https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=LynnBaumgartenAngl-Am - User contributions [en]2026-04-23T13:29:57ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.8https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Introduction_to_Language_Practice:_Topic_-_US_Presidential_Election_-_Graydon_(Wed_16-18)&diff=16541Introduction to Language Practice: Topic - US Presidential Election - Graydon (Wed 16-18)2008-11-09T19:29:53Z<p>LynnBaumgarten: </p>
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'''Assignment for Nov 12th'''<br />
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Here is a list of the fifty states. Please find one other person in the class and analyze the election results in two states. Your presentation (five minutes maximum!) should include some graphics (you can use my laptop and a projector or the overhead projector). Include who won and in which part of the state he received the most votes. You might also mention why you think the particular candidate did better or worse in some areas of the state.<br />
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And here are the instructions as to how to do this: First, you have to have already created an account (which you can do at the top righthand corner of the page)<br />
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Now click on the "edit" tab at the top of the page. Enter your names (first and last) next to the pair of states you will be looking at (If you just enter the following symbol <nowiki>~~~</nowiki> , this will automatically enter your name with a link to your user page. Very clever!): <br />
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By the way, does anyone know how to set tabs and columns without creating a table (so we don't have to use ... in order to create spaces?)?<br />
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States:.......................................Names.......................................... <br />
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Alabama / Louisiana ...........<br />
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Mississippi/ Arkansas...........<br />
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California / Colorado........... '''Franziska Koerner / Liesa Temme'''<br />
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Connecticut / Delaware..........<br />
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Florida / Georgia............... Antje Marx / Lynn Baumgarten <br />
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Hawaii / Alaska................ "Janko Meisel / Kim Triebe / Nadine Kreyenborg"<br />
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Illinois / Indiana ............ <br />
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Iowa / Kansas..................Melanie Grube / Derya Akyel<br />
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Kentucky / Missouri.............<br />
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Maine / Maryland...............'''Birthe Behrens / Janina Bosselmann'''/Dana Jordan<br />
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Massachusetts / Vermont......... <br />
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Minnesota / Michigan............ Mareike Reinecke/ Anne-Sophie Sauer<br />
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Idaho/ Montana................. <br />
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Nebraska / Nevada..............<br />
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New York/ New Jersey ........... '''Lars Müller / Anna Lena Mößner'''<br />
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New Mexico / Arizona............ <br />
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North Carolina / Tennessee...... <br />
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Ohio / Wisconsin................ <br />
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Oregon / Washington............<br />
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Rhode Island / New Hampshire....<br />
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South Dakota / North Dakota.... <br />
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Texas / Utah...................<br />
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Pennsylvania / Virginia......... <br />
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South Carolina/ West Virginia...<br />
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Oklahoma/ Wyoming...............</div>LynnBaumgartenhttps://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=US_Presidential_Election_2008:_Podcasts&diff=16194US Presidential Election 2008: Podcasts2008-10-27T17:18:28Z<p>LynnBaumgarten: </p>
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Podcasts<br />
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You can subscribe to a podcast that reviews the latest news in the presidential election.<br />
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http://www.nytimes.com/ref/multimedia/podcasts.html?8qa&scp=1-spot&sq=podcasts&st=nyt<br />
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The website http://www.factcheck.org allows you to check out the rumors and accusations that the candidates are digging up and using against each other. THe website is run by the journalism department at the University of Pennsylvania and is very reliable. You can even download a weekly videocast that covers speeches and ads of the various campaigns.<br />
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You can find some parodies with real quotes(speech-bits) of the Daily Show here: http://www.thedailyshow.com/ the global edition is on telly on sundays on Comedy Central 22:30.</div>LynnBaumgarten