eLections: Politics for Your Students

Cable in the Classroom offers the free interactive game eLections: Your Adventure in Politics to help students (or anyone who wants to have a great time playing it) understand what's happening in our elections. In the game, players can run their own presidential campaigns, become the actual candidates for election, create a platform, get involved in fund-raising, learn about poll numbers, react to news events and negative advertisements.... The game includes 30 video clips from the cable networks-CNN, C-SPAN, and History^TM . The clips are designed to help students understand political history and media context. Everyone will appreciate George Washington as the game host, Vote Notes that highlight major election themes, and options for school-based competitions for number of games played. Why not try the game yourself first and see how it will fit into your lessons? Send any questions about eLections to Cable in the Classroom.