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Making First Vote Your Vote: Designing a Schoolwide Election

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Encourage pupils to design an election plan for the entire school. They participate in a Board of Elections, create polling rules, discuss election controversies, write questions about the issues, run the election through an online platform, and analyze the results.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
election day, mock elections, elections, presidential elections, the electoral vote, the popular vote, voter registration, voter turnout, voting, voting rights, the voting rights act, american democracy, democracy, democratic values, representative democracy
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Additional Tags
social studies
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Instructional Ideas
  • Use the research section as essay-writing assignments to help learners think critically on an individual level
  • Add a reflection activity after the results of the voting to discuss as a class
Classroom Considerations
  • Amount of time to complete the lesson depends on your individual class
  • Recommended as a part of a larger unit on democracy and elections
Pros
  • Builds a sense of community
  • Addresses data tracking, data analysis, communication, technology, project management, and creative skills
  • Collaborative activity makes instruction memorable
Cons
  • None