ONE STOP SHOP WEB DIRECTORY OF ELECTION RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS

Bill of Rights Institute
Interactive lesson plans and activities that help put today’s issues in context.
(does not have a summary on main page but does include an About section)
Center for Responsive Politics
A political clearinghouse site
CIVICUS
An international alliance dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world. (no summary)
CIVNET
The web site of Civitas International, a world-wide non-governmental organization for civic education, aims to strengthen effective education for informed and responsible citizenship in new and established democracies around the world
Democracy in Action
This site provides a framework for following the 2004 presidential campaign using original content and links to the best available sources for information.
D-Net
A terrific public information site for election information.
Global Schoolhouse
This site is for teachers who want to involve their classes in online collaborative learning projects.
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
A clearinghouse site for service-learning.
NewsHour Extra's Teacher Resources
This site is a NewsHour with Jim Lehrer special resource site where you can find information to build students' critical thinking and analysis skills.
Political Information.com
A user-friendly search engine for politics, policy and political news.
Rock the Vote
ADDITIONAL TEXT TO ADD: Includes resource to register to vote and to volunteer based on zip code information.
Roll Call
Covering Capitol Hill since 1955, this site features the savviest "Inside the Beltway" commentary, updated daily. It is particularly good for congressional races. (no summary)
Whitehouse 2004
A political clearinghouse site. (no summary)
Gimme the truth!
Sorting out the truth in politics.

Can I Vote www.canivote.org  Looking for information on Voter Registration or even whether you are a Registered Voter--check out this great web page brought to you by the National Association of Secretaries of States http://www.nass.org/.  Provides voting information on all 50 states. 
C-Spanwww.c-span.org/C-span provides indepth coverage of a variety of public  affairs events and is an excellent resource for state and national campaigns.  The "Classroom" section has great resources for teachers on civics and United States Government.
Cagle Cartoons www.caglecartoons.com feature some of the best political (editorial) cartoons out there.  Allows you to search by topic.  Excellent resource for educators!
Declare Yourselfwww.declareyourself.com/ Declare Yourself is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign to energize and empower a new movement of young voters to participate in the 2004 presidential election.  It is a "must see" web site for any young person who wants to learn more about registering, voting, candidates, issues, and getting civically involved.
E-Democracy http://www.publicus.net/articles/edemresources.html Frequently updated online resources with links and announcements directly related to e-democracy from across the Internet compiled by Steven Clift. 
Election Assistance Commissionhttp://www.eac.gov/ The EAC was established by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). Central to its role, the Commission serves as a national clearinghouse and resource for information and review of procedures with respect to the administration of Federal elections. 
Electionlinewww.electionline.org s a project of the Pew Center on the States and is the ONLY non-partisan, non-advocacy website providing up-to-the minute news and analysis on election information and reform.  Established by Pew after the 2000 Election, electionline has become the leading source for jounalists, policymakers, elections officials, educators, and concerned citizens to learn about, discuss, and debate election issues.
Federal Election Commissionwww.fec.gov The FEC monitors candidates for federal office for compliance with campaign spending laws, so this site includes data on campaign expenditures. The site also features a great deal of useful information on voter turnout (state, national, and international), past presidential and congressional election results, and voter registration requirements by state.
Gallup Pollhttp://poll.gallup.com/ A tremendous resource for researching issues; provides the viewer with polling information on a variety of topics from A-Z.
IFESwww.ifes.org : IFES originally stood for the International Foundation for Election Systems but now just uses the accronym IFES.  It is an international non-governmental organization that supports the building of democratic societies and is an excellent resource for comparing/contrasting elections around the world.
Information on Congress http://thomas.loc.gov The THOMAS site is a terrific resource for finding information about Congress.  THOMAS was launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public.  Resources for teachers are available.
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) www.idea.int/ is an intergovernmental organization that promotes sustainable democracy worldwide.
National Association of Counties http://www.naco.org/Excellent resource for information about counties including the history of county government, basic forms of county government, locating couties, and other data and demographic information.
National Association of Secretary of Stateshttp://www.nass.org/ Wonderful resource on election information in general and for all the states.
National Conference of State Legislatorswww.ncsl.org/ The web site of National Conference of State Legislatures provides excellent nationwide coverage of gubernatorial and state legislative races and ballot issues.
On the Issueswww.ontheissues.org/default.htm Excellent web page that provides a breakdown on every state & federal political leader and his/her view on most issues. Provided for all U.S. states.  Also highlights the candidates running for President in 2008 and their stand on most campaign issues.
Project Vote Smartwww.vote-smart.orgThis site supplies an impressive array of information on politics generally and in every state. The site lists the candidates for all gubernatorial, congressional, and state legislative races across the country, provides basic biographical information on the candidates, and gives the candidates' positions on issues (if the candidates have responded to Vote Smart's questionnaire). It also provides detailed information on state ballot measures, with links to election officials in each state so that the user can read the text of ballot propositions; supplies extraordinarily useful background information on the workings of federal and state governments; provides information on dozens of issues, with links to advocacy groups and various political and policy-oriented web sites (under "Issue Links"). The site also provides a district finder so that you can find out what congressional or state senate or house district you live in simply by typing in your nine-digit zip code.
Politics1www.politics1.comAn excellent, comprehensive source of political news, Politics1 is the ultimate guide to U.S. Politics & Elections. Excellent resource for campaign buttons.
Political Cartoonswww.politicalcartoons.comFor those who wish to view politics through the eyes of cartoonists, this is an excellent site to visit. 
The Polling Report http://www.pollingreport.com/ This site provides nonpartisan voter information on candidates at the federal and state levels.  It covers candidates backgrounds, issue positions, voting records, and campaign finances.  You'll also find voter registration information (how to, election dates, local election office phone numbers, etc.)
Rock the Votehttp://www.rockthevote.com/home.php Provides excellent information about why individuals (especially the 18-24 year age group) should register and vote.  Also great resource for educators as it provides comparative voter registration information on the states.
Stateline (www.stateline.org) Stateline offers another good source of state-by-state information on state government and state newspaper coverage.
US Election Atlas http://www.uselectionatlas.org/ The Atlas is a free internet resource that provides users with an opportunity to research all Presidential elections in U.S. History.  Data is collected from many official sources and presented in the "Atlas" in one convenient location.
2008 Election Resources: New Lessons from CELD – Teaching Controversial Issues in Election Season http://www.lawanddemocracy.org The Center for Education in Law and Democracy has developed 4 new lessons for teaching the 2008 Election that focus on important issues and several classroom discussion strategies

1.  Immigration in 2008:  Drafting a Position Statement (a focus on the Colorado Senate Race)
2.  A Presidential Debate on Immigration
3.  A Town Meeting on Health Care
4.  Talking about Race:  A Class Discussion