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I Civics: The Electoral Process Lesson PlanI Civics: The Electoral Process Lesson Plan
Publisher
iCivics
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Lexile Measures
1360L
Lesson Plan

I Civics: The Electoral Process

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Take a peek into the electoral process from party primaries to the general election. Students will learn the distinctions between the popular vote and the Electoral College, and exercise their critical reasoning skills to analyze the differences between the presidential and congressional elections. Register for a free account to download teacher resources.

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Concepts

elections

Additional Tags

ccss.ela-literacy.rh.6-8.3, identify key steps in a text's description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised, icivics, icivics: the electoral process

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

RH.6-8.5

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