TEACHER BLOG
the candidates: the issues
The words they used:chart
http://www.ijreview.com/2012/09/14974-michelle-obamas-and-ann-romneys-speeches-in-pictures/
Michelle Obama's speech + video:
http://www.npr.org/2012/09/04/160578836/transcript-michelle-obamas-convention-speech
Ann Romney's speech
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/08/ann-romney-speech-mitt-romney-s-wife-makes-splash-with-rnc-speech-79319.html
About their husbands:
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/i-love-my-husband-so-vote-for-him-the-sequel/
Comparison between the description of their husbands:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/05/1128023/-Michelle-Obama-gives-the-best-convention-speech-ever-Seriously
With humour:
http://www.howcast.com/videos/17503-How-to-Become-President
The US elections in plain English: the transcript
http://www.commoncraft.com:80/video/electing-us-president
other usefullinks:
Understanding the elections+ voca:
http://www.pocanticohills.org/election/election.htm
Understanding the issues:
http://www.timeforkids.com/news/understanding-issues/44461
meet Barack Obama, meet Mitt Romney etc...
Quiz:
http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/uselections/quiz.htm
Barack Obama's biography:
http://www.biography.com/people/barack-obama-12782369
Ann Nixon Cooper, aged 106, was born when women and black people were not allowed to cast a vote.
She spoke to the BBC's Clive Myrie about the enormous changes she has witnessed during her lifetime.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7712227.stm
