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Your Vote Counts! Election Activity

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Students participate in a simulated election. They serve as 'checkers', marking off names of those who vote, a ballot person hands out ballots, and ballot sorters and counters. Teacher rigs up a voting booth where voters mark ballots with privacy.

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citizenship, voting, counting, values

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citizenship, counting, values, voting, social studies
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Grade
K - 2nd
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
Instructional Strategy
Simulation
Year
1998
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