Stuff YOU Should Know: (Re)Introducing Election Central
As a Social Studies student, you are learning the importance of understanding how the roles and responsibilities of government and elected leaders affect our daily lives. You are also learning that your own role as educated citizens is important in the future of our nation as well.
Credit: McGraw-Hill Education
McGraw-Hill Education’s renewed Election Central Web site provides current information about the actions of the government and politicians, but written with YOU in mind.
The articles on Election Central offer relevant coverage of politics. Visit http://mheelectioncentral.azurewebsites.net to take a look around the site and familiarize yourself with the site and the different kinds of articles and features offered.
Talk Back to Us
The Classroom Connection area is where you can send the editorial staff your opinions on what the government is doing, how the news media is covering a story, or any other relevant materials related to civics, government, and politics.
You can learn more about Classroom Connection here and read some of the stories we have posted in the past. Work with your classmates and discuss with your teacher ways to devise government-related projects that can be displayed on Election Central’s Classroom Connection.
Then use this online form to send us your text. After we review it, it might appear on a future post within Election Central.
Using the Site
Like btw, you can search by Category, which are broad areas of content knowledge. Or you can narrow your investigation by searching by subject-matter tags. Besides the addition of news stories, Election Central will also provide some information on past elections.
And you can be sure that when the next big election arrives, Election Central will cover all of the twists and turns of the campaign season, with profiles of candidates, an examination of the important issues, and profiles of the candidates.
Special Features
Within Election Central are many ways of displaying information. The video below gives you some examples of the dynamic content layouts found within Election Central.