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The What and Who of Elections InteractiveThe What and Who of Elections Interactive
Publisher
Read Works
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Grade
4th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Types
Interactives
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Audiences
For Teacher Use
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Duration
15 mins
Instructional Strategies
Independent Practice
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Accessibility
Text-to-Speech
Year
2017
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Lexile Measures
940L
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The What and Who of Elections

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As citizens living in the United States, it is our civil duty to vote. But how does the voting process work? After reading a five-paragraph passage on the basics of elections and voting, young constituents respond to 10 questions based on what they read.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

elections, presidential elections, reading comprehension, voting rights, voting, informational texts, reading articles

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Incorporate throughout election season or during a study of voting
  • Encourage individuals to highlight their answers within the text

Classroom Considerations

  • A free Read Works accounts is required to access the resource

Pros

  • Comes with an answer key
  • Questions require learners to respond in a variety of ways and touch on multiple skills

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.4.10

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