One of our department goals this year is to move toward a more aligned Seventh grade humanities curriculum. An important part of this process it the 2008 Presidential Election Persuasive Writing project. All Seventh graders will complete a project that involves the analysis, documentation and citation of a variety of source dealing with this years national Election. These sources will be used to write a persuasive paper dealing with a candidate or election issue. This project will run through the first quarter and be completed on November 3, the day before the general election.