Voting: The Root of Democracy.(Review)

Voting: The Root of Democracy. videocassette. color. 18 min. with tchr's. guide. Prod. by Video Dialog. Dist. by New Dimension Media. 2000. #V021791. single site: $59, multi-site: $219.

Gr 6-10--This drama about the importance of voting and political involvement follows a group of high school students who find that their dull assignment to create a Web site about voting turns into an exercise in grassroots politics. The racially mixed group, complete with the stereotypical bad boy, computer nerd, and lovesick girl, begins their assignment with cynicism about the political process. However, they soon get involved in a local campaign to defeat a mayoral candidate who …