ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Voting! What?s It All About?
Contains plans for an eight-lesson cross-curricular unit that uses the history of voting to teach reading and research skills. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons...
C-SPAN
C Span Classroom: Teaching About Voter Id Laws
C-SPAN learning module teaches students about the debate over voter ID laws. Students watch videos and read related articles with varying viewpoints and then participate in a classroom deliberation on the topic.
ProCon.org
Pro Con: Voting Machines: Do Electronic Machines Improve the Voting Process?
Lesson in which students evaluate the pros and cons of electronic voting machines and debate whether they improve the voting process or not. Comprehensive set of learning materials including pro-con argument sheet. Links to related...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Measure of Self Government
Discussion about the measure of government effectiveness as a reflection of the electorate involvement, participation and demand.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do Americans Vote on Tuesdays?
Discover why Americans have been voting on Tuesdays since 1845 as Jacob Soboroff shares the history of Election Day and shows how voting on a Tuesday affects voter turnout. [3:28]
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Historian's Perspective: Winning the Vote: History of Voting Rights
[Free Registration/Login Required] Historian-authored three-part overview looks at the history of voting rights in America, touching on all the critical moments in American history when voting rights were first denied then granted to...
Other
Object of History: The Voting Machine (Voting Technology in 1900)
Written and audio explanation of the history of voting and the invention of the voting machine. Includes a photo of the 1898 Standard Voting Machine and other objects that relate to the voting process.
Other
Amistad Digital Resource: Voting Rights
Article discusses African Americans and their push for the right to vote which eventually resulted in blacks being elected as officials in the 1940s.
The White House
The White House: Elections & Voting
A brief discussion of Americans' right to vote and how federal elections happen.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Expansion of the Vote: A White Man's Democracy
Read about how the ability to vote changed from requiring the ownership of property to almost complete enfranchisement of white males by 1840. There was disenfranchisment of women and free blacks in the same period of time.
University of Richmond
Digital Scholarship Lab: Voting America: White Population Density, 1840 2000
This map shows population change among whites in US counties, 1840 to 2000. Each dot represents 500 people. Corresponding historical events and elections are included for each period of time.
Other
The Center for Voting & Democracy: Gerrymandering
This site provides a brief description of the term gerrymandering and where the term originated.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Election Central: Inside the Voting Booth
"Voting Time Machine," which presents case studies from different decades introduces students to the history of suffrage in America. Students prepare for the time when they can to vote through a customized, printable voter registration...
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All: History of Voting Rights in the u.s.
Learn more about the history of voting rights in the United States with this interactive timeline.