Gives teachers a blueprint for engaging students in the election using social media tools and their "Access, Analyze, Act" model. Includes a great deal of resources with teaching suggestions, lesson plans and online interactive activites. Supporting sites that the lessons use include:

• Ask Your Lawmaker - students and other members of the public can pose questions to specific legislators and vote on other users’ questions. Capitol News Connection journalists will track down the lawmakers, pose the most popular and best questions, and post the answers on the Web site.
• Ballotvox - students can review user generated audio, video and commentary related to the elections on this site to find out what the public thinks about the issues and candidates.
• Budget Hero - an educational game that encourages players to think through the complexities and challenges of the federal budget and the major policy issues of the 2008 election. Can your students be Budget Heroes by staying true to their values while creating a sustainable government?
• Get My Vote - This site invites user-generated audio, video and/or text commentaries regarding personal political convictions and what it will take for candidates to earn users’ votes. Users can rate, review and discuss other people’s submissions. National Public Radio and its public broadcasting partners will use selected commentaries on air. (Individual video and audio clips on this site have public embed codes.)
• Idea Generators - gives students a method for collectively identifying critical issues and sharing possible ways of addressing them. They provide extensive background information on the issues in addition to soliciting public opinions.
• Interactive Map - With this map students can track primary and caucus results, read analysis from the NewsHour and National Public Radio, and get information on upcoming contests. With the You Predict game, students can make predictions about which candidate will win the most electoral votes in particular states and the general election.
• Let's Get Political Quiz - This quiz is designed to help students learn about the various components that make up our political personalities and to learn about their own styles of civic engagement. Students can print their results to share with their peers, teachers and parents.
• Select a Candidate - This survey tool shows which candidates are most aligned with a student's views and opinions regarding critical campaign issues.
• Vote by Issue Quiz - This quiz allows students to find out how their views line up with those of the candidates. The quiz is based on direct quotes from the candidates themselves.
• You Decide - This online devil's advocate activity fosters critical thinking about issues of national debate. The tool is designed to expose users' to several sides of critical campaign issues. After considering various perspectives, students cast a vote.