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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students discuss the importance of voting. They create a mock presidential election in their classroom. In one scenerio, they are not required to vote and in the other they have to vote. They hold another discussion about what it feels like not to be able to vote. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 11th
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Students conduct a mock election based on the formal procedures used in real-life situations. They explain the roles and responsibilities of various individuals and government bodies. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 10th
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Students visit an election pole on the day of voting. They discuss and write about observations they made while at the election site. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students examine the differences in elections in the United States and Nicaragua. They create their own definitions of democracy. They also discover their role in a democracy. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
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Students examine the presidential election process and discover that presidential elections are decided by the electoral college and not popular votes. They see that each state has a number of electors, and understand how this number is determined. Students access a website imbedded in this plan which helps them examine election trends over the years. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students identify some roles of President of the United States, decide on qualities that any president should possess, explain use of voting as method for electing President of the United States, and participate in mock presidential election in order to demonstrate understanding of democratic process. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students explore through a hands-on experiment why voting is important. They examine the potential impact of deciding not to vote. They they have the opportunity to vote in a mock presidential election if they choose to. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students examine the Presidential Election by assuming the role of a TV interviewer. Students interview members of the community and ask whom they are planning to vote for and why. Students discover the basic steps of choosing a president, how people decide whom to vote for, and create a graph that tallies information during the election. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students get a front row seat to an all-school straw election for president at the same time as the U.S. Election Day. They formulate spreadsheets after sorting and collecting all of the data. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 12th
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Students review the roles citizens play in a democracy as well as the qualifications to vote. They review how to register to vote and voting procedures and then listen to a guest speaker who speaks on Election Day procedures. Full Review »
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