A Mr. Poley current events project following several Virginia 2020 elections.
You will follow any current candidates running for office in one of the races referenced below for the upcoming elections on November 3rd. Your job will be to follow your person and report on him or her from several different perspectives. You will make the assigned tweets and be prepared to share out the tweets/ sources involved along with your views.
https://ballotpedia.org/Mayoral_election_in_Richmond,_Virginia_(2020)
Mayor Stoney – @LevarStoney
From <https://twitter.com/LevarStoney>
Michael Gilbert -@MichaelForRVA
From <https://twitter.com/MichaelForRVA>
Kimberly Gray -@kimgray4rva
From <https://twitter.com/kimgray4rva>
- Justin Griffin – @GriffinForMayor
From <https://twitter.com/GriffinForMayor>
Tracey McLean -@TraceyMcLeanRVA
From <https://twitter.com/TraceyMcLeanRVA>
Alexsis Rodgers -@aerodgers
From <https://twitter.com/aerodgers>
https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia%27s_7th_Congressional_District_election,_2020
Abigail Spanberger -@SpanbergerVA07
From <https://twitter.com/SpanbergerVA07>
Nick Freitas -@NickForVA
From <https://twitter.com/NickForVA>
https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia,_2020
Mark Warner – @MarkWarner
From <https://twitter.com/MarkWarner>
Daniel Gade -@gadeforvirginia
From <https://twitter.com/gadeforvirginia>
Al Mina – @aldous16
From <https://twitter.com/aldous16>
I will be issuing an assignment in your Google classroom feed which will include several documents to guide you in completing my Briefing day November 2020 project. I have made the following extra copies available for download. Do not edit this copy but make one of your own from the original.
Briefing day November 3rd 2020 Instructions
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rE33AtUWHiaPG19q24wmA2LNk6lxDKSRGgZWLanRGjQ/edit?usp=sharing
Briefing day November 3rd 2020 Template
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fqm7F1vpC5XODPY0x4wYpyuiYi117N9ORTNFbXpbGyg/edit?usp=sharing
What does presenting your best tweet look like (In the COVID era)?
- Have your project template handy.
- Pick your best tweet which gives us an insight on your candidate.
- You will share out the answers for the particular tweet that you have picked from your template.
- If you are comfortable with it you may quickly share out your thoughts on your other two tweets.
Some great sites to explore:
https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news
https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia
https://www.usa.gov/voter-research
https://justfacts.votesmart.org/
https://vpm.org/articles/16829/chamberrva-mayoral-forum-watch-listen-and-stream-october-6
Some other resources used in recent projects.
- Current members of Congress from Ballotpedia.org
- https://www.congress.gov/ The U.S. government’s official website.
- 2020 Presidential candidates from Ballotpedia.org
- New York Times Current Members of Congress
- https://www.house.gov/leadership
- http://www.senate.gov/senators/leadership.htm
- 2018 Freshmen members of Congress
- Senators from Virginia
- Representatives from Virginia
- Video how to guide part 1
- Video how to guide part2
There are a few interesting sites to consider when looking for candidate information. I will add links to this page
https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news
https://ballotpedia.org/Sample_Ballot_Lookup