1996 Presidential Elections New Hampshire Primary Forum

Participation-Exploratory:

OVERVIEW:

Your class is interested in sharing ideas with other classes about candidates and issues in the 1996 Presidential Primary races. Your teacher has asked your group to explore what needs to be done for class to use Student Exchange section of Primary Destination: New Hampshire.

RESOURCES

Primary Destination: New Hampshire

TASK

Learn how to do and be able to help other students:

1. Create a topic for discussion in Middle School forum of Student Exchange
2. Add responses to an existing topic in Middle School forum of Student Exchange
3. Know how to use tool bars in Middle School forum of Student Exchange
4. Demonstrate and present guidelines by which any interested classmates could become active participants.
5. Have class registered to become active Student Exchange participants
6. Exchange ideas with fellow students throughout the United States

PROCESS

1. Open site Primary Destination: New Hampshire read information about New Hampshire Town Hall Forums .
   • Open New Hampshire Town Hall Forums and explore the nature of the forums by doing following:
   • Open Practice Forum Start with #4 About The Practice Forum and use NEXT in tool bar to read about the following menu items:
     4. About the Practice Forum .
     5. How to Register...
     6. To Add a New Discussion Topic..
     7. To Reply to an Existing Topic..

   • If further help needed try ? on tool bar and explore any topics you desire

2. Open and explore any of following Middle School forums of Student Exchange (NOTE- Unless your class is registered by your teacher-You will NOT be able to create topics,add replies,etc.)

a.Open Discussion
b. Candidates & Political Parties

LEARNING ADVICE

If you have not already done so while exploring the practice forum,please make sure you could do following:

1. Create a topic and add to practice forum.
2. Add replies to an existing topic on the practice forum.
3. List any problems,questions,compliments,or any other comments on Practice Forum
4. Explore how to use ? (help), arrow buttons, forum, reply, topic, and other buttons on tool bar.

CONCLUDING

When you believe you know how to participate in a Middle School forum of Student Exchange by creating and replying to topics you will be ready to plan how you will demonstrate and share your knowledge with interested classmates.You may now ask your teacher to allow you to actively participate in the Middle School forum by opening :

student-registration@fosters.com

Once your teacher provides requested information and is notified your class is registered you can begin actively participating and helping you classmates participate in the 1996 Presidential Primary race.

Begin actively particpating in the Middle School forums by opening one of forums and:

1. Creating a topic and adding to practice forum.
2. Adding replies to an existing topic on the practice forum.