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Students write letters to their state and/or national leaders either in support or against a fictitious proposed constitutional amendment to lower the voting age from 18 to 16. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students design colorful posters to "get out and vote" after studying the three amendments to the US Constitution that extend voting rights. They analyze the importance of voting to a healthy democracy. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the costs and benefits of becoming politically informed and voting. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the evolution of the idea of due process for students in school. They evaluate the Goss v. Lopez case. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students increase familiarity with constitutional roots. Through research, students examine how a nation's constitution reflects the history and values of the culture that produced it. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are divided into two rows and circle their desks to create a cooperative learning situation. They read the Democratic platform document as well as the Republican platform document. They discuss what the points mean and compile their findings and compare them with the class. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students study the individual rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. They determine where these rights come from, and why we value them as we do. They consider that our individual rights are not absolute, and may be limited by other compelling public interests. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore voter turnouts in the United States and around the world. Using Internet research, they gather information about voter turnouts with a particular emphasis on voters between the ages of 18-21. Students discuss what they believe the voting age should be. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students research and examine about voting turnouts in the United States and around the world. They assess about various aspects of the so-called "youth vote," and have an opportunity to consider the meaning of the vote in a democracy. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore rights they have as Americans. After discussing the 26th Amendment and its history, they research how voting has changed over the years. Students create a scrapbook of events leading up to the right to vote. They write a letter to President asking for the voting age to be changed to 18. Full Review »
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