There are a number of high-quality free educational resources for students to learn about voting and elections and to participate in voting simulations. Here are a few, with pro tips to guide you.
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Dispute Resolution Grade Level: Upper Elem and Middle Overview: Students are first asked to resolve a hypothetical case via the adversary process. Each student is assigned the role of plaintiff,
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Seeking Facts to Solve Mysteries Grade Level: Upper Elem or Middle Overview: In this lesson, students will discuss the difference between fact and opinion. They will role play a mock
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In this lesson, students will apply a general law – “no vehicles in the park” – to specific circumstances in considering the language of the law and its intended objective. The task will require that they interpret the law to allow for certain circumstances – an ambulance carrying a dying patient, for example. The lesson ends with students rewriting the law to more clearly reflect the intent of the lawmakers.
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In this lesson, students are presented with a controversial school policy and given two viewpoints on the issue. They are then divided into groups, and asked to provide reasons for and against the policy. After deciding whether the policy should be changed or not, the students are asked to reflect on why policies might change and what factors influence policy decisions.
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This lesson explores how groups of people (or animals) come together to solve community problems. Students will identify a variety of personal responsibilities and civic responsibilities from a set of pictures in order to get a better understanding of what responsibility means. Students will understand that citizens in the United States have a responsibility to help others.
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This lesson teaches the importance of being informed, forming opinions, and advocating for those opinions to our country’s political life. Students will understand what it means to take a stand and why it is important for citizens to do so for an important issue.
Connecting the Separation of Powers Grade Level: Upper Elementary Overview: In this lesson, students will gain an understanding of the separation of powers using role playing and discussion. Students will
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