| Verbal |
- Examine the role of propoganda in political advertising
- Develop information literacy skills for considering messages delivered across varied media
- Report weekly data to the project web site
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| Logical |
- Analyze trends in polling data locally and/or across your home state
- Utilize critical thinking skills to challenge claims made by candidates
- Employ higher level questioning techniques in classroom debates
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| Visual |
- Analyze political cartoons for editorial content
- Graph data in chart and table formats
- Color code collected data to correspond with candidates or parties
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| Kinesthetic |
- Create pins, buttons, posters, banners and other kinds of campaign paraphanlia
- Conduct polls and surveys in public areas of your school or community
- Hold a Cyberconvention campaign rally in your classroom
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| Musical |
- Find patterns in election data
- Identify trends in news stories across your home state
- Project winners based on patterns and trends
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| Intrapersonal |
- Allow students to support candidates of their choosing
- Research issues which are meaningful and significant to students
- Write persuasive letters on pertinent issues to local, statewide and/or Web-based media
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| Interpersonal |
- Work cooperatively in studying political issues and races
- Interact with local elected officials and members of the media
- Participate in the National Cyberconvention online the Week of October 26th
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| Naturalist |
- Sort collected data based on agreed upon criteria
- Categorize candidates based on their stands on issues
- Describe the organization of political parties, political conventions and the electoral college
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| Existential |
- Study the history and traditions of major political parties
- Examine campiagn issues from multiple points of view
- Explore the needs and expectations for your community and state over the next four years
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