This His-Story Artifact box includes artifacts portraying several perspectives of the 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama.
1) Description: Two candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are selected as their political party's candidate for president.
Activity: Research each candidate, then use a Venn diagram to display what the presidential candidates have in common and how they differ.
2) Description: Open the link to the timeline of Obama's candidacy.
Obama's Candidacy: A Timeline
Activity: Read through the timeline and answer the following questions:
1) How much time passed between Obama considering the possibility of running for president to claiming the Democratic nomination?
2)What do you think it means to give someone your endorsement?
3) How many different people endorsed Obama as a presidential candidate?
4)Do you think it is important for political candidates to gather endorsements? Why or why not?
3) Description: McCain and Obama go head to head in their first debate.
Activity: Students will watch the video and identify three topics/issues that the candidates see differently on. What were each candidate's perspective on the issues? If you had to vote for one candidate after watching this one debate, who would vote for? Why?
4) Description: Anti-Obama signs at a McCain Rally
Activity: Ask students what they know about Osama bin Laden. Ask students if they see the similarities between the signs and Osama bin Laden's name.
Also, discuss the play on words with words "bin" and "been".
5) Description: Barack Obama's Religious Traditions
Why do so many people think Obama is a Muslim?
Activity: Have students read and summarize the article then discuss in small groups, then as a class.
6) Description: Video of McCain town hall meeting
Activity: Reflection/discussion questions: Why do you think some people were afraid of having Barack Obama as their President? Why do you think the woman said Obama was an Arab? What does that mean? What was John McCain's response?
McCain's words didn't go unnoticed. What was Obama's response to John McCain's words?
What does it mean to "disagree without being disagreeable"?
7) Description: U.S. Senator Barack Obama gives his victory speech after beating John Edwards and Hillary Clinton in the Iowa Caucus.
9) Description: How the Obama “Hope” Poster Reached a Tipping Point and Became a Cultural Phenomenon: An Interview
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-arnon/how-the-obama-hope-poster_b_133874.html
Activity: Complete a KWL chart on the Huffington Post article about the Hope poster.
10) Description: Anti-Obama posters at a protest.
Activity: What do you think about this picture? How does it make you feel? Write two to three paragraphs describing your thoughts and feelings.
11) Description: A collection of Presidential campaign buttons that were for sale by street vendors leading up to election day.
Activity: Journal entry: Who do you think Michelle and Barack voted for? Their daughter Sasha is standing next to them. What do you think she is thinking about in this picture?
13) Description: People standing in line to vote in Washington D.C.
Activity: What do you notice about the people waiting in line to vote? How long would you have waited? Why?
14) Description: The Obama family make their way to the stage after finding out that Barack won the Presidency.
Activity: Imagine you are Sasha or Malia. What would you be thinking about in this moment if you were in their place?
15) Description: the day after the election, Barack Obama thanks his supporters by sending out a tweet.
Activity: In what ways did Barack Obama make history?
1) Description: Two candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are selected as their political party's candidate for president.
Activity: Research each candidate, then use a Venn diagram to display what the presidential candidates have in common and how they differ.
2) Description: Open the link to the timeline of Obama's candidacy.
Obama's Candidacy: A Timeline
Activity: Read through the timeline and answer the following questions:
1) How much time passed between Obama considering the possibility of running for president to claiming the Democratic nomination?
2)What do you think it means to give someone your endorsement?
3) How many different people endorsed Obama as a presidential candidate?
4)Do you think it is important for political candidates to gather endorsements? Why or why not?
3) Description: McCain and Obama go head to head in their first debate.
Activity: Students will watch the video and identify three topics/issues that the candidates see differently on. What were each candidate's perspective on the issues? If you had to vote for one candidate after watching this one debate, who would vote for? Why?
4) Description: Anti-Obama signs at a McCain Rally
Activity: Ask students what they know about Osama bin Laden. Ask students if they see the similarities between the signs and Osama bin Laden's name.
Also, discuss the play on words with words "bin" and "been".
5) Description: Barack Obama's Religious Traditions
Why do so many people think Obama is a Muslim?
Activity: Have students read and summarize the article then discuss in small groups, then as a class.
6) Description: Video of McCain town hall meeting
McCain's words didn't go unnoticed. What was Obama's response to John McCain's words?
What does it mean to "disagree without being disagreeable"?
7) Description: U.S. Senator Barack Obama gives his victory speech after beating John Edwards and Hillary Clinton in the Iowa Caucus.
Activity: What was the tone of Obama's speech? What words from the speech would you cite as evidence to support your opinion?
8) Description: Iconic Obama "Hope" Poster
Activity: What do you think about this picture? How does it make you feel? Write two to three paragraphs describing your thoughts and feelings.9) Description: How the Obama “Hope” Poster Reached a Tipping Point and Became a Cultural Phenomenon: An Interview
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-arnon/how-the-obama-hope-poster_b_133874.html
Activity: Complete a KWL chart on the Huffington Post article about the Hope poster.
10) Description: Anti-Obama posters at a protest.
Activity: What do you think about this picture? How does it make you feel? Write two to three paragraphs describing your thoughts and feelings.
11) Description: A collection of Presidential campaign buttons that were for sale by street vendors leading up to election day.
Activity: Discussion/Reflection questions:
What do you see? What messages are being sent with these buttons?
12) Description: Barack and Michelle Obama cast their votes for the Presidential election on November 4th, 2008.
13) Description: People standing in line to vote in Washington D.C.
Activity: What do you notice about the people waiting in line to vote? How long would you have waited? Why?
14) Description: The Obama family make their way to the stage after finding out that Barack won the Presidency.
Activity: Imagine you are Sasha or Malia. What would you be thinking about in this moment if you were in their place?
15) Description: the day after the election, Barack Obama thanks his supporters by sending out a tweet.
Activity: In what ways did Barack Obama make history?
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