process1campaigning

Campaigning on the Issues
1. Read about the candidates, and then as a group decide who is going to study each candidate in depth. Each reporter in your group will need to pick a presidential candidate to report on for your newspaper. Choose from the following:

(Make sure at least one person in your group is working on each candidate.)
 * [[image:http://questgarden.com/53/83/4/070724093330/images/Lincoln.jpg width="167" height="232"]] || [[image:http://questgarden.com/53/83/4/070724093330/images/john_breckin.jpg width="167" height="232"]] || [[image:http://questgarden.com/53/83/4/070724093330/images/john_bell.jpg width="167" height="232"]] || [[image:http://questgarden.com/53/83/4/070724093330/images/douglas.jpg width="167" height="232"]] ||
 * = [|Abraham Lincoln] ||= [|John Breckinridge] ||= [|John Bell] ||= Stephen Douglas ||

Resources:
 * Hypertext History: Our Online American History Textbook
 * **Election Overview**
 * United States Presidential Election, 1860.
 * [|The Election of 1860]
 * [|Biographies]
 * Getting the Message Out - The Candidates
 * Time-line of events leading up to the election.
 * [|Political Cartoons]

__**Party Platforms:**__
 * __ Democratic Party Platform (John C. Breckenridge and the Southern Democrats, Richmond Convention, June 1860). __
 * **The Constitutional Union Party Platform, 1860.**
 * **National Republican platform adopted by National Republican Convention, held in Chicago, May 17, 1860.**
 * Democratic Party Platform; June 18, 1860 __ [|(Stephen A. Douglas and the Northern Democrats, Baltimore Convention, June 18, 1860)] __

As you are reading, thinking about the following questions. There is a page on your group's newspaper website with a form to complete.
 * Who is the candidate? What political experience does he have?
 * Where is the candidate from? Where is his support strongest?
 * What is his political party?
 * Explain his views on state rights.
 * Explain his stance on slavery and slave extension.
 * Include any other important issues or information on your candidate to understand their perspective.

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 * Gazette || Tribune || Times || Globe ||
 * Daniel


 * DEADLINE: Monday, November 14th.**

2. Checks and Balances: In class on Monday you will get together with other reporters covering the same candidate and share your research. Record any information that is new to you but also check to see that everyone understands the candidate's stance on the issues.



3. Create a campaign advertisement for your candidate. This can be a webpage (poster), video or song. While creativity is encouraged, you must ensure that the advertisement promotes your candidate and his party's stance on the important issues of the 1860 election. We are going for both style and substance!

If you want to try a new program to create your poster, there are some interesting the links at this page.