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 |
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Page updated September 02, 2004