Media Construction of Presidential Campaigns

A Document-Based History Kit, 2nd Edition

All materials are classroom-ready, including: teacher guides, student handouts, overviews, assessments, resource lists, and more than 140 historic media documents.

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To download slideshows, or video or audio materials, go to each unit below.

Units

• 1800: The Birth of Campaigns

• 1828-1840: The Campaign as Spectacle

• 1860-1872: Slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction

• 1896-1908: The Modern Campaign

• 1932-1944: The Personal Presidency

• 1952-1964: The Advent of Television

• 1968-1972: A Nation in Crisis

• 1984-1992: Mass Marketing the Image

• 2000-2004: Targeting the Spin

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