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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Voting! What?s It All About?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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...
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Cast Your Vote!

For Students K - 1st Standards
Upper elementary, middle, and high school students can use this exhibit to get an understanding of how polls and elections are conducted. The discussion includes random samples, margins of error, and other concepts related to statistics.
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Activity
The Dirksen Congressional Center

Congress for Kids: Elections: Voting

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover why citizens of the United States vote and understand the effects of voting.
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Interactive
iCivics

I Civics: Games: Cast Your Vote

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource is an interactive educational game that places the players in control of all three branches of government to test their abilities to turn issues of concern into full-fledged laws. In the debate, choose the questions to help...
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Unit Plan
Ohio Test Prep

Ohio Test Prep: Module 1: Civic Participation and Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module with video tutorials, practice games and assessment on civic participation and skill prepare students for Ohio test in Social Studies.
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Website
Scholastic

Scholastic: Democracy for Kids: Be Informed

For Students 1st - 8th
Scholastic offers a series of printable panels and classroom activities which focus on how to stay informed and abreast of political issues. Each piece is provided in PDF format.
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Website
Other

The Center for Voting & Democracy: Gerrymandering

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site provides a brief description of the term gerrymandering and where the term originated.
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Activity
Other

Kids Voting Usa

For Students K - 1st
Kids Voting USA offers learning activities on the history and importance of voting, as well as a timeline of suffrage in the United States. Each learning activity includes materials, objectives, and questions to be raised in class.
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Unit Plan
Other

New Internationalist: Making Decisions

For Students 3rd - 8th
From a 1984 article published in the New Internationalists, "Slow Train to Patna," the author describes a train journey in Bihar, India, where passengers explore the world of community action.