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The mid-term elections are coming up soon.
I thought it would be useful to share related teaching resources. I’m adding this post to my other “Best” lists on Active Citizenship.
Let me know what I should add to these links:
Seven Ways to Teach the Midterms With The New York Times is from The NY Times Learning Network.
Monitoring the midterms: Do midterm elections matter? is a lesson from the PBS NewsHour. Here are more resources from the NewsHour.
Democracy Class is a curriculum developed by Rock The Vote and Teaching Tolerance.
I’ve used these two videos as part of a lesson I did recently:
Here’s everything you need to know for the midterm elections https://t.co/r5AEw8jv5g
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 6, 2018
A really simple guide to the US mid-term elections is from the BBC.
Wasted Ballots? A Lesson Exploring Why More Young People Don’t Vote, and What Students Can Do About It is from The NY Times Learning Network.
CNN has a great interactive.
Teaching the Election: How to Stay Nonpartisan is from Teaching Tolerance.
Election Day: Resources for ELLs is from Colorin Colorado.
Mini-lesson: Midterm Elections (HS) is from iCivics.
Our classroom resources on the 2018 elections are updated today w/ headlines, charts, maps, and more. https://t.co/XawmG2lAVL #ELL #ELLchat @Larryferlazzo. @NCSSNetwork
— Colorín Colorado (@ColorinColorado) November 7, 2018
Though the mid-term elections are over, this Ed Week article shares a good teaching idea for future elections: Teaching the Midterm Elections: Voter Turnout and Its Implications.
What more than 1,000 political ads are arguing right before the midterms is from The Washington Post.
What did you have students doing as they watched those videos? How many times did you watch them?
A link to my lesson can be found in the post.
Hi Larry! I wanted to share another resource for teaching about the midterm elections – the PenPal Schools project American Perspectives! Students can connect with other students across the country to discuss issues like immigration, healthcare, and the economy. In this project, students are challenged to create a PSA to encourage their families, friends, and neighbors to vote. Check out more here: https://bit.ly/2EtsBuY