Mr. Grucela- Presidential Elections

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

Brief collection of facts about each president. Good place to start.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/elections/

Brief overview of each election by the New York Times.

http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/academic/americanpresident/

A comprehensive site from the University of Virginia. Scroll down to find president.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/index.html

Select a president from pull down menu/

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/elections.php

Click on the election tab on the top right, the election year, then use links in index on left-- especially party platforms

http://www.elections.harpweek.com/

Provides an overview, cartoons, biographies and events for 1860 -1912 elections

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/elections/maps/index.html

Maps of popular votes for presidential elections (1860-1996)

2008 Election ONLY sites

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/p/presidential_election_of_2008/

great site

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/?nid=roll_08campaign

features extensive information on all candidates

http://www.cqpolitics.com/president_2008//index.html

latest news on each candidate

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.asp?cycle=2008

fund raising stats and more

Remember to use other online resources, including…

Encyclopedia Britannica: http://school.eb.com/ (login: acton password: research)

and Biography Resource Center: http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC;jsessionid=2E5CD999843BFF0713BCDC542DF50580?locID=act

Mr. Grucela

U. S. President-Roles and Responsibilities

http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/

Click on links on the left. Once you click on a link, you will see news releases and speeches

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/

The Constitution with amended areas linked to actual Amendments

Go to Article II [The Presidency] and click on see annotations after each section