Education: Elections Teaching Tip

Elections Teaching Tip

Written by Freda J. Glatt, M.A.

An election brings many opportunities to relate curriculum to real life. Whether it is a local or national election, here are some ideas to try before and after Election Day.

1. Discuss how repparttar commercials for each candidate have been written to persuade. Analyze repparttar 109258 graphics, text, and tone of repparttar 109259 voiceover. Try rewriting a commercial so that it does NOT persuade.

2. Discuss how television affects repparttar 109260 debates. Try having two students debate a question with an audience and then listen to two other students debate an issue on an audio tape. Was there a discernible difference? Which was more effective?

3. Discuss campaigning. What do you think repparttar 109261 candidates are learning about our country and its citizens? What do you think is repparttar 109262 effect on their families? Try having an election in your own class, starting with a caucus, and go through repparttar 109263 entire process.

4. Practice main idea, supporting details, and outlining by researching one issue for both candidates. Make a Venn diagram to see if there are any similarities in views.

5. Reinforce map skills by knowing repparttar 109264 key for red and blue states and repparttar 109265 location of states. Which area of repparttar 109266 country had repparttar 109267 most votes for a particular candidate?

Thanksgiving Holiday History

Written by Mrs. Party... Gail Leino

America celebrates Thanksgiving every year by festive family gatherings, traditional holiday meals and offering thanks for all good fortunes. The Thanksgiving holiday has a history that dates back to early American settlers. These settlers were known as repparttar

Pilgrims and they were repparttar 109257

first to have a Thanksgiving Day party.

The Pilgrims came to America to escape religious persecution in England. They were granted free passage on repparttar 109258 Mayflower on September 6th, 1620 as long as they would work in exchange for repparttar 109259 next seven years. Unfortunately, repparttar 109260 winter was so harsh that over half of repparttar 109261 pilgrims didn't make it to repparttar 109262 spring. Less than fifty Pilgrims survived repparttar 109263 brutal winter out of 110, but poor health improved with repparttar 109264 good spring to come.

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