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In order to understand the political process and the importance of voting, pupils will construct a class time line. They will group up and research a specific era, creating a time line of political events where one vote made a difference. The class will put their time lines together to create a political voting history beginning at 1775 and ending in 20006. A list of time line answers are provided (in case your students get stuck).

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Research, the internet, the united states constitution, timelines, the united states government, voting

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internet research, political process, time line, us constitution, us government, voting, importance of voting, social studies
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Grade
5th
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Social Studies & History
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Duration
2 hrs
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