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Books & Reading

If you are out of town on Election Day, how will you vote?

Can someone who is ill or in the hospital on election day still vote?

Suppose you are physically disabled and must vote by mail. Do you have to apply for an absentee ballot for each election?

How was the choice of a national Election Day made?

How many states have same-day registration, allowing voters to register on Election Day?


Election Day


 

Primary Election Political Parties Election Day Voting Election of the President Candidates National Conventions National Conventions - An Inside View Candidates at the Convention The Campaign Polling Places The Electoral College The Electoral Map The Inauguration

 
Election Day

Congressional Election and Organization: Sharing the Power
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/polisci/
patterson/olc/stu/sa12.htm
Self -Assessment Quizzes -- Do your students understand the nature and relationship of congressional elections and organization? Find out by introducing these self-assessment multiple-choice and true-false quizzes.

Election Activities
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/activities.htm
Ideas for classroom election activities.

Election Bookmarks
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/bookmarks.htm
Run off on cardstock or laminate.

Election Fun Coloring Page
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/color2.htm
Print and color.

Election KWL
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/kwl.htm
Printout -- What do you know? What to you want to know? What have you learned?

Election Math Problems
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/ELECTION%
20MATH%20WORD%20PROBLEMS.pdf
Read each problem carefully and look for keywords to help you know how to work the problem.

Election Scavenger Hunt
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2085.shtml
Lesson Plan - Hunt through newspapers for a list of election-related news.

Elections...The American Way
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/election/home.html
How have American elections changed over time? What similarities can we see in elections yesteryear and today? Find out!

Election Unscramble
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/unscramble.htm
Print and unscramble the words that are related to elections.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Election: Editorial Cartoons
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/
lp2100.shtml
Lesson Plan - Create an editorial cartoon "museum" and explore the many meanings of those cartoons and create cartoons of your own.

Track the Polls
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2108.shtml
Lesson Plan - Track poll results before Election Day.

USA Elections Interactive
http://www.abcteach.com/wordpuzzles/onlinepuzzles/election.html
Interactive crossword puzzle

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Election Day is a legal holiday in  Delaware, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and West Virginia. Several other states have laws in place that allow workers time off to vote. A bill has been presented before the House of Representatives proposing to make Election Day a national holiday, called "Democracy Day."

Surf with Uncle Sam
Surf with Uncle Sam

Word Spy
Word Spy

Projects You Can Do

Set up your own election this November by creating this fun ballot box. Let everyone vote on the topic at hand then do things the democratic way!

What you'll need:

  • Child’s shoe box (Note: Use a box where the lid fits completely over the bottom.)
  • 3 sheets of white construction paper
  • ½ sheet red construction paper
  • 1 sheet blue construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • Black marker
  • Scissors
How to make it:

Cover the shoe box with white construction paper using glue stick.

Have a grown up use scissors to cut a slot in the top of the box.

Cut a rectangle from red construction paper larger enough to completely cover the hole and cut out an opening in the center. Glue over the opening to cover any jagged edges.

Use a pencil to draw 9 stars on a piece of blue construction paper. Cut the stars out and glue them, pencil markings facing down, to the top of the ballot box.

Use a black marker to write the words “BALLOT BOX” on the front of the box.

Use small pieces of folded paper to write down your votes and place in the box until your election is over!

 

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