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Educators are not required to use the Mock Election curriculum in order to participate in the National Student/Parent Mock Election. But we would appreciate your feedback on the materials provided.

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  All grade levels:
  Guide to the Mock Election HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  Lesson plans and activities for all grades to help make your Mock Election an exciting experience for all, articles on organizing Mock Elections at the school, school district, and state level, and more.
   
  Reports from the Real World HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  Reports from award-winning elementary, middle and high schools about what they did in the Mock Election.
   
  Primary (K-4):
  Learning To Choose    
  - Table of Contents

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  - Introduction

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  - Unit 1: Learning to Choose

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  - Unit 2: Our Government

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  - Unit 3: The Political Process - "Political Parties"

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  - Unit 4: Political Communication

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  - Unit 5: The Election

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  - Site Evaluation

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  Five sections outlining fun ways to teach the very youngest about our government, the political process, the election and learning to choose.
   
  Elementary-Middle:
  Election Matters   Printer-friendly PDF version
  Using the motivation and reward of the National Student/Parent Mock Election to teach reading skills.
       
  Guide to the Electoral Process   Printer-friendly PDF version
  Everything you need to know about the electoral process (15 page version, includes student handouts).
       
  Cuèntame HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  Cuèntame: Tell me a story. For all students, but geared particularly toward Spanish-speaking students and families, interviewing parents and relatives about their dream of democracy.
   
  Middle-Secondary:
  Citizen's Guide to the Presidential Campaign
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This brief Guide contains specific information about the 2008 election and the issues of current concern to the citizens of a democracy. A basic overview of the election process in a concise form that will be easy for teachers to manage. Most importantly, it encourages the civic engagement of young Americans. Did you know that almost half of our presidents became involved in the political process before they were 30?
       
  2002, 2004, 2006 Teachers Guide to the National Student/Parent Mock Election Issues Forum and Ballot   Printer-friendly PDF version (2006 forum & ballot)
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Printer-friendly PDF version (2002 forum)
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  Past issues such as the economy, healthcare, the environment and education have not lost their relevance today.
       
  2008 Teachers Guide to the National Student/Parent Mock Election Issues Forum and Ballot   Coming spring, 2008.
   
  Inspiring Citizens Printer-friendly PDF version
  Using the motivation and reward of the National Student/Parent Mock Election to teach reading (and some math) skills.
   
  Guide to the Electoral Process HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  Everything you need to know about the electoral process (100 pages with student handouts).
   
  Cuèntame HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  Cuèntame: Tell me a story. For all students, but geared particularly toward Spanish-speaking students and families. Interviewing parents and relatives about their dreams of democracy.
   
  Civic Courage     Printer-friendly PDF version
 

A middle-school curriculum developed to teach music and civic education together. "Civic Courage" profiles several past influential presidents and “ordinary” Americans along with the musical selections associated with the passions of their times. They had the courage to fight for the American dream.
   
  Secondary:
  A Teacher's Guide to Election Reform    
  "Guaranteeing the Privileges of Citizenship to All Americans: A Problem Worth Solving" -- A teacher's guide to election reform with student activities, created at the time the Help America Vote Act was about to be passed (2002). The battle for free and fair elections has not yet been won.
   
  - Letter to Educators HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  - Unit Overview HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  - Lesson 1: Understanding the Process HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  - Lesson 2: Election Reform Proposals HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  - Lesson 3: State Versus Federal Control HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  - Lesson 4: Election Reform at the State Level HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  - Lesson 5: Should Former Felons Vote HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  - Lesson 6: Campaign Finance Reform HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  - Lesson 7: Tying it All Together HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  - The Final Act HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  - Student Handout Number 1 HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  - Student Handout Number 2 HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  - Student Handout Number 3 HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  - Student Handout Number 4 HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  - Student Handout Number 5 HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  - Student Handout Number 6 HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
  - Student Handout Number 7 HTML version Printer-friendly PDF version
       
  Tool Kit for Educators:
  Tool Kit   Printer-friendly PDF version
 
  • How to use the free air time our partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation can make possible to provide motivation and reward for young learners.
  • Ideas and suggestions for how to use local radio and television stations to increase parent involvement in the schools.
    • To increase the civic engagement of students
    • To broaden students’ horizons
    • Increase student understanding of the global world in which the children of the 21st century will live
   
  Curricula written by school(s)/school districts participating in the National Student/Parent Mock Election (all grades)
  The Virginia Student/Parent Mock Election School Handbook   Printer-friendly PDF version
  A guide to integrating VSPME into the classroom, participating in the election, attending Youth Policy Forums, entering contests, and more.
   
  To Vote or Not To Vote Printer-friendly PDF version
  Adapted from Township High School, Harvey, Ill., curricula for the National Student/Parent Mock Election. Written by Linda Knowles-Franklin and Stacey Jones
   
  Using the Mock Election to Teach Basic Skills Printer-friendly PDF version
  Adapted from the Norfolk, VA Public Schools curricula for the National Student/Parent Mock Election by Leslie Freeman
 

 

     
 
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