Voting in America
Objective
To give students an understanding of their right to vote:
- Who fought for that right?
- Inspiring civic mindedness
- How long did it take?
Materials
- Ballot Box
- PowerPoint presentation
- Ballots and worksheets
- Historical Documents
- Historical Figures-people
- Timeline booklet
- Map
Thematic Study
Social Studies
- Current Events
- Historical events and people
- Timeline
- Map (geography)
- Discussions
Reading
- Books
- Historical Documents
Writing
- Letters to Historical Figures (Creative/Reflective)
- Journal entries (reflective)
- Older grades could do research projects
Spelling/Vocabulary
- Spelling/Vocabulary words related to topic
Math
- Worksheets
- Charts
Action in class
- We will have a vote so students can understand, first hand how they are affected.
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Author:
Carrie Seather
Last modified:
4/29/2006 5:20 AM (EST)