From the Google Teacher Newsletter:

All around Google (and all around the world), there is buzz which is quickly turning into a roar about this November’s election. Google has teamed up with the National Student/Parent Mock Election to get students of all ages as excited as we are about the November U.S. elections by bringing into the classroom some of the same tools and technologies that have changed politics in this country so dramatically. To get a sense of just how dramatically the Internet has changed politics, consider this: YouTube didn’t exist during the last Presidential election, and yet today it’s a central part of the political dialogue. To check out some of our tools and technologies, please visit:  http://www.google.com/educators/elections_tools.html

Elections Tools for Teachers makes it easy to bring some of the best Internet tools into the classroom to get your students engaged. You’ll find descriptions and suggested learning activities for tools like YouTube, Google Maps, Elections Video Search and Power Readers. Check it out and send us your feedback:  https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pTM7o25sgF7ywCqyk_gZzXA