In Spotlight on Elections Presentation: General Election Campaigns, (part 2 of a Teaching with the Library blog post series), Colleen Smith provides teachers with suggestions for helping students make connections between campaign operations of the past and those of today, including looking at the role played by the media.
Another resource is this Network album - Presidential Elections: Then vs. Now.
Does anyone have other primary source learning resources for teaching about elections and the media?
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I can't think of a better way to teach about presidential elections, particularly in this fraught political climate, than to go straight to the record of primary sources. I also had not seen the New Tools section from the fine people who write the Teaching with the Library blog. "How have candidates used new tools and different tools to reach voters?" is well worth a look and a try! If you use it, please report back here in the TPS Teachers Network about the experience.
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