Web site Links for Politics and Elections 2004

Class: 7/8
Angela Abbott
 

Web sites for research into Politics

The following lists provide Web links to a variety of Web sites providing information on the American political process, the major political parties in the USA and the major candidates in Election 2004. Just click onto the appropriate heading or logo to access the Web site you want.
 

CongressLink
http://www.congresslink.org

This link provides up-to-date information about today's Congress. It includes a quick way to find out about all representatives and senators and links to sites that provide e-mail addresses and Web page URLs for all Members of Congress.

Comprehensive lesson topics feature online historical materials, student activities, and related sources on these topics:

- The U.S. Constitution: Exploring Congress and the Democratic Process
- The U.S. Capitol: The Home of Congress
- The Legislative Process: The Case of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Historical materials, study questions, and more limited resources serve as building blocks for classroom activities on these topics:
- Campaign Finance Reform
- What Every Student Should Know About Congress
You can access educational activities such as:
- virtual tours of the Capitol and the White House
- participation in preparing a virtual federal budget
- comparing your views on issues with the voting record of your representative
- links to more than 75 Web sites related to Congress, the presidency, politics, civic education, and news sources.
These core sites have been evaluated and approved as appropriate for school-aged children.  This site also provides access to:
- experts on Congress, including scholars, teachers, congressional staffers, and journalists
- on-line resources to support site navigation and content understanding, including a glossary of terms used in the Constitution
- historical notes that place the Constitution and the federal government in perspective
- documents from the archives of The Dirksen Congressional Center
- a teacher's manual WebBoards, a communication tool that includes "virtual" conference rooms and message boards where you can share civic-oriented ideas and information with scholars, teachers, parents, and students nation-wide
This site was designed by educators and is recognized as one of the best Web sites for the humanities by EDSITEment, a joint project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of the Great City Schools, MCI WorldCom, and the National Trust for the Humanities.
 
 

Additional Politics sources

  1. The World Factbook
    http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

  2. U.S. House of Representatives
    http://www.house.gov/

  3. World Wide Web Acronym and Abbreviations Server
    http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/index.html

  4. The White House
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/

  5. GPO Access for Government Manual
    http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/index.html

  6. Library of Congress Internet Resources: U.S. Legislative Branch
    http://thomas.loc.gov/home/legbranch/legbranch.html

  7. List of Congress Internet Resources: Legislation in Congress now, last year and in recent past decades
    http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html

  8. The Supreme Court
    http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

  9. The Supreme Court: an alternative source
    http://www2.cybernex.net/~vanalst/supreme.html

  10. University of Michigan Library of Federal Documents
    http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/fedexec.html

  11. Heads of State in countries around the world: 1900 - present
    http://rulers.org

  12. Elections, political parties and parliamentary systems worldwide: updated monthly
    http://www.electionworld.org/info.htm

  13. Also see EAGLE School Web Library News Resources.

Political Parties (in alphabetical order)

Democratic Party

Green Party

Reform Party

Republican Party





Selected Wisconsin Senators and Congresswoman

Senator Russ Feingold

Senator Herb Kohl

Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin





Election archives

CNN Election 2000
CNN's comprehensive summary and voting details on the Presidential and Congressional results from Election 2000 in the US.



Election 2004

Washington Post's Election 2004 coverage
A Washington Post webpage compiling articles on the build-up to elections in the US in 2004.



Major Candidates in the US Presidential Election 2004

Democratic Party Candidates

Governor Howard Dean



Senator John Edwards



Representative Dick Gephardt



Senator Bob Graham



Senator John Kerry



Representative Dennis Kucinich



Senator Joseph Lieberman



Carol Moseley Braun



Reverend Al Sharpton




Republican Party Candidate

President George W. Bush