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Teaching Resources



Worksheets

Subtheme: Elections

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  • And the Winner Is . . .
    Description:
          Analyze the results of a classroom election

  • Campaign for the Presidency
    Description:
          Challenge students to outline a mock campaign for the Presidency with this reflective-writing reproducible

  • Get Out the Vote
    Description:
          Use a graph to see how many Americans voted in recent elections and answer questions about voter turnout

  • The U.S. Government
    Description:
          Teach students about the three branches of the U.S. government.

  • Picking the Candidates
    Description:
          Students read a map to find out which states hold primaries, caucuses or both.

  • Questions for Candidates
    Description:
          Have students reflect on the issues most important to them.

  • You Can Quote Me!
    Description:
          Students analyze the words of a presidential candidate.

  • Road to the White House
    Description:
          Students read a timeline and answer questions to learn about the Presidential election process.

  • Studying the Election Results (2000)
    Description:
          Use various news resources to study the results of the 2000 election

  • Balance of Power (U.S. Senate Results)
    Description:
          See how local election results will affect the balance of power with this map showing the new senate (as of January 2001)

  • Election Review
    Description:
          Have students read a time line to review the events of the 2008 election.

  • Dear Mr. President
    Description:
          Use this graphic organizer to help students write a letter to the new President.

  • Election Smarts
    Description:
          Assess students’ understanding of election-related concepts.

  • Election 2008
    Description:
          Use this graphic organizer together with this week’s cover story to review the results of the 2008 election with students.

  • Reading Election Results
    Description:
          Have students compare and contrast the results of the last two presidential elections.

  • Campaign Spending
    Description:
          Students solve election-related math problems.

  • What a Website!
    Description:
          Have students analyze two fictional candidates’ campaign home pages.

  • The 2009 Presidential Inauguration
    Description:
          Have students use Inauguration-related stories to complete this graphic organizer.

  • Nominating a President
    Description:
          Read a map of the United States that shows which states hold primaries and which hold caucuses.

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