MiniPage activities meet many state and national educational standards. This week's standards:

MiniPage activities meet many state and national educational standards. This week's standards: Students identify key ideals of the United States' democratic republican form of government. (Social Studies: Civic Ideals and Practices)
Students understand the ideas, principles and practices of citizenship in a democratic republic. (Social Studies: Civics)
Activities:
1. Draw a picture of your candidate talking to a crowd of voters. Write a campaign slogan for him or her.
2. Pick a newspaper section that each of the candidates' wives would like. Explain why you think each woman would like the section you selected.
3. After the election, collect words that mean "win" from headlines about local, state and national elections. Make a collage of your winning words.
4. Which of the candidates: (a) served in the House of Representatives, (b) was a governor, (c) was a lieutenant governor, (d) served only one term in the U.S. Senate?
5. Select a president you don't know very well. Use resource books and the Internet to learn more about that president. Use these questions to guide your research: What party did the president belong to? When was he president? What important events happened in the United States during his term of office? What was his campaign slogan? What was the most important decision he made?