Useful Obama links

I’ve put together a list of resources on President Obama. This could be accessed by students or teachers for a host of purposes.

Essentially I have been asked to put together details of a piece of work that students could undertake if our school was forced to close in response to the threat of swine flu. My idea was that we could look at how and why the 2008 elections were important. Here students could analyse the significance of race, the unpopularity of Bush, look in detail at American foreign policy, or even provide an interim assessment of how successful the Obama presidency has been.

Equally students could present an exhibition on the 10 most significant moments of either Obama’s career, or his time in office.

Some sites require registration of one form or another, but most should present no problem. Happy researching!

A general Obama page

The great expectations

George W Bush’s legacy

What Obama needed to do

The Obama challenge

Obama’s first year

A good assessment of his foreign policy record

BBC first 100 days

Obama’s legacy on race

CNN special

The New York Times special focus on Obama

The Washington Post on Obama’s first 100 days