Northern Irish school puts Californian partners in the hot seat.

Magherafelt High School in Northern Ireland and El Molino High School in
California will video conference tomorrow afternoon. 

13-14 year old pupils at Magherafelt High will be asking older Government and Politics students at El Molino for political analysis as the winner of the historic US election emerges.

The two schools have been following the election together throughout the past year.  

Denver Charles, working at Magherafelt High is impressed by his pupils' response: "This project has got them interested in politics and has got them showing an interest in the news.  They are really looking forward to the link up tomorrow."
 
The class have already presented him with a long list of questions - almost all of which assume that Obama will win.  

"To be honest," Charles admits, "if McCain wins there will be a lot of frantic redrafting tomorrow morning!"

How did they do that?

BBC Northern Ireland are planning to cover Magherafelt High's video conference with El Molino High in California.  Watch this space for more details.

Read the World Class story about Magherafelt / El Molino discussion of the Clinton/Obama's contest for the democratic nomination.

Find out the latest about the US Election from BBC News.

The partnership between Magherafelt High School and El Molino School is facilitated by the British Council.   The co-ordinating teachers Denver Charles and John Grech also took part in the Fulbright Teacher Exchange programme by swapping jobs for a term at each others schools.  For further information about this scheme contact fulbright@britishcouncil.org

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