Think you know all about voting rights? Play an interactive game to find out. Challenge your friends!
Play Seize the Vote
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Interactive Constitution
The Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787. That was a long time ago. Do you ever wonder if it's still relevant to today?
Explore the Constitution for yourself! Search the Constitution by a related topic or a Supreme Court case to see how the Constitution affects our daily lives. Check out The National Constitution Center's Interactive Constitution.
Explore the Constitution for yourself! Search the Constitution by a related topic or a Supreme Court case to see how the Constitution affects our daily lives. Check out The National Constitution Center's Interactive Constitution.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
View the Constitution
Have you ever seen the actual Constituion?
View high-resolution images and a transcript of the original Constitution at the National Archives website.
Quick fact: The original Constitution contained 4,543 words, including the signatures.
View high-resolution images and a transcript of the original Constitution at the National Archives website.
Quick fact: The original Constitution contained 4,543 words, including the signatures.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Preamble to the Constitution
Barney Fife tries to recite the Preamble to the Constitution...
from the Andy Griffith Show
Question: What do you think is the most important idea expressed in the Preamble? Why?
from the Andy Griffith Show
Question: What do you think is the most important idea expressed in the Preamble? Why?
Friday, September 4, 2009
Electing a US President
Ever wonder how the electoral college works? Does an individual's vote for a specific Presidential candidate really count?
Find out the answers by watching this video from Common Craft.
Questions: What's something new that you learned from the video? Do you think the electoral system increases or decreases an individual voter's voice? How so? (For some reason, I can't get the blog to show comments for this post. If you want to add a comment, click on the title for this blog post, and then you'll be able to add comments.)
Find out the answers by watching this video from Common Craft.
Questions: What's something new that you learned from the video? Do you think the electoral system increases or decreases an individual voter's voice? How so? (For some reason, I can't get the blog to show comments for this post. If you want to add a comment, click on the title for this blog post, and then you'll be able to add comments.)
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Voting: A Right and a Privilege
The North Dakota Secretary of State website hosts number of voter education videos. Take a few minutes to view Voting: A Right and Privilege for America's Youth. The video clarifies for you who can vote, where they should vote, and so on.
Did you know that all states except North Dakota require voters to register before voting in the state? I'm not sure why North Dakota does not require voter registration, but it's yet one more thing which makes our state unique.
The national voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 in 1971. Do most 18-21 year olds you know plan to vote in the upcoming Presidential election? Why do you think they are interested (or disinterested) in voting?
When you go to the voting place in your precinct in November, don't forget to take your ID which shows your current address.
Did you know that all states except North Dakota require voters to register before voting in the state? I'm not sure why North Dakota does not require voter registration, but it's yet one more thing which makes our state unique.
The national voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 in 1971. Do most 18-21 year olds you know plan to vote in the upcoming Presidential election? Why do you think they are interested (or disinterested) in voting?
When you go to the voting place in your precinct in November, don't forget to take your ID which shows your current address.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Textbook Donations
If you have recent college textbooks in good condition and would consider donating them to the PACODES library in Sudan, please bring them to the campus library during the month of April. Unused college workbooks are also welcome. (Recent = 5 years old or newer)
Monday, April 6, 2009
Learn about Sudan
According to the CIA World Factbook,
- The second Sudanese cival war (starting in 1983) led to more than four million people being displaced from their homes and more than two million deaths
- Sudan is the largest county in Africa, yet the land area of Sudan is about 1/4 that of the United States
- Less that 7% of the land is arable (US = 18%)
- The median age in Sudan is 19 years old (US = 36.7 years)
- Life expectancy of 51.42 years (US = 78.11 years)
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Campus Event: Lost Boys of Sudan
In recent years, the African country of Sudan has become infamous for two things: the Darfur region and the Lost Boys of Sudan. It’s time for Sudan to become famous for something else: the hope which comes from increased education and decreased violence and poverty.
During the week of April 13-17, Rasmussen College in Bismarck will be raising money for PACODES, a nonprofit organization established by Lost Boys now living in North Dakota. The dream of the PACODES founders is to help the people of Sudan by fostering education and community growth while reducing poverty and violence. They have a goal of raising $100,000 to build, supply, and maintain the first library in Panyijiar County in southern Sudan.
On Monday, April 13, Rasmussen College will be sponsoring a viewing of the film The Lost Boys. The Lost Boys escaped Sudan during the Sudanese Civil War (1984-2005). The war left over 20,000 male orphans, and they became known as the Lost Boys. Many of them made their way to relief camps in Kenya and Ethiopia, and some now live in the US. Some settled in North Dakota, and several of those Lost Boys founded PACODES as a way to help the people of their homeland.
For more information, visit http://www.pacodes.org/index2.html or http://www.libraryproject.org/ or http://www.lostboysfilm.com/ or http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/lostboysofsudan/index.html.
During the week of April 13-17, Rasmussen College in Bismarck will be raising money for PACODES, a nonprofit organization established by Lost Boys now living in North Dakota. The dream of the PACODES founders is to help the people of Sudan by fostering education and community growth while reducing poverty and violence. They have a goal of raising $100,000 to build, supply, and maintain the first library in Panyijiar County in southern Sudan.
On Monday, April 13, Rasmussen College will be sponsoring a viewing of the film The Lost Boys. The Lost Boys escaped Sudan during the Sudanese Civil War (1984-2005). The war left over 20,000 male orphans, and they became known as the Lost Boys. Many of them made their way to relief camps in Kenya and Ethiopia, and some now live in the US. Some settled in North Dakota, and several of those Lost Boys founded PACODES as a way to help the people of their homeland.
For more information, visit http://www.pacodes.org/index2.html or http://www.libraryproject.org/ or http://www.lostboysfilm.com/ or http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/lostboysofsudan/index.html.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
March: Women's History Month
Stop by the library to view a display of books by women authors, a display of books written about women or for women, and a bulletin board featuring famous North Dakota women.
Trivia:
What do Dorot
hy Stickney and Peggy Lee have in common?
Trivia:
What do Dorot
hy Stickney and Peggy Lee have in common?
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