/01/

Take a look at the 'Office of President-Elect' homepage:

http://change.gov/



Group Presentation Topics:

Ohio's role in the US Presidential Election: Anja Breiler, Ina Horstmann, Britta Osterhus, Marc Fellmann

Third party candidates: Gerrit P., Kristian K., Anke K.

Reactions to the 2008 election:Brigitte Albers, Miriam Argundogan, Anna Doege, Maggie Boinski.

Negative Campaigning:Marion Rehmann, Nadine Lührs, Nina Hassmann





You can find the video clip that explains how the presidential election works at:


Video: Electing a US President in Plain English http://commoncraft.com/store-item/election


Here is a video of Homer Simpson trying to vote for Obama:

http://netzpolitik.org/2008/wahlcomputern-bei-den-simpsons/