Election 2008 Project
•	You will be assigned an official candidate who is running for their party’s nomination for the 2008 Presidential election
•	This is an individual project not a group project 
•	You are to research your candidate 
•	You will be creating a poster for your candidate 
•	To be included on the poster: 
o	Section 1 (41 points) 
•	Candidate’s full name (2 points)  
•	Birthdate and place (2 points)  
•	Religious background  (2 points) 
•	Brief background of candidate’s childhood (approx 5 ORIGINAL sentences—how might his/her childhood shaped his/her life) (10 points) 
•	Schools attended and degrees received (5 points)  
•	Career highlights (approx 10 ORIGINAL sentences—what has prepared him/her for the job of President)  (20 points)   
o	Section 2 (24 points)  
•	Make up an ORIGINAL campaign slogan BASED ON THE CANDIDATES IDEAS (10 points) 
•	Large COLOR drawing, picture of the candidate (4 points) 
•	Party affiliation (1 point)
•	Three quotes from the candidate during the current campaign (9 points) 
o	Section 3 (24 points) 
•	List the candidate’s position on the following issues (Do not copy word for word--summarize)
•	War in Iraq/End to US involvement in Iraq
•	Taxes 
•	Stem Cell Research 
•	Abortion 
•	Environment 
•	Same sex marriage 
•	Health care 
•	Immigration 
o	Neatness and Creativity – (11 points) 
•	1 point deduction per spelling error 
•	Any work that is copied from another source will cause you to receive a zero for that section. 
Total: 100 points 
Late projects will not be accepted 
Due Date: 1/14/08 
In class research 1/9/08