Here are some useful links for teaching elections, political parties, the Electoral College, and government.

• http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0770843.html
  Government Primer, Presidents, Elections, Congress, Supreme Court, Laws and rights
• http://memory.loc.gov/const/bor.html
  Primary Documents in American History: Declaraion of Independence, U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Federalist Papers, documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention of 1774-1789, guide to American Historical documents online, Charters of Freedom from the U.S. Nationa Archives and Records Administration.
• http://mrnussbaum.com/constitution.htm
  Describes each part of the constitution which currently includes: a preamble, 7 articles, and 27 amendments
• http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/constitution/amends.htm
  The Bill of Rights - amendmentts
• http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/citizenship/rights.html
  Ben's guide to the U.S. Government: the rights of citizens - the Bill of Rights
• http://www.kidsvotingusa.org/
  Kids Voting USA® (KVUSA) gets students involved and ready to be educated, engaged citizens.  Students learn about democracy through a combination of classroom activities, an authentic voting experience and family dialogue.
  
• http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/
  Many links including information on the electoral college
• pbskids.org/democracy
  The Democracy Project: step inside the voting booth, president for a day, hit the trail
• http://michiganepic.org/coredemocratic/indexb.html
  create your own notebook on core Democratic values
• http://www.constitutiontranslatedforkids.com/
  Congress for kids: checks and balances. Includes a tour of the Federal Government: independence, constitution, the 3 branches of government, and elections.
• http://campaign.com/
  Voting---what's it all about? A lesson plan for grades 3-5
• http://www.marcopolo-education.org/highlights.aspx?feature=Election
  Thinkfinity: free educational resources for everyone
• http://www.lesley.edu/growingvoters/
  Growing voters: Free downloadable classroom activities, websites, rubrics and more. A Real Civics curriculum initiative from Lesley University faculty member Jo-Anne Hart