Online Resource
 PBS LearningMedia Election Resources
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
The PBS LearningMedia Election 2012 Collection is an aggregation of curated and contextualized election-related resources for K-12 classrooms with a primary focus on middle and high school. 
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Interactive
 Documenting Key Presidential Decisions
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
In this interactive from the National Archives, students will analyze key decisions made by former presidents, define vocabulary terms, and match the presidents to their respective libraries.
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Interactive
 Step Insider the Voting Booth
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8
Introduce students to the history of suffrage in America. Step into the "Voting Time Machine," then fast forward to when your students will vote and discuss today's issues.
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Interactive
 Physics of Stone Arches
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Learn more about the forces at work as you attempt to build a cathedral arch without it collapsing
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Interactive
Pitch Perfect
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Learn what pitch is, then listen in as auto-tune corrects the bad pitch of some NOVA staffers.
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Video
Virtual Economies
Grade Range: 9-12
Teaching economics? Check out PBS Idea Channel's video on how video game currencies create new, virtual economies.
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Online Resource
PBS Election 2012 Coverage
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Find videos, interactive maps, and articles from PBS programs including PBS NewsHour, FRONTLINE, Charlie Rose, and Washington Week.
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Interactive
 How Does the Election Affect Me?
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8
Use a virtual town tour to demonstrate how federal, state, and local government decisions directly impact your students' community. Provide a basic understanding of the branches of government and the balance of power.
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Interactive
Circle Plot Diagram
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8
Introducing the concept of text structure to elementary students is made easy and fun through the use of the Circle Plot Diagram. The tool can be used as a pre-writing graphic organizer for students writing original stories with a circular plot structure.
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Interactive Whiteboard Activity
 Freddy's Carnival Count-Off
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5
Go head-to-head with Freddy. Whoever answers the most questions in a fixed amount of time wins. Students learn more about estimation and counting by ones, fives, and tens.
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