Social Studies

It is going to be an interesting time for the students in the American Government class for this is an election year. There are many candidates in this election; presidential, gubernatorial, and other state and local elections. Some of the state candidates came on Friday, March 3 for a Prairie Youth Forum. You can click here for pictures and more on this topic. Here is a list of candidates with links to their websites.


President of the United States	George W. Bush	Albert Gore
U.S. House of Representatives	John Dorso	Earl Pomeroy
U.S. Senate	Al Carlson & Duane Sand	Kent Conrad
Governor	John Hoven	Heidi Hiekamp
State House (District 10)	Wayne Tieman
State Senate (District 10)
Superintendent of Public Schools	Ray Holmberg	Dr. Wayne Stanstead
Insurance Commissioner	Wayne Stenehjem	Glenn Pomeroy

As for the other subjects such as U.S. History, World History and the rest, here are some websites that are really good.

The Historynet: This is a really good site to find just about anything on historical subjects.

The American Experience: This PBS show is very good and is worth watching.

The History Channel: This cable channel is also very good and has very good links.

I will add more to this as the year goes by.

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