Election Lesson Plans

ABC Teach - Elections USA  Lesson Plans and Activities - includes printable ballots, coloring pages, bookmarks, graphs, Venn diagrams, word scramble, word search and more...

Election 2004: Classroom Activities - Included: Lessons for teaching about the Electoral College and the importance of voting, plus a unique approach to staging a classroom debate about election issues! Election Day: 10 more Classroom Activities - Included: Math, drama, art, role-playing activities, and more to take advantage of this ultimate in "teachable moments"!

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Electoral versus Popular Vote - Students learn the workings of the Electoral College with this simple activity. K-8th The Electoral College - Students learn about the Electoral College's role in the election process. 3rd-5th
Election Results Map - Students create maps with a color key showing election night returns. K-5th Reading the Election Results - Students use the final election results chart to respond to teacher-created questions 3rd-5th Presidents at Inauguration Graph: How Old Were They? - Students graph the presidents' ages at inauguration. Who was the youngest president? the oldest? K-8th If I was President... - Students think critically about the campaign issues in the current election. K-12th Take a Stand - Students take a unique approach to a classroom discussion/debate of the election process! 3rd-5th
What are the Important Issues? - Students determine the most important issue of the current campaign. 3rd-5th Getting Out the Vote: An Election Day Classroom Experiment - Students learn through a hands-on experiment why voting is important. They learn the potential impact of deciding not to vote.3rd-5th Your Vote Counts - Students learn about candidates, slogans, qualifications, and voting using the activities in this lesson PreK-2nd

Picturing the first family - students take a virtual trip to Washington, D.C., and visit the National Portrait Gallery, the White House, and the Library of Congress, with a side trip to the University of Virginia to gather clues about America's original First Family, their lives and this period in American history K - 2nd

 Electing the President: Activities for Grades K- 4

Use Children's Literature to Teach About Elections: Ten Books Get Our Vote! - teachers may want to check out this list of ten books to help students learn about elections and the election process  

Electing the President: Activities for Grades K- 5

 a booklet of activities for Grades K-5 to assist in teaching about elections and the presidency

  Electing a President: Lessons for Teaching about Electoral Primaries

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