Welcome to our current events page!
On this page, I will post links to
helpful websites for exploring current events – especially as they relate to
what we are discussing in class.
General Current Events Websites (from textbook websites):
Associated
Press News – linked on the website for the American
Pageant
Current Events from
McDougall-Littell (publisher of The Americans)
iCue Current Events and History portal (hosted by NBC
News) – contains video archives
Election of 2008 Important Information
Click on
Electoral College Map – from RealClearPolitics.com
Interactive
Electoral College Map from Forbes.com – You can select which states you
believe will go for Obama or McCain
Local
Election Information from News4Jax.com – includes local candidates (US
Congress, state, local) and information about the FL Constitutional amendments
FULL
descriptions of the FL Constitutional Amendments (from St. Johns County
Supervisor of Elections)
Duval County Supervisor
of Elections Office – find your precinct and a sample ballot for your
location
St. Johns County Supervisor of
Elections Office – find your sample ballot
Elections in History
The Living Room
Candidate – Television Ads for Presidential Candidates (1952-2008)
Easehistory.org
– Past election information with old campaign ads (all the way back to 1952)