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From Classroom Teachers | General ideas for using clips
Campaign specific
Candidates try identify one or two major campaign themes and "stay on message" by repeating key words, phrases and ideas in their communications.
How do both Bush and Kerry in this second debate, try to "stay on message"? What are the purposes of this tactic? This debate used a different format. A "town hall meeting" involving questions from the audience and a less formal presentation format. Do the candidates have to react differently to questions asked by an audience than they do if the questions are asked by a member of the media? How? Which candidate seems most "at home" in this format?
 Media literacy
What was the purpose of the question posed in this clip? Was this a rhetorical question? Was it an open or closed question? How could the question have been rephrased to be more open? Are the candidates connecting with the audience both on the stage and on TV? How do the newspaper reports characterize each candidate's/campaign's comments? What adjectives, adverbs, verbs, are used in conjunction with quotes? Watch the debate clip again. What adjectives, adverbs, verbs would you use to characterize each candidate's remarks?
More ideas
When should the U.S. take preemptive action against threats from another country? When should we not? What is the danger of doing so? not doing so? OR How is U.S. policy in Iraq viewed by people in your family? How is Iraq covered in the media? Is there a connection between what you or your family think, how the media writes about it, and the answers that the candidates give during the debate?
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