Sorry for the delay! Back in late October, we studied the election process. We did a whole bunch of 'Election Task Cards'. We were able to combine learning facts about our government with everyday writing, reading, and language arts skills. I completely forgot to take pictures of the packet (oops!). Some of the activities included finding the main idea of short passages, using conjunctions to combine sentences, correct the errors in sentences, compare and contrast the candidates, etc.... Of course, everything was all election/government related. I LOVE when I can integrate subjects! Sneaking those social studies facts into our regular literacy block!
After we spent some time on our packets, we moved on to the learning about the Electoral College. I found this idea on Pinterest. We had a Coke and Pepsi election! First, we read the book Grace for President. (Side note- as I just went to enter pictures, I discovered that I deleted them! Uggh! I meant to delete the Matter pictures. I fail! Sorry!) Then we learned about the Electoral College. Which states have how many, why we use it, how many votes are needed to win, etc.... Then, each student was assigned 2 states. Their vote counted for their assigned state's electoral votes. In other words, lucky California! And sorry if you drew Wyoming, Alaska, etc...! The kids then took a top secret taste test and voted for their favorite. The figured out their 'top secret drinks' were Coke and Pepsi. (VERY small amounts, I must add!) After they chose their favorite, they plugged their vote into an interactive electoral college map.
And the winner was............... PEPSI!!! I was very surprised!
We also did a 'blind' election earlier in our unit. I compiled a list of facts about each candidate found in one of the Scholastic News issues. I left the candidates name off of them, and the kids had to vote for either Candidate A or B. They chose A. A was..... our current president, Barack Obama!
We also learned about campaigning and propaganda. We watched some vintage campaign videos (Vote for Ike!), and looked at past campaign posters. After that, they had to develop their own campaign posters. The turned out really good! Then I put them into a 3-D bulletin board.
And, since this was in the hallway, I wanted to make sure it wasn't damaged....
LOL!!!
Sorry again for the lack of pictures! I can't believe I did that. *sigh*
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