What does a polling place look like, and what do poll workers do? Learners take what they have learned about voting procedures and role-play as poll workers in a simulated election activity.

Concepts

election day, mock elections, elections, voting

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Classroom Considerations

• This is the fourth segment of a five-part lesson on educating young adults about the responsibility of voting and the election process
• Access the materials by downloading the zip file (special note: TR = Teacher Reference, L3 = Lesson Plan)

Pros

• Special resources provided like diagram of a polling place and registration checklist
• Good list of activity instructions for teacher

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.9-10.3 RI.11-12.3 SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a