NBC News and the Presidential Campaign

Source: Classroom News, March 2008
NBC News is making its top political reporters and experts
available to answer questions about the 2008 presidential
election from the nation’s students and teachers. “Ask
NBC News” is an exclusive feature of NBC News Archives
on Demand, a compilation of thousands of primarysource
video resources created specifically for classroom
instruction. The Archives on Demand are available on
HotChalk, a free web-based learning management system
for K-12 teachers and their students. Students and
teachers can submit questions about the presidential campaign
via eMail to asknbcnews@nbcuni.com.

In addition to Ask NBC News, the NBC
News Archives on Demand features a “Decision ’08” curricular
resource offering up-to-the-minute presidential
election news. Features include full profiles on the candidates,
information about their positions on major issues,
video clips of speeches and debates, campaign trail news,
historical footage from past presidential campaigns, and
political analysis from the award-winning NBC News
team. The video-on-demand user interface allows teachers
to customize their lesson plans with relevant content
to bring the election process and political issues to life in
their classrooms, NBC News said.

Go to: http://www.hotchalk.com