Teachable Moment! Presidential Debate Tonight 10/22

 October 22, 2012
Topic: Foreign policy
Air Time: 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Location: Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida (Tickets)
Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates
Participants: President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney
Moderator: Bob Schieffer (Host of Face the Nation on CBS)
The format for the debate will be identical to the first presidential debate and will focus on foreign policy.

Please teachers, parents, and grown-ups always have some class and try to be non-partison as you discuss the election. Kids don't need their trusted grown-ups dissing family beliefs in class. We can be more professional than the media any day.

1. PBS NewsHour Extra PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES - LESSON ACTIVITY 
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/socialstudies/debates_short.html 

2. LESSON PLAN: THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
http://www.quickmind.net/DebatesLesson.pdf 

3. PBS: Debating Our Destiny

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/debatingourdestiny/teacher_guide.html

 4. 2012 Presidential Election Resources

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/elections/teaching-methods/56372.html 

I thought they always had them already.

Nixon/Kennedy; the first televised debate.

 5. Do the presidential debates need fact-checkers?

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505144_162-57519176/do-the-presidential-debates-need-fact-checkers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsGamecore+%28GameCore%3A+CBSnews.com%29 

Reagan/Mondale, 1984

6. The Path to the Presidency: Presidential Debates

http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2012/09/the-path-to-the-presidency-presidential-debates/ 

7. Presidential Debate Schedule 

http://usgovteducatorsblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/presidential-debate-schedule.html 

 8. 2012 Election Central News, videos, debates and polls

 http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012-debate-schedule/2012-presidential-debate-schedule/

 October 22, 2012
Topic: Foreign policy
Air Time: 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Location: Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida (Tickets)
Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates
Participants: President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney
Moderator: Bob Schieffer (Host of Face the Nation on CBS)
The format for the debate will be identical to the first presidential debate and will focus on foreign policy.