Election Unit

This unit will begin on Week 9 and continue until Week 13.

This is recorded in days.  If we do not finish the

dayís activities, we will continue the next day.

Students will be completing a daily vocabulary on election jargon.

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Day 1

Pre-Reading Quiz - Election 2008 - Answer in your spiral, date and title

Notes on the requirements for being a President of the United States

        Pg 4-5

        Write the websites for the presidential candidates in your spiral

        Page 8-9 President wears many hats      

                Create a tree map in your spiral

        Answer Election Action in your spiral

Presidents Who Changed the World -page 10

        Create a poem describing these presidents

Day 2

Life of the Parties -Pg 12

History of the parties on Grolier online  (scholastic.com)

Which party are you?

        Activity

Take Quiz on pg 14

Day 3

Citizenship

Get Involved - Check out websites

Write a paragraph on how you could be involved

Day 4

Electoral College - Pg 16

        Election action - answer in your spiral

Debate on the Electoral College

Day 5

State elections - Pg 19

How government affects me - pbskids.org/democracy

Day 6

Voting Rights - pg. 22-25

Day 7

Campaigns - pg 26-27   (Debates)

Day 8

Marketing  - pg 28-29

Day 9

Election Day -Nov. 3/4

Scorecard on pg. 31 - students to complete

Complete Quiz on pg 30

Inside the Voting Booth

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