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When an election cycle occurs in our country, students often have questions and opinions about the voting process, candidates, or policy issues. We have all the content and activities you need to engage with them about U.S. Election Day:
Teach students about the election process and keep up to date with the election using our 2024 Election Resources text set for social studies:
The latest news from the presidential election campaign trail changes every day. Help your students stay informed and up to date with current events topics using resources like:
Help students get to know the next potential leaders of our country with candidate profiles on:
Though most students are too young to vote in the upcoming election, they may have questions about how the voting process works. Use our Registering to Vote lesson to help them understand:
Elections are far more than just one day of casting votes and one night of counting them. Help students understand the full scope of the electoral process with the following lesson:
Although each eligible citizen can cast their vote for president, a group of electors from each state are the ones who ultimately decide who will take office. This concept is tricky for most students to understand, but you can make it clearer for them with content like:
Two major political parties select candidates for each presidential election: The Democrats and the Republicans. Help students learn more about what being a member of a political party means and how they’ve evolved over time with resources like:
Civic engagement is the act of partaking in local or national events or supporting relevant causes. Voting is just one thing people can do to be engaged with their local communities and their country. Help students understand the responsibilities of civic engagement with resources like:
Most—if not all—of our campaign and election coverage filters through some form of media. Introduce students to the basics of media literacy to learn how to be smart, honest, and respectful when interacting with election content. Use resources like:
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All news isn’t created equally. Certain publications or outlets may have a partisan perspective on the things they report. And with so many individuals who have access to social media, unvetted blogging platforms, and other tools, it’s easier now than ever to encounter unvalidated news and information. Use these resources to teach students about journalistic ethics and how to validate the news and information around them:
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Debates and discussions are cornerstones of any electoral process. Help students dive into them with our ELA Resources for the 2024 Presidential Election collection:
Although presidential elections get a lot of attention, they’re not the only ones that matter! Assign a research project about state and local government officials and elections that encourages students to explore:
The Founding Fathers established the Electoral College to make sure citizens of all states—no matter their population or size—got a fair chance at electing the United States' next leaders. But not everyone thinks the Electoral College is a beneficial institution. Have students debate this issue by looking at content like:
The current voting age in the United States is 18, lowered from 21 in 1988. But some people think that even younger citizens should be able to weigh in on who runs their country. Have students debate the legal voting age by reviewing content like:
In most states, people who are currently incarcerated or who have previously been incarcerated are no longer eligible to vote in elections. Some people believe this isn’t a fair practice. Have students debate this issue by reviewing content like:
Elections talk even makes its way into fiction and literary nonfiction. Show students how elections can be the topic of poems by doing the following lesson:
Election campaigns often use rhetoric—or the art of persuasion—to encourage people to agree with a candidate’s point of view on key issues and vote for them. You can use our Elections, Campaigns, and Rhetorical Analysis collection to help students understand how rhetoric works in politics. Choose from lessons like:
Answer all your students' questions about the election process, candidates, and top policy issues with Newsela’s election resources. We have everything you need to source content, start healthy discussions, and handle tricky situations that could arise during your lessons. Check out some of the resources designed to make your life easier:
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