Per 5, 1st Project!

Goal: To better understand the 2012 candidates for president. We will be working on creating a major presentation for the display case outside of the WMS Library.  Ultimately, you will be creating final pieces to hang up for entire school to learn about the candidates.

Timeframe: 2-3 classes

Today's class we are just going to do some background research on the candidates.  Since we are going to eventually publish this and post this up in the school we will need to make sure we cite, give credit, to where we find the information we use. You need to make sure you put everything into your own words!! Don't simply copy and paste. Today is all about reading the background articles and getting informed about your candidate.

Bio information on the candidates: Age, education, background on childhood, previous jobs, family life, highlights of his life, some personal stories that helped shape their lives

Group 1: Create a bio sheet on Barack Obama

1.  http://www.biography.com/people/barack-obama-12782369 
2.  http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-obama
3. http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/9490

Group 2: Create a bio sheet on Mitt Romney

1. http://www.biography.com/people/mitt-romney-241055
2. http://www.mittromney.com/learn/mitt
3. http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/21942/mitt-romney

Group 3: Create a bio sheet on Paul Ryan

1. http://www.biography.com/people/paul-ryan-20828085
2. http://paulryan.house.gov/biography/
3. http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/26344/paul-ryan

Group 4 Create a bio sheet on Joe Biden

1. http://www.biography.com/people/joe-biden-39995
2. http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice-president-biden
3. http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/53279

Group 5 Jill Stein - Green Party

1. http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/35775/jill-stein
2. http://www.jillstein.org/bio
3. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/13/us/politics/jill-stein-green-party-candidate-and-the-chances-of-making-a-difference.html?pagewanted=all

Group 6 Gary Johnson - Libertarian Party

1. http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/22377/gary-johnson
2. http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/about
3. http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12532-the-“other”-candidates-for-president

Group 7 Virgil Goode - Constitution Party

1. http://www.goodeforpresident2012.com/biography.html
2. http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/527
3. http://2012election.procon.org/view.source.election.php?sourceID=11612 

ALL groups: Copy the links of the pictures you want to represent your candidate into this document. 2 students will be going up to the library to print on the color printer.