50+ Election Season Resources for Learners & Researchers

| By Gale Staff |

During a presidential election season, there’s a staggering amount of online content covering candidates, polling data, debates, and more. Finding reliable, student-focused resources that fit your instructional needs can be a challenge.

Compiled here is a list of relevant content for educators and librarians seeking U.S. election resources available for learners at K-12 schools, academic institutions, and public libraries. Browse blogs, lesson plans, webinars, and more to find ideas for discussing the 2024 presidential election in your classroom. Plus, access product pages to share credible, comprehensive election information with learners.

Resources for Every Learner

• Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints:
  • Topic Pages:
    • Presidential Election of 2024
    • Abortion
    • Electoral College
    • Electronic Voting
    • Media Bias
    • Political Participation in the United States
    • Presidential Election Process
    • Supreme Court
    • US Foreign Relations
    • Voting Laws
  • Election-Focused Videos from AP News, The New York Times, and The Washington Post

• Gale In Context: Biography Entries:
  • Donald Trump
  • JD Vance
  • Kamala Harris
  • Tim Walz

• Gale.com Overview Page: Electoral College

• Blogs: 
  • “A History of U.S. Conventions”
  • “Explore the Lives of 2024 Presidential Nominees with Gale In Context: Biography”

• Webinars:
  • Prepare for Presidential Elections with Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints
  • Prepare for the Presidential Election with the Gale In Context Suite

K-12 School Resources

• Election-Focused Blogs:
  • “Enhancing Digital Media Literacy for the 2024 Election Season”
  • “Get Students Excited to Vote”
  • “Presidential Election News Coverage & Digital Literacy”
• Articles:
  • “4 Ways to Use the Election to Teach Durable Skills” from District Administration
• Gale In Context: Elementary Topic Pages:
  • US Presidential Election
  • Voting
• Gale In Context: Middle School Topic Pages:
  • Elections
  • Voting and the Electoral College
• Gale In Context: High School Topic Pages:
  • Fake News
  • Politics and the Media

• Lesson Plans:
  • The Great Debate (designed for use with Gale In Context: Middle School & Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints)
• Information Literacy Blogs & Articles:
  • “Gale vs. Google: See Who Wins in Your Classroom”
  • “Empowering Today’s Students with Critical Thinking Skills” from EdTech Digest
  • “Personalizing history for more impactful student learning” from eSchool News
• Webinars:
  • Teaching Historical Contextualization using Gale’s In Context Primary Sources
  • Media Literacy Week: Teach With Gale

Academic-Focused Content

• Election-Focused Articles on Gale Research Complete:
  • “How do elections work in the United States? A simple guide.”
  • “Election 2024: The Next U.S. President’s Nuclear Challenges”
  • “Elections in the United States.”
  • “How can you spot political deepfakes?”
  • “Election anxiety increases in the United States”
  • “Biden announced that he will not run for re-election as President of the United States”
• Topic Pages in Gale Literature Resource Center:
  • American Political Drama
  • Presidential Memoirs

• Blog: “Gale Academic OneFile: Find Unbiased Resources on U.S. Voting”
• Gale Review Blog: “From Yellow Journalism to Internet Echo Chambers – Exploring the History of ‘Fake News’”
• Webinar: American Presidential Campaigns: Insights from Gale Primary Sources
• LibGuide: The Voice of Democracy: Tracing the Right to Vote From Past to Present

Additional Content to Consider Historical Context

• Blogs:
  • “2020 Election – What You Need To Know”
  • “The US Presidency and the American Civil Liberties Union”
  • “False predictions, chaotic systems: Revisiting US elections”
  • “Power, Protest & Presidential Profanity: The ‘Race’ for Civil Rights”
  • “The American Civil Liberties Union – foundation, campaigns and contemporary relevance”
•  Snapshots from Archives Unbound: Law, Politics, and Radical Studies:
  • Electing the President: Proceedings of the Democratic National Conventions, 1832-1988
  • Electing the President: Proceedings of the Republican National Conventions, 1856-1988
  • Election of 1948
  • The Minority Voter, Election of 1936 and the Good Neighbor League
  • Presidential Election Polls, 1988: The Gallup/Conus Reports

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