view a plan 2, 3, 4, 5 Campaign ’96 Social Studies Various
Activities : Grade Levels: Second through Fifth Length: One or
two class sessions. Description: For a change, allow students to
choose from the following variety of activities. Assessment will
vary, but will essentially consist of judging the quality of the
works students produce. Materials: numerous magazines and
newspapers, graph paper, and pens or pencils. Have students work
together to tally the number of times they see a picture of each
presidential candidate in newspapers and magazines. After the
results are in, have them create graphs showing who was featured
most in the print media. Materials: Imagination and any
materials students could make a puppet out of (popsicle sticks,
yarn, paper bags w/ pictures of candidates, cloth, etc.). Make
puppets of the different candidates. Students would need to
watch the candidates and draw a sketch of what they see prior to
constructing the puppet. Materials: television to view
candidates’ speeches, paper,