Presidential Candidates
- Represents
the political party, participates in speeches, debates and interviews. (See dates below)
Vice Presidential Candidates
- Represents the presidential candidate and political party, participates in speeches, debates and interviews.
(See dates below)
Campaign Managers
- Supervises election plan for their political party. Documents plans of everyone in the
group and creates a binder everyone’s contributions. (Binder due 5/4/10)
Election Manager
- Will be moderator for debates, create ballots, create ballot box, count and report ballots after election
(Must be present on debate days and ballots due 4/26/10)
Speech writers
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Will write speeches for presidential and
vice presidential candidates (Speeches due two days prior to speech days – see dates below)
Biographers
- Will
make up a biography of their candidate. Must sound realistic and give details about their personal and professional lives.
(Biographies due 4/30/10)
Debate Preps
- Will prepare the candidate with answers to debate questions and rebuttals. Will also write
debate questions as a group. (debate flash cards and questions due 4/20/10, must review with candidates before the debates)
Advertising
- Will create posters and flyers for candidates (posters and flyers due 4/23/10)
Press
- Will write articles and conduct interviews of candidates. (articles due 4/29/10)
Inauguration Organizer
- Will organize swearing in ceremony and party (plan due 4/28/10)
Cabinet
- Will represent part of the potential new federal executive branch. Each will create a
plan to improve on their significant issue. (Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary
of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services , Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
Secretary of Homeland Security) (plan due 4/26/10)
Power
Point or Commercial – whole group
Primary Election – 4/20/2010
First Debate (presidential
candidates only) – 4/22/10
Vice Presidential Speeches – 4/23/10
Second Debate (prez
& vice-prez candidates) – 4/27/10
Presidential Speeches – 4/28/10
Election Day –
4/29/10
Inauguration Day – 4/30/10
