NPR's page on Election 2008 includes various stories on the political candidates, the election and an interactive map of primaries and caucuses as well as follow-up reports.

These Election Lessons contain a variety of activities to use in your classroom, including a history of campaign buttons. Many of the links use primary sources from the Library of Congress.

A great center for information on the election of 2008, this includes information on the candidates, the path to the presidency, money raised and spent by candidates and the important issues at stake.

Features a collection of over fifty lesson plans relating to different aspects of the election process arranged according to currentness.

Great interactive map that shows primary and caucus results for the 2008 Presidential election plus House, Senate, and Governor elections. Click on a state for up to date news stories.

Vote 2008 is the official election web page for PBS Online News Hour. Find analysis of candidates and their latest moves as they journey down the presidential campaign trail. There is also a link to the Election 2008 Vote by Issue Quiz.

Archived Material. Who are the 2008 presidential candidates and what are their views on today's most important issues? This site offers a comprehensive overview of the question "Which candidate would make the best President?" The topic...

PBS Online NewsHour provides current election news on the 2008 presidential race with biographical information on Democratic candidate Barack Obama, Republican candidate John McCain, and Third Party candidates Bob Barr and Ralph Nadar....

Online resource that provides detailed data for the presidential election of 2008 won by Democratic candidate, Barack Obama.

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

PBS Online NewsHour provides lesson plans to help students become informed about the 2008 presidential election.

"Election Choices" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about the 2008 Presidental election between Barack Obama and John McCain. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the...

This article discusses the claims by the Orange Democratic Movement that the Kenya general election was rigged in favor of President Mwai Kibaki and lists several reasons for the suspicions. (8 January 2008)

This site looks at the success of the elections in Angola. Find out more about the methods used and the success of the procedures used in the elections. Sept. 2008.

C-SPAN provides profiles of the presidential candidates and their running mates. Also given are the candidates' position on various campaign issues. Content updates with each Presidential election.

NPR takes a look at the 2008 Republican presidential candidates Sen. John McCain and Rep. Ron Paul.

Read about the hi-tech solution that Angola has put in place in order to have the first election in 16 years. (Sept. 2008)

Online exhibition of presidential campaign ads, 1952-2008, organized by election year, theme, and political issue. Audio/video presentations of ads can be viewed alongside written transcripts, making Living Room Candidate particularly...

BBC News provides us with a video of 2008 Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's TV interview with Charles Gibson on ABC News. Also includes links to news stories related to election 2008. [9:27]

A lesson plan to accompany two interactive activities. In the first activity, learners must convert a political ad for Barack Obama into one that promotes John McCain. The second activity has them create their own campaign ad. The ads...

Features a comprehensive summary of American history from the 1990s to the beginning of the 21st century. Focuses on presidential elections, domestic policy, economics, foreign relations, and terrorism.

CNN's coverage on Joe Biden provides basic facts, video highlights, transcripts and speeches.

The author argues in this article that 2007 will be a critical year in Pakistan when it comes to the development of democracy. There is a conflict between the Islamist political groups and the military under President Musharraf. Requires...

After overthrowing the elected government of Mauritania in 2008, the coup leader has been officially elected as President in a new 2009 election. Controversy and questionable honesty of the vote results exist. This article also provides...