Teacher Resources
Teacher Resources
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Standards - state and national standards and proficiencies covered in this project |
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Registration cards for use during voter registration |
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Rubric (A sample of how to assess the total project. Each project could have a more detailed rubric, depending on your goals.) |
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Software Timeliner and The Graph Club are useful software programs from Tom Snyder Productions. If you do not have these, you can download demo versions from here. |
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Election "things" Upstart has several themes: Elect to Read, Books Get our Vote, and Vote for Books with buttons, posters, bookmarks, book bags, etc. Request a catalog or order from 1-800-448-4887 I highly recommend these items!!! http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/chair/theme/rwb - Scholastic has a fall book fair, Read, White and Blue with many downloadable patterns and clipart. www.reallygoodstuff.com offers ballot boxes, bookmarks, videos, kits etc. www.orientaltrading.com offers desogn your own button kits (RH-57/6081) and numerous red, white, and blue hats, pencils, etc. www.teachercreated.com offers elections/patriotism resource books, stickers, banners, bulletin board items, etc. |
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Teachers Resource Books/Magazines Elections - Primary a Teacher Created resource book with great ideas - a must have. TCM 2618 about $10 The Election Activity Book (YJH-966826) for grades 1-3 and Candidates, Campaigns, & Elections (YJH - 956033) for grades 4-8 from Scholastic Teacher Resources The Aug./Sept. 2000 Intermediate Mailbox magazine has an election unit. I found lots of useful activities (pdf files) at themailbox.companion site. |
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Online Lesson Plans KidsVotingUSA offers 2 excellent lesson plans - A Voting Chain and The Wish Tree Voting is Elementary - lesson plan where students will vote for an animal to be your class mascot. Then they'll create a wish tree by listing what they'd wish for America! Teacher's resource Be Ad Smart - a pdf file for creating a political TV ad. (Use Kid Pix or another slide show program for a technology twist or video tape a commercial.) From the Wilderness to the White House - a timeline activity. Adapt this to the election. Use Timeliner as a technology tool. Classroom Democracy - A lesson plan to vote on a new national mascot Your Vote Counts - another voting simulation |
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Other Online Resources America Rock - part of Schoolhouse Rock, has lyrics, sound, and video More than a Mock Election - the storypath method (While created for higher levels, take a look.) The PBS Kids Democracy Project - Become president for a day Scholastic News Online, Election 2004 - Kids can participate in interactive learning activities like: "How to Run for President" where they learn about the steps to becoming President. |
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Books (Mainly as teacher resources) Landslide! A Kid's Guide to U.S. Elections ISBN 0-689-83591-4 About $3.99 I found it at Barnes and Nobles Bookstore. The Kid Who Ran for President, Gutman Rosie Swanson: Fourth-Grade Geek for President, Park Woodrow for President: A Tail of Voting, Campaigns and Elections, Barnes Election Night, Raber Presidential Elections, Harvey Presidential Elections and Other Cool Facts, Sobel The Election Book: People Pick a President, Hanneman The Voice of the People: American Democracy in Action, Maestro Vote for Me, All about Civics, Hall Duck for President, Cronin Most of these books can be ordered online at Amazon.com |
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Woodrow for President books - There are several of these "mouse" books that do a wonderful job of bringing government to the primary students' level. |
Page created by Cindy Newton
Last updated on Oct. 1, 2004
