Voting! What’s It All About?

Materials and Technology

Student Interactives

Printouts

Websites

Preparation

 

MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY

• Sticky notes
  
  
• Writing paper
  
  
• Chart paper and white butcher paper
  
  
• Daily newspaper
  
  
• News magazines
  
  
• Wall space
  
  
• Large basket (optional)
  
  
• Voting and Election Book List

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STUDENT INTERACTIVES

Grades   K – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Organizing & Summarizing

Timeline

Students can generate descriptive timelines that can be plotted with their choice of units of measure (date, time, event, entry, or other).

 

Grades   3 – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Organizing & Summarizing

Persuasion Map

The Persuasion Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to map out their arguments for a persuasive essay or debate.

 

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PRINTOUTS

Fact-Opinion Writing Rubric

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WEBSITES

• Election Websites

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PREPARATION

• Collect a set of books for read-aloud and student reading. Suggested titles are available on the Voting and Election Book List.
  
  
• Explore background information on creating graffiti walls.
  
  
• So the students understand their goal, create a graffiti-wall mural on another topic for students to use as an example. Your example can focus on a recent unit of study or a completed book.
  
  
• Select a few appropriate newspaper or magazine articles about voting to get student groups started.
  
  
• Get a local/national newspaper subscription for the classroom (optional).
  
  
• Make copies of the Fact-Opinion Writing Rubric if you plan to use it as part of your assessment of this lesson.
  
  
• Arrange for appropriate technology resources for the sessions you or the students will be doing work on the Internet.
  
  
• Bookmark the Election Websites page for student use.
  
  
• Test the Persuasion Map and Timeline Tool on your computers to familiarize yourself with the tools and ensure that you have the Flash plug-in installed. You can download the plug-in from the technical support page.

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