Truman Library Teachers Conference
“Presidential Elections: Washington to Obama”
July 18-22, 2016
General Websites:
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The American Presidency Project: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/elections.php
National Archives:
https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/vote.html
Presidential Elections, 1789 to 1920: Resource Guides: (These webpages provide a list of many different sources
to be used in research.)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/elections/
Presidential Speech Archive:
http://millercenter.org/president/speeches
The Living Room Candidate: (commercials regarding the elections of 1952-2012)
http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: (requires a teacher sign up)
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/collections/reference-guides
Electoral Votes for President and Vice President 1789-1821- http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoralcollege/votes/1789_1821.html
U.S Voting and Election resources- https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoralcollege/print_friendly.html?page=links_content.html&title=U.%20S.%20Electoral%20College%3A%20U.S.%20Vo
ting%20%26%20Election%20Resources
Presidential Campaign Posters- https://www.loc.gov/publish/general/presidential-posters-gallery/index.html
Public Papers of the Presidents (George H.W. Bush-Barrack Obama)https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=PPP&browsePath=president58&isCollapsed=true&leafLevelBrowse=false&ycord=0
Historical Presidential Elections- http://www.270towin.com/historical-presidential-elections/
Clifford K. Berryman’s political cartoons- http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/running-for-office/
Campaign trail mix: A brief history of presidential theme songs- http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/thedaily-need/campaign-trail-mix-a-brief-history-of-presidential-theme-songs/13257/
The Presidential Elections: 1860-1912- http://elections.harpweek.com/introduction.htm
A Look Back At The 3 Times Kansas City Hosted National Political Conventions- http://kcur.org/post/look-back-3times-kansas-city-hosted-national-political-conventions#stream/0
Teaching Strategies:
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National History Education Clearinghouse- http://teachinghistory.org/
Teacher Materials and Strategies- http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/teachers/
History Assessments of Thinking Projects- http://sheg.stanford.edu/?q=node/47
Reading Like a Historian- http://sheg.stanford.edu/rlh
Beyond the Bubble Assessments- https://beyondthebubble.stanford.edu/our-approach
Using Primary Sources- http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/
Teaching With Documents: Lesson Plans- https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/
DocsTeach Homepage- http://docsteach.org/
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Election of 1789:
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Mount Vernon Primary Sources- www.mountvernon.org/education/primary-sources-2/
Mount Vernon Lesson Plans- www.mountvernon.org/education/lesson-plans-materials/
Presidential Election of 1789: A Resource Guidehttp://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/elections/election1789.html
Electoral College Results- http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:us.potus.1789
Election of 1792:
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Mount Vernon Primary Sources- www.mountvernon.org/education/primary-sources-2/
Mount Vernon Lesson Plans- www.mountvernon.org/education/lesson-plans-materials/
Presidential Election of 1792: A Resource Guidehttp://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/elections/election1792.html
George Washington’s Farwell Address- http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/documents/washingtons-farewell-address/
Election of 1796:
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Presidential Election of 1796: A Resource Guidehttp://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/elections/election1796.html
Documents Relating to the 1796 Campaign for Electors in Virginiahttp://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-29-02-0153-0001
John Adams: Campaigns and Elections- http://millercenter.org/president/biography/adams-campaigns-andelections
Election of 1800:
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Presidential Election of 1800: A Resource Guidehttps://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/elections/election1800.html
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: Featured Primary Sourceshttp://www.gilderlehrman.org/collections/featured-primary-sources (requires teacher signup)
James Madison’s role in the election- http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-17-02-0265
Presidential election laws (12th Amendment)- http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoralcollege/provisions.html
Questions on the Electoral College- http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/faq.html
Election of 1824:
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Presidential Election of 1824: A Resource Guidehttps://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/elections/election1824.html
Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan: Tally of the 1824 Electoral College Votehttps://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/electoral-tally/activities.html
Andrew Jackson Papers Collection- https://www.loc.gov/collections/andrew-jackson-papers/about-thiscollection/
John Quincy Adams biography- https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/johnquincyadams
The Electoral College: Then and Now- https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2012/10/09/the-electoral-collegethen-and-now/
Election of 1860:
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Presidential Election of 1860: A Resource Guidehttps://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/elections/election1860.html
The Election of 1860- http://www.wvculture.org/history/statehood/statehood02.html
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Election of 1860 Political Cartoons- http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/research/americanhistory/ap_civilwarlincoln.php
Activity Interpreting Data: Election of 1860- http://docsteach.org/activities/14674/print
Abraham Lincoln biography- http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/history/presidents/al16.html
Abraham Lincoln: A Resource Guide- https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/lincoln/external.html
Lincoln-Douglas Debates- https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t4vh5p93g;view=1up;seq=1
Election of 1876:
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Presidential Election of 1876: A Resource Guidehttps://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/elections/election1876.html
HarpWeek’s Political Cartoons from 1876 election- http://elections.harpweek.com/1876/cartoons-1876list.asp?Year=1876
Rutherford B. Hayes: A Resource Guide- https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/hayes/external.html
Election of 1920:
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Presidential Election of 1920: A Resource Guidehttps://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/elections/election1920.html
Warren G. Harding biography- http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/history/presidents/wh29.html
Herbert Clark Hoover biography- http://hoover.archives.gov/education/hooverbio.html
From War to Normalcy: The Presidential Election of 1920- https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/nfexpe.html
Election of 1928:
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Herbert Hoover: A Resource Guide- https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/hoover/memory.html
Herbert Hoover: Campaigns and Elections- http://millercenter.org/president/biography/hoover-campaigns-andelections
Graphic representation of election results- http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1928
Election of 1932:
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“Hoovervilles”: Photograph Collage
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/depwwii/d
epress/hoovers.html
The Ordeal of Herbert Hoover- http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2004/summer//hoover-1.html
1932 Presidential Campaign- https://fdr.blogs.archives.gov/2012/10/12/found-in-the-archives-43/
FDR’s Many Elections:
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1940 Wendell Willkie Campaign Buttons- https://fdr.blogs.archives.gov/2012/10/24/from-the-museum-43/
Roosevelt Campaign Posters- https://fdr.blogs.archives.gov/2012/10/09/from-the-museum-41/
Defending Fala – A Lesson in Effective Campaigning- https://fdr.blogs.archives.gov/2015/09/23/defending-falaa-lesson-in-effective-campaigning/
This Week in Roosevelt History- https://fdr.blogs.archives.gov/category/this-week-in-roosevelt-history/
Fireside Chats- http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/fireside.php
The Most Important Presidential Election in History- https://fdr.blogs.archives.gov/2015/11/02/the-mostimportant-presidential-election-in-history/
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Election of 1948:
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The 1948 Election Campaignhttp://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/1948campaign/large/docs/
Truman’s Farwell Address- http://millercenter.org/president/truman/speeches/speech-3355
Harry S. Truman’s illness- http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2012/fall/truman-ill.html
Student Activity: Presidential Campaign of 1948- http://www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/campaign.htm
Election of 1960:
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The Living Room Candidate Commercials- http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1960
Campaign of 1960- http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Campaign-of-1960.aspx
Closeness of 1960 Presidential Election- http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/ReadyReference/JFK-Fast-Facts/Closeness-of-1960-Election.aspx
The Election of John F. Kennedy Video- http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/USG-01-W.aspx
Presidential Election Documents- http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/1960_election.php
Election of 1976:
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The Living Room Candidate Commercials- http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1976
Gerald Ford Campaigns and Election Speeches- http://millercenter.org/president/biography/ford-campaignsand-elections
Election Campaign Curriculum Guides- http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/education/pt/Unit4.pdf
Campaign Fact Book- https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/factbook/factbook.asp
Election of 1980:
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The Living Room Candidate Commercials- http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1980
Public Papers of Ronald W. Reagan- https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/speeches/1984/84jan.htm
Ronald Reagan/Jimmy Carter Presidential Debatehttps://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/reference/10.28.80debate.html
Speeches and Propaganda- http://www.4president.org/ocmi1980.htm#history
Election of 1984:
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The Living Room Candidate Commercials- http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1984
Campaign Photo Timeline- https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/photographs/campaign1984.html
Graphic representation of election results- http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1984
Election of 1992:
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The Living Room Candidate Commercials- http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1992
Graphic representation of election results- http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1992
1992 Presidential Election focus on debt (video)http://vm136.lib.berkeley.edu/BANC/ROHO/projects/debt/1992presidentialelection.html
Speeches and Propaganda- http://www.4president.org/ocmi1992.htm#history
Election of 1996:
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The Living Room Candidate Commercials- http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1996
Graphic representation of election results- http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1996
Speeches and Propaganda- http://www.4president.org/ocmi1996.htm#history
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Election of 2008:
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The Living Room Candidate Commercials- http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/2008
Presidential Election Statistics- http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2008/index.html
Graphic representation of election results- http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=2008
Presidential Election Documents- http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/2008_election.php
Speeches and Propaganda- http://www.4president.org/ocmi2008.htm#history
Election of 2012:
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The Living Room Candidate Commercials- http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/2012
Presidential Election Statistics- http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2012/index.html
Graphic representation of election results- http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=2012
Presidential Election Documents- http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/2012_election.php
Speeches and Propaganda- http://www.4president.org/ocmi2012.htm#history
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