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Candidate Debate; Making Informed Voting Decisions Lesson PlanCandidate Debate; Making Informed Voting Decisions Lesson Plan
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Candidate Debate; Making Informed Voting Decisions

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Students study the concept of what it means to be an informed voter who makes conscientious voting decisions based on significant information.  In this making informed voting decisions lesson plan, students are introduces to a unit on government. Students then view political debates and collect articles which they discuss in a group. Students then participate in a political debate based on issues relevant to their grade level.

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3rd - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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