Case is transforming the 2004 vice presidential debate into a true civics lesson on campus and across the country.
College of Arts and Sciences Classes
Political Science
Case's Alexander P. Lamis (http://www.case.edu/artsci/posc/faculty/lamis/), associate professor of political science, is teaching a summer class on the Presidency and will instruct a course in the fall on the 2004 elections.
To read more about Professor Lamis's course, click here (PDF format).
 Introduction to Mass Media
Case part-time lecturer Norman Wain will put a new spin on his "Introduction to Mass Media" course this fall, focusing a lot of the lessons on the election and debate. Students will analyze media coverage throughout the campaigns as well as hear from members of the working media on what it's like to cover a debate.
 SAGES Seminar
Case's groundbreaking SAGES (Seminar Approach to General Education and Scholarship) undergraduate program will feature a university seminar related to civic and election issues to be conducted this fall by Lee Fisher, former attorney general of the State of Ohio.
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 Annotated Bibliography
Lamis also has compiled an annotated bibliography of American electoral politics for those who would like to integrate the Race at Case into their own lesson plans—or just brush up on their political reading.
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Cleveland Public Schools
Cleveland Municipal School District students have been assigned debate-related books as part of their summer reading programs. Kindergarten through second-graders will read "Arthur Goes to Washington," third- through fifth-graders will work with a book about Frederick Douglas, sixth- through eighth-graders will study the Douglas-Lincoln Debate and high school students will incorporate "Hope in the Unseen" into the curricula.
 The Visions of Democracy digital gallery is part of the Vice Presidential Debate Project of the Cleveland Municipal School District. The project's goal was to combine teaching in visual arts, music, social studies, English, and critical thinking to help students gain a deeper understanding of the U.S. electoral process and grow into a politically engaged citizenry.
In addition, Cleveland schools will be utilizing a CD of arts-based integrated lessons that use the vice presidential debate as a topical theme for students in grades four through 12. Two major themes of the lessons are "Cartoon, Satire and Social Commentary Art" and "A Brief History of 'Political' Art."
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